Welcome to HCO

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Welcome to HCO

• The History of Canada Online

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Gives you

• A full featured online textbook, with searchable
  and browsable chapters, images, text
  statistical and other resources
• A complete concentrated Canadian Studies intranet
  that provides students with a strong alternative
  to research using Web search engines like Google
  or Yahoo.
• A way to cut costs by enhancing your current
  textbooks, or making them last longer.

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Features

• Your choice of online or printed chapters.
• Image bases with thousands of rich visual
  resources.
• Canadas most complete electronic library.
• Exclusive searchable databases - CanLine CanText,
  CanQuotes
• Popup Search Tutorials.

• Extensive activity sets colour coded by Junior,
  Middle Senior School.
• Sets of Glossaries, Quizzes, Biographies and
  Statistics.
• Optional Waterloo browser that locks students
  into HCO and blocks full Web access.

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ChapterResources Include

• Fully
• Featured
• Text
• Units
• Printable,
• Browsable,
• Searchable

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Detailed Point Form TimelinesWith CanLine
Database Search Option (over 40,000 entries)
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The MostCompleteCanadianDocumentSetsAvailable
Online
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ExtensiveImageSetsDivided by
People,Places,Events,CultureMaps
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Chapter Resources Include

• Thousands of
• Chapter
• Related Biographies in Point Form

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ThousandsofRelevantQuotationsplusCanQuotesDa
tabaseSearchOption(over12,000entries)
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Activity Sets Colour Codedby Grade Level
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Web SearchFiles(optional)
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Full Chapter Based GlossarySets
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Self Marking JavascriptQuiz Sets for Chapter
DrillsPhoto QuizzesBrain Teasers
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Full Boolean Search Features for Database
SearchBy Chapter or by All of HCO
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Detailed Timeline HitsSamplefromApril1917Re
sults
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Built In Clipboard for Holding Research Files
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Student Friendly Features

• Text Ownership - students can print out their
  own textbook chapters or units, highlight or mark
  them up, and keep them in their binders.
• Work Anywhere - students can access HCO from the
  library, classroom, wireless site or home.
• Fast Trusted Results - students can get high
  quality research results quickly. They are not
  overwhelmed by information overload such as with
  a Web search engine. Time saved can be put to
  better use evaluating and working. Less
  desperation means less plagiarism.
• Easy Data Extraction - students can easily cut,
  copy and paste HCO material into their essays or
  Web projects.

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Teacher Friendly Features

• Text Customization - teachers can customize and
  print out their own versions of the HCO textbook
  chapters or units.
• Lesson Preparation - teachers can quickly
  assemble lesson resources and activity ideas from
  HCO files.
• Assignments - teachers can use HCO as a vehicle
  for practising Web quests and research projects.
  They can teach their students to read by
  highlighting.
• Flexibility - teachers can vary their classroom
  strategies and make their lessons more
  interesting.
• Classroom Research - teachers can set up
  Waterloo browsers to access only HCO from their
  classrooms.
• under terms of licence