Periodicals

I am glad to let you know that the following additions to our periodicals collection are available at the library:

CLICK Magazine for Kids ages 3-6
CLICK children’s magazine presents science & nature for kids with fun characters, articles, & science activities.


Special Added Bonus:
Free with each paid subscription to CLICK magazine for kids comes access to bonus content on the CLICK magazine companion Web site. Play interactive games, read extra features, submit your own book reviews, comments, and more!
http://www.clickmagkids.com/

ASK Magazine for Kids ages 6-9
ASK children’s magazine explores arts & science for kids with fun, unique articles and activities.

Special Bonus Content:
Free with each paid subscription to ASK comes access to bonus content on the ASK magazine companion Web site containing contests and book recommendations that expand on each issue's theme, while Marvin and all his friends offer fun polls, games, and projects to keep children engaged and learning about their world.
http://www.askmagkids.com/


MUSE Magazine for Kids ages 9-14
MUSE children’s magazine is the kids magazine about everything-past & present; history, science & the arts.

Special Added Bonus:
Free with each paid subscription to MUSE magazine for kids comes access to bonus content on the MUSE magazine companion Web site. Play interactive games, read extra features, submit your own book reviews, comments, and more!
http://www.musemagkids.com/

FACES Magazine for Kids ages 9-14
FACES children’s magazine shows readers how kids around the world live, study, work, eat, and play. FACES magazine takes kids on a journey across the continents as it brings articles about the cultures of the world to their mailboxes. Each issue focuses on a different culture including stories about daily life, folk tales, and engaging articles about the history and traditions of the people and places. The stories and articles are accompanied by fabulous photography and illustrations, as well as fun activities, maps, folk tales, and biographies that are unique to the featured culture. Be it games from Samoa, maps of the Kalahari, or Palestinian folk tales, FACES has it!

FACES readers learn how other kids live around the world and about the important inventions and ideas that a particular culture has given to the world. Recipes, hands-on projects, and book and video recommendations help kids further explore each issue's topic.

I recommend you to check out these periodicals and their online companions to expand your teaching resources. Add back issues to your reading nests and book shelve. Encourage your students to check these out for free reading activities.

Also available:
Time
Newsweek
Macworld
National Geographic
National Geographic Kids
Seventeen
Twist
Phosphore
Täheke
Hea Laps

and more...

Welcome to the library

ISE Library is situated on the second floor. It consists of an interesting maze of five rooms that contain:
Reading lounge
Reference and research area
Upper school area
Classroom and media area
Lower school area

In the ISE Library there are 11 computer workstations for students and teachers. All the library computers have access to the school intranet and the Internet. They can be used for working with CD ROMs, word processing programs, accessing online databases, and to search the ISE Online Catalog. Students and teachers can use the library’s laser printer. There are two permanent TV/VCR/DVD stations for library use and an additional portable TV/VCR/DVD for classroom use.

The librarian is actively engaged in connecting with the teachers; she is an integral part of the teaching team, coordinating curriculum support and managing resources. The librarian is guided by a written selection policy in selecting materials. The teaching staff is consulted for assistance in developing the collections in the area of their expertise.

The collections of the ISE Library are developed with the teaching program in mind. The ISE Library has approximately 9000-volumes on hand. Carefully selected library materials are a cumulative enrichment to the learning environment.

Reference and research materials are available to the entire school population. Reference and research skills are taught using resources such as Encyclopedia Britannica, World Book Encyclopedia, encyclopedias on various subjects (e.g. world cultures, artists, career development, literature, music/musicians, science and inventions, nature, geography and many more) and dictionaries and thesauruses at different levels and in different languages.
ISE library also subscribes for the Grolier Online and World Book databases and has access to a premier academic database EBSCOhost, supplied by the Estonian Ministry of Education. EBSCO is an excellent source for our IB Diploma students.

The fiction collection includes range of leisure reading, from teenage popular fiction to attractive editions of modern and older classics. Beautiful picture books are introduced and enjoyed during story time with our very youngest students.

Many popular periodicals in English, Estonian and French are available for students in the Reading lounge e.g. Time, Twