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On October 16th and 17th, Mr. Andy Wright, a famous international story teller, came to SSIS and gave some highly interactive storytelling performances in the auditorium. Students and teachers were invited to attend these sessions. This whole event was aimed to promote the love of literature among SSIS Primary School students.
Many students expressed that they really enjoyed these vividly told stories. This event enhanced their English listening skills, encouraged the use of their imagination and allowed them to experience diverse cultures.

Upcoming events!

Introduction
eLibraryUSA is a virtual library with 20 databases of authoritative and continually updated information available to you - free of charge at the Information Resource Center. Start here to learn more about the encyclopedias, textbooks, reports, journals, videos, photographs and activities available!
Encyclopedias and Reference
A to Z Guide to eLibraryUSA Journals
A complete list of all the journals that can be searched using the eLibraryUSA search box. Articles in these journals can be accessed at Information Resource Centers, American Corners, and Binational Centers, or by using a password.
Academic OneFile
This database provides access to over 42 million journal articles going back to 1980. It focuses on the subjects of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, and literature. Quick Guide
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BookFlix
An interactive literacy resource geared for early readers, reluctant readers, and English Language Learners. A collection of 95 fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods with nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic, including 25 Spanish language versions. Interactive reading features include read-along option, definitions and narrated text, author biographies, web links, and resources for educators. Quick Guide
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Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier is the industry's most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed title s. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Quick Guide
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CQ Global Researcher
Reports covering the most current and controversial global issues of the day, from 1923 to the present. Quick Guide
CQ Researcher Online
Reports covering current and controversial issues in the United States, from 1923 to the present. Quick Guide
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ebrary (includes e-Libro and e-Livro)
Online, full-text collection of over 20,000 books in English, and 35,000 books in Spanish and Portuguese. Covers a wide range of topics, including sociology, psychology, history, political science, medicine, language and literature, philosophy and religion, education, business, the hard sciences and more. Quick Guide
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eJournal USA
IIP's magazine about issues that affect the United States and the international community.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Basic introduction to over 75,000 different topics, including encyclopedia articles, maps, news, definitions, and statistics. Quick Guide
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Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids
Perfect for students 8 years and above, this resource includes thousands of images, videos, animated time lines and of course, encyclopedia articles. It also has learning activities for English and language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. Quick Guide
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English Language Learner
This multi-purpose information resource is designed for middle/high school students and those that are new to the English language. The ELL Reference Center provides English language learners with guidance on conducting research, building their background knowledge, and developing their study skills. Quick Guide
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
Provides bibliographic content of more than 32,000 printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. The indexed records cover the history of European exploration, portrayals of Native American peoples and include topics from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. Quick Guide
Filmakers Library Online
Contains over 1,000 full documentaries and adding over 100 titles per year. Gathering films from American independents as well as filmmakers from all over the world, this multidisciplinary collection includes documentaries on a variety of topics form race and gender studies, human rights, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, health, current events, literature, and more. Because this is a resource with videos, it may run slowly in areas with low bandwidth. Quick Guide
Fuente Academica
Fuente Academica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology. Quick Guide
Gale Directory Library
The Gale Directory Library hosts a variety of directory products. Use it to search, sort and export information from both current directory editions as well as prior editions that are maint ained as searchable backfiles. Multiple directories can be cross-searched or users can mine individual directories for the particular kinds of data they contain, such as financial information for companies, circulation figures for publications, and much more. Quick Guide
Gale Science in Context
Gale Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Gale's authoritative reference content is merged with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Quick Guide
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Quick Guide
General OneFile
Contains full text of over 7,800 titles going back to 1980. GeneralOneFile includes an archive of New York Times going back to 1985, as well as over 500 travel guides from Fodor's and other publishers. Quick Guide
Global Issues in Context
Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal. Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database. Quick Guide
GreenFILE
Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. Draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 612,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 9,100 records. Quick Guide
GREENR
The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research centers around issues covering energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development. Portals include authoritative analysis, academic journals, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and rich multimedia. Use Browse Issues and Topics, World Map, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database. Quick Guide
Grolier Online
A collection of nonfiction content targeted for ages 7 and up. The collection includes over 120,000 articles from general reference encyclopedias like New Book of Knowledge, science intensive encyclopedias like New Book of Popular Science, social studies encyclopedias like Lands and Peoples, and La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, a comprehensive encyclopedia for Spanish speakers. Additional content includes GoTube Videos, over 340,000 editor vetted web links, over 1,100 newspapers from around the world and over 1200 interactive maps which provide history, topography, political climate, current events, and more. Quick Guide
HIV RAP
Offers a multimedia guide to HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. Includes information on HIV testing and dealing with the realities of living with HIV and AIDS. Quick Guide
IIP Books
IIP's collection of publications about U.S. society, culture, and policies.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
This resource indexes more than 600 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. Quick Guide
Literature Resource Center
Literature Resource Center is a comprehensive database on literary topics, authors, and their works. Includes full-text scholarly articles from more than 360 academic journals and literary magazines, full text of thousands of poems and short stories published in contemporary journals and magazines, and book reviews and biographical essays. Quick Guide
LitFinder
LitFinder is a repository of full-text literary works, including around 150,000 poems, short stories, plays and speeches. Quick Guide
Middle Search Plus
Provides full-text content to more than 140 popular middle school magazines such as National Geographic Kids, Ahora!, Chez Nouz and many more. Also provides access to primary source documents, biographies, reference books, country fact sheets and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags. This resource is designed for middle school students and their educators. Quick Guide
PowerKids Life Science
Provides over 400 articles on life sciences geared to science learners in grades 3 to 6 and their teachers. Additional content includes videos, interactive games and quizzes, hands-on science experiments and lesson plans. Science topics include animals, plants, the human body, food chains and food webs and more. Quick Guide
Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Quick Guide
Teacher Reference Center
An indexing resource for educators and librarians, a collection of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. Records include topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, and more. Quick Guide
Teen Health and Wellness
Provides teenagers and preteens with straightforward information about such topics as diseases, drugs and alcohol, nutrition, mental health, personal finances and more. Quick Guide
TrueFlix
An electronic version of the True Books line of nonfiction research books from Scholastic. Targeted to students who are moving from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn, and their educators. Students can watch an introductory video on a topic then explore the topic further by reading through the flipbook and working through activities, quizzes and web links. Subject areas included are people, places, history, science and nature. For educators, there are project ideas and lesson plans. Quick Guide
How can I apply for eLibraryUSA?
Filling out both forms and send them to ShanghaiIRC@state.gov

