This service will be provided to every public library, school library and non-profit special library in the state. Continue to develop criteria for selecting on line services etc. Evaluate on-line services and make recommendations to member libraries for possible purchases by individual libraries or as group purchases. Here are some excerpts including the final paragraph. Once an article is chosen, the search term is highlighted in the text and the navigation frame offers an outline, media features, and related articles.
Many articles also have buttons for related periodical articles and Web sites.
Updated mothly, World Book Online is quite easty to use and has some interesting visual features, such as three-dimensional views of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, and the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The anatomical drawings, such as view of the heart, are of good quality. The links to full-text articles are a definite strength. Searching, especially in the advanced mode, needs to be refined - there are too many irrelevant hits. This is a new product, so there are bound to be a few bugs.