April 25, 2008
Britannica Combines Spanish Language Encyclopedias
The new Britannica Spanish Reference Center combines two of Britannica's best Spanish resources — the PlanetaSaber and Enciclopedia Juvenil. Replacing Britannica's Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol, students K-12 and up now have access to a greater breadth of resources focused on the needs of native Spanish speakers, bilingual students and students learning Spanish.
Subscribers to either of these two resources have received this automatic and complimentary upgrade at no additional cost. New features and enhancements include:
- High school and college level users now have access to more than three times as many encyclopedia articles through the PlanetaSaber encyclopedia.
- The new PlanetaSaber resource provides more images, multimedia and features, such as Ayuda Escolar, a comprehensive student help section, and Navegador Visual, an engaging visual navigator tool.
The Enciclopedia Juvenil remains the same, providing an impressive collection of encyclopedia articles, multimedia, Spanish learning materials and other age-appropriate resources for the 6-to-12 age group.
BCR also offers Global Reference Center, Britannica's online reference and student learning resource that includes five foreign-language resources from one site: Enciclopedia Universal En Espanol; Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Japan; Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Korea; Britannica Chinese Pocket Encyclopaedia Online; and Encyclopaedia Universalis (French).
For additional information about Britannica's new Spanish Reference Center or Global Reference Center, contact Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org). You can check out all the Britannica resources available to member libraries on the BCR website.
