Information banks are sources or repositories of information. Traditional examples would include textbooks, teachers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, videotapes, videodiscs, etc.
Technology expands the kinds and amount of information accessible and shorten the access paths.
You could, for example, develop a very behavioral way of using the Microsoft Encarta electronic encyclopedia. The sections below explain several popular types of informatin banks. The explanations are, however, very brief. You may want to explore the links in each section that take you to examples of the different types of software. As noted earlier, information banks are not always used in constructivist ways.