World Book Online is a digital reference service for learners from pre-K through high school, with material spanning early learning to advanced reference. Early Learning by World Book offers image-led navigation, Lexile levels, games, videos, printable activities, classic stories, and nursery rhymes. World Book Student supports research with digital backpacks, citation builders, how-to guides, current events, biographies, and geographical resources. World Book Advanced includes primary sources, historical documents, online books, real-time headlines, and world newspapers. Users can also make study guides and presentations with World Book Timelines, which integrates material from Student and Advanced. Supplemental tools include language translation, graphic organizers, and Webquests. Content is described as accessible around the clock across devices, with single sign-on capability. Listed integrations include Clever, ClassLink, Canvas, Schoology, and G Suite. The individual annual subscription costs 250.00 USD per year; discounted multi-user institutional pricing is available by contacting World Book.
Who it is for
World Book Online suits pre-K through high school learners, as well as classrooms and libraries seeking reference and research resources. Its early-learning activities and student citation tools address different stages of school use.
What is good
- Resources range from early learning through advanced reference.
- Student tools include citation builders and how-to guides.
- Timelines can build study guides and presentations.
- Single sign-on integrations include Clever and Canvas.
- Multimedia and interactive content is available across devices.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- Individual access costs 250.00 USD per year.
- Student My Research accounts are purged within 90 days after service ends.
Verdict
World Book Online combines early-learning activities, school research support, and a broad reference collection in one service. The listed individual subscription is annual, while institutional pricing is available by contacting World Book.
World Book Online plans and pricing
All plansCompared on online encyclopedias
- Free plan
- No
- Citation tools
- Yes
- Educator resources
- Yes
- Institutional access
- Yes
- Content formats
- multimedia and interactive
- Update frequency
- continuous
- Mobile apps
- Yes
