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- FactsforLearning About This Database

FactsforLearning is a reference database for elementary and middle school students and professionals. It is produced by Facts On File News Services, in conjunction with Weekly Reader, Gareth Stevens, Inc., and World Almanac Books. Together these companies have more than 300 years' experience publishing reference and curriculum material.

FactsforLearning delivers content from sources that students already know in print form, and makes that authoritative content available through

·     full-text searching

·     topic indexes

·     tables of contents, and

·     rich hyperlinking.

FactsforLearning is designed to help students learn and use reference skills. It offers separate modules for elementary and middle schools. The elementary module contains a special section called "Library & Research Skills." The elementary and middle school modules both contain a wealth of curriculum, activity, and study material from Weekly Reader publications.

FactsforLearning brings together content from:

·     Weekly Reader Editions Grade 2 through Senior (Student Edition and Teacher's Guide), Science Spin Primary, and Science Spin Senior

·     Weekly Reader secondary classroom magazines, including Current Events, Current Health and Current Science (Student Edition and Teacher's Guide)

·     The World Almanac for Kids (1999 through the current edition)

·     The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1998 through the current edition)

·     The Oxford American Children's Encyclopedia (second edition)

·     Reference book series from Gareth Stevens and the World Almanac Library

·     The Library & Research Skills kit

·     The Wordsmyth^TM Children's Dictionary

·     Maps from Maps.com

·     Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia

·     Issues & Controversies On File (selected content)

·     Today's Science On File (selected content)

·     Facts On File World News Digest (selected content)

Content from all sources is labeled and accessible by grade level. The elementary module offers grade-specific home pages that deliver content geared to that grade.

For more information about the database and how to use it, please go to Help.