Hot Tips provide navigation help and other important information about using a web site. Hot Tips lets you know what you are getting into before you go to a site. In many cases, Previews also give context and background about a site's content. They might explain a particular viewpoint to help students assess the material they are reading. This information gives students a better understanding of what to expect in a site and how they might use that site's information in their work.
Previews also help to sort through web information efficiently.
By reading the Previews in a topic area, users can quickly determine whether or not a web site will have the information they want. The headlines of the Previews that appear in the list sites area after selecting topics are similarly designed to give as much information as possible quickly and efficiently. As more and more students are asked to learn about and use technology and the Internet, Webivore becomes an excellent tool for safe exploration in an educational context that makes sense. Within the borders of Webivore, students can find an assortment of web sites that provide access to content-rich and exciting information sources. Much of the best information on the web was previously unavailable except in rare book rooms of major libraries.