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.

PressReader: Thousands of newspapers and magazines in digital format. ‘Sign in’ > ‘Library or Group’ > ‘St George’s’ > school email address.

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

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

Massolit: Video lectures in 14 IGCSE and IB subjects

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).

Papercut

To install the school printer on your device:

You must be on the SGI-Students Wi-Fi network.
Windows: click on this link > Download the Papercut Printer App > “Next” > “Finish”
Mac: click on this link > Download the Papercut Printer App > double click on the App > “Continue” > “Ok” > “Close”
Authentication: school email > school password > “Log in and add printer”
Close the window notifying you that the printer is installed.

To print a document:

Open your document > “Print”
Printer: “PapercutSG [St Georges School](Mobility)” > “Print”
Enter your NEW 5-digit Papercut login code on the printer touch screen (sent to your school email). > “Print”

For more detailed instructions, download this file.

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.

Recommendations

Summer Reading Recommendations 2024

Summer Reading Recommendations 2023

Summer Reading Recommendations 2022

Summer Reading Recommendations 2021

Summer Reading Recommendations 2020

Summer Reading Recommendations 2019

Summer Reading Recommendations 2018

Library News

New Science Books

Check out this week’s recommendations based on the theme “New Science Books”:

Senior: The Radium Girls; The Matter of Everything; Blood Work; Body 2.0; The Invisible Universe; Solutions for a Cleaner, Greener Planet

Middle: Traits and Heredity; The Cell Cycle; Chemical Compounds and Reactions; Environmental Chemistry; Chemistry of Living Things; Cells to Organ Systems

Junior: Metals and Nonmetals; Atoms and Molecules; State of Matter; The Periodic Table; Acids and Bases; Chemical Reactions

April 26th, 2024|

New Math and Technology

Check out this week’s recommendations based on the theme “New Math and Technology”:

Senior: The One Device; Girl Code; Journey Through Genius; The Age of Living Machines; Alex’s Adventures in Numberland; How to Solve It

Middle: AI; Think Like a Mathematician; Become and App Inventor; Artificial Intelligence Scientists; Young Katherine Johnson; Making a YouTube Channel

Junior: How to Explain Coding to a Grown-up; Apple vs Microsoft; Ada Lovelace and the Start of Computers; Think Like a Mathematician; Counting in Dog Years; Giraffe Math

April 19th, 2024|

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