I'm trying to catch up, but in the words of my mother, "the hurrier I go, the behinder I get!"
I've been looking at the Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, but since I don't know Spanish, I am not learning too much. I typed the word "house" in the search box and got eight results which are biographical in nature. To get similar results in the browse feature, I clicked on the picture of people (gente). On the next page I had choose one of the many options in the sidebars. I clicked on "biografias" and was rewarded with short articles of many famous people. I could also use the sidebars to refine my search further by selecting a specific type of biography I wanted (artist, educator, historical figure, etc.).
However, none of this is helpful if a want information on houses. To get useful results, I need to use Spanish terms when searching.
If I have a patron who needs information in Spanish, they will either need to provide the appropriate Spanish terms for searching, or perhaps I could find the information by using the browse feature if I know the correct category. Or I could use another English edition of World Book (such as the Online Reference Center), look of the information, and click the option to translate the article into Spanish.
I like having options!
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