Philosophy
The Shanghai Singapore International School library Media Program is based on real-life learning experiences in an open, risk-free setting where students feel safe (emotionally, socially and physically) in order to help them reach their full potential as learners and people. By creating information and technologically literate students, and challenging them to be thoughtful, ethical and knowledgeable users of information, in conjunction with developing their analytical and communication skills; SSIS students will become creative problem solvers and critical thinkers armed with the necessary tools to be productive and proactive members of our global society. Additionally, the SSIS Library Media Program is based on the premisethat students should become life-long readers for both enjoyment and the gaining of knowledge which will enrich not only their lives but the lives of others around them.
Policies
Opening hours
Monday-Friday
8:30am-3:30pm
Location
K-G2Nursery-G2 Library:
4/F, Block F
G3-G12 Library:
1/F, E015
Policies
Loan Privileges:
Grade
Maximum of books
Period
Nursery-K2
14 days
G1-2
3
14 days
G3-12
3
14 days
Rewewal of books:
Each student can renew books once only for another 14 days:
- on or before the dure date in person with the student library card.
- on condition the books are not on reservation list.
Reservation of books:
Each studnet may reserve books on the Reservation Form. Reserved books are held for 3 days. Reservation privileges are as follows
- Nursery-G6 students may reserve 1 book at one time
- G7-G10 students may reserve up to 2 books at any one time
- G11-G12 students may reserve up to 3 books at any one time
Lost books/ damaged library materials:
For every book lost or damaged, the student is liable to
- fines of twice its cost price. OR
- an EXACTLY same book as the one lost/ damaged
Leaving the school:
Students must return all library books when leaving the school. The school report card will be withheld if outstanding fines and liabilities are not settled in full.
Staff and Contact Information
Head Librarian

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Creating List
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Introduction: DestinyOnline Catalogue
Destiny Quest
See the top 10 books currently circulating in our library!
See the latest arrivals in our library!
Create your own reading lists with the new drag and drop feature!
Check your patron account so you know what you have checked out and when it is due!
Easily see if a book you want is available!
Easier to read search results and call numbers!
Narrow your search results with ease by author, subject, series, and more!
Use the new scrolling carousel to easily browse your search results.
Get reading suggestions (“If you like “Book X”, then you might like…”)
Post book reviews.
Add your own holds to books you want!
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