[CALIBK12] Query: Spanish language online encyclopedias?

[Douglas Dilts]

Dear Colleagues,

We are long time subscribers to Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition and have been generally pretty pleased with it. We are now investigating adding a Spanish language online encyclopedia. (Our student population is about 30% Latino, with a wide range of academic needs.) It looks like both Britannica and World Book have recently revamped their Spanish language offerings. Oddly, they seem to have both worked with a third party Spanish language publisher and the two publishers offerings look suspiciously the same. (Just a coincidence that both of their home pages feature a biography of Galileo and a story about Haley's comet, both with the same graphic?)

Anyhow, I would like to hear any recommendations or experiences with online encyclopedias in Spanish, especially comments about World Book's Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, which seems more appropriate for middle school?

Thanks, as always.


Doug Dilts

Library Media Teacher

South Tahoe High School

530-541-4111 x240

http://www.ltusd.org/sths/







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