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The World Almanac® for Kids
Cross-Curricular Coverage, for Intermediate-Level Students and Users
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Erasing the line between homework support and fun exploration, The World Almanac® for Kids includes exclusive online-only material as well as content from award-winning Chelsea House and Facts On File sets and series. Each topic area provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, and kids can explore age-appropriate subjects while developing online research skills with a trusted content source.
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Acclaimed reference content,
including online-only material and content from Infobase titles
Engaging, fun entries
on age-appropriate topics, plus special daily features
Excellent resources for student reports and research,
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Extensive, up-to-date articles
Tablet/mobile-friendly videos to support the content in areas including biographies, geography, health & guidance, language arts, life science, math, phy
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Expanding on “the most useful reference book known to modern man,” The World Almanac® provides students and researchers access to authoritative, essential statistics on hundreds of topics in a searchable online format. A natural addition to any classroom or library, this online resource puts the reference shelf staple at users’ fingertips, with thousands of expertly organized facts.
Categories include:
Year in Review
: World Almanac®-featured stories, news chronologies, historical anniversaries, and notable events
Year in Pictures
: Hundreds of full-color photographs featuring news, sports, and pop culture
Economy, Business, and Energy
: More than 250 searchable tables, graphs, and charts covering all aspects of the economy
Crime
: Information on crime and punishment, including crime arrest rates, prisons and inmates, and notable crime history
Military Affairs
: An overview of U.S. military affairs, from leadership and personnel to U.S. casualties in past and present conflicts, plus additional information about other world militaries as well as military finance, military history,
The Online Books Page
presents serial archive listings for
The World Almanac
is an annual quick-reference work published since the 1800s. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)
Publication History
The World Almanac
was begun in 1868 by the New York World newspaper. Publication was suspended in 1876 and resumed in 1886. The title has varied slightly; full titles have included "The World Almanac and Encyclopedia" and "The World Almanac and Book of Facts". No issue or contribution copyright renewals were found for this serial. It is still published today.
Persistent Archives of Complete Issues
1868-1873, 1875-1876, 1886-1888, 1891-1905, 1907-1920, 1924-1929:
HathiTrust has many early volumes of this almanac scanned from holdings at the University of Michigan and elsewhere. Some later volumes are searchable but not readable online.
1868-1869:
The Internet Archive has the 1868 and 1869 volumes, bound together.
1872-1873:
The Internet Archive has the 1872 and 1873 volumes, bound together.
1874:
HathiTrust has the 1874 volume.
1876:
The Internet Archive has the 1876 volume.
1886:
The Internet Archive has the 1886 volume.
1890:
The Internet Arch