World Book Store | Worldbook.com | Help
World Book Logo

TODAY IN HISTORY

May 17, 2008
  1. Edward Jenner, English physician who discovered inoculation as a means of preventing smallpox, was born on this date in 1749.
  1. First Kentucky Derby was run on this date in 1875.
Remember my ID and Password
Log-in Help
Subscription Key

ONLINE SALES SITE

World Book Online Interested in World Book products? School and library customers can access World Book's current catalog online.

WORLD BOOK KIDS

World Book KidsWith content from the award winning World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia, the site offers simpler navigation, thousands of colorful illustrations, diagrams, and maps, and dozens of activities tied to national curriculum standards.

SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES

Not a subscriber? Contact your local sales representative for information on how to subscribe.
Call your local sales rep
800-975-3250 (US)
800-837-5365 (Canada)
Outside the US and Canada

WORLD BOOK ADVANCED

World Book Advanced More than 1.3 million pages of primary source documents–books, documents, selections–fully integrated with the encyclopedia content. Research and teaching tools include timelines, citation builder, and saved research.

SPANISH- AND
FRENCH-LANGUAGE VERSIONS

Encyclopédie Découverte and Enciclopedia Estudiantil HallazgosL 'Encyclopédie Découverte and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos for beginning French or Spanish students. With thousands of articles, illustrations, and maps, and an easy-to-use interface.

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

  1. Africa
  2. Germany
  3. Barbary States
  4. India
  5. America

WORLD BOOK REFERENCE CENTER

World Book Reference Center The premier online reference source. With thousands of articles, state-of-the art multimedia, editor-reviewed Web sites, periodical content, and more!
Terms & Conditions |  Privacy Policy
World Book Image
© 2008 World Book, Inc. All rights reserved. WORLD BOOK and the
GLOBE DEVICE are registered trademarks or trademarks of World Book, Inc.