Welcome to St. George’s International School Library!

Key resources

Reading & research

Destiny Discover: Integrated search of multiple sources (library catalog, websites, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and more). Login required.

Sora: Ebook and audiobooks. From the Swiss Group of International Schools landing page, choose St. George’s, then login with school email and password.

Encyclopaedia Britannica School: St. George’s subscription – login required from this link.

NoodleTools: Citation and research tool. Login with school email & school password.

Scholarly literature

Gale Schools: St. George’s subscription to Gale General Onefile, Gale High School Edition, Gale News, and Gale Ebooks databases.

London Library: St. George’s subscription to 43 databases, including JSTOR – login details required.

BCU Lausanne: Search university catalog (membership required; on-site access only).

Current events

The Day: St. George’s subscription to news and current issues for all students (5 reading levels).

Recommendations

Summer Reading Recommendations 2021

Summer Reading Recommendations 2020

Summer Reading Recommendations 2019

Summer Reading Recommendations 2018

Papercut

To install the school printer on your device:

Make sure you are on the SGI-student wifi network.
Click on this link and choose your operating system.
Download Mobility Print Installer, open it, and follow the directions.
Enter the user name and password for your device (OR use your fingerprint).

To print a document:

Open your document and select “Print.”
Choose “Stgeorges Printer.”
Username is your school email address; password is your school password.
Tick “Remember” – then you never have to enter your details again.
Click submit.
Go to the printer and enter your Papercut login number. (If you forgot it, ask librarian.)
Select “Print.”

Free digital libraries

Epic: E-books, audiobooks, read-to-me books, and more in several languages for children up to age 12. Free access with class code M-F, 8h to 16h.

Open Library: Access to millions of e-books and audiobooks. Create a free account.

Project Gutenburg: 60,000 free e-books.

ICDL: The International Children’s Digital Library offers free access to ebooks in 50+ languages.

Storyweaver: Read, listen to, translate, and create ebooks in a huge range of languages.

Library News

Music

Check out this week’s recommendations based on the theme “Music”:

Senior: The Haters; Why Bob Dylan Matters; So You Wanna Be a Superstar? The Ultimate Audition Guide; Jazz Singing; Are Graphic Music Lyrics Harmful?; Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow: Chinese Pop Music and its Cultural Connotations

Middle: Solo; Operatic; Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?; Musicians: Celebrating the lives of inspirational people in black history; Introduction to Music; Making Music for Games

Junior: Trombone Shorty; Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package; Singing Sensation; Lin-Manuel Miranda; Music; Children’s Book of Music

May 20th, 2022|

Secrets

Check out this week’s recommendations based on the theme “Secrets”:

Senior: Two Can Keep a Secret; Secret Weapons; All Out: The no-longer-secret stories of queer teens throughout the ages; Secret Lives; Summer of Secrets; The Secret Lives of Bees

Middle: The Book of Secrets; The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee; The Serpent’s Secret; The Mystery of the Secret Room; Emily Windsnap and the Siren’s Secret; The Secret Garden

Junior: The Valley of Lost Secrets; The Secret Seven; Secrets at Sea; The Secret Promise; If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the secrets of Stonehenge; The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee

May 13th, 2022|

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