How to Use WorldBook Encyclopedia Online

The WorldBook Encyclopedia is one of the fee-based databases available for free to Baltimore County Public School students and their families. Encyclopedias are great for providing general background information. If you don’t know much about your topic, start with an encyclopedia. To use the WorldBook, you temporarily leave eLabsInc. Read all the following directions before you begin.

1. Access WorldBook.

2. Enter bcps1 for the username.  Enter the password supplied by your school librarian and click the Go button.

3. Type your search term into the search field and click the Go button.

4. Click any article that interests you to open it.

5. When you are finished using the WorldBook, click the Back button in your browser until you return to eLabsInc.