BESSIE Award Winners Honor Two Infobase Databases

Infobase is pleased to announce that two of its online databases The ComputED Gazette‘s BESSIE Award winners.

The winners of the 21st Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES)? Bloom’s Literature in the “High School Literature Database Website” category, and Issues & Controversies in the “High School Social Studies Database” category.

The ComputED Gazette describes the BESSIES as awards that “target innovative, content-rich programs and Web sites.” These tools help parents and teachers use technology to support educational excellence. CompuED Gazette chooses award winners annually. The panel selects from titles submitted by publishers worldwide.

Notably, The ComputED Gazette has awarded BESSIES to other Infobase databases before. Specifically, these include Today’s Science, World News Digest, and The World Almanac® Online. They also include The World Almanac® for Kids Online and World Religions Online.

About This Year’s Award Winners

Bloom’s Literature is a must-have first stop for literary research. It is a definitive source for literary essays and criticism. Esteemed scholar Harold Bloom selected these essays and critiques. Furthermore, it includes acclaimed literature content from Infobase. It offers full-length videos of classic plays. It also provides guidance for writing essays. The guidance covers often assigned authors and works.

The new and improved Issues & Controversies provides exclusive, objective coverage of hundreds of today’s hot-button issues. It offers timely, in-depth articles. In addition, it includes provocative debate videos from Intelligence Squared. You can watch original overview videos and access other helpful tools.

Last year, both databases won the Annual Education Software Review Awards (EDDIES). The awards are from The ComputED Gazette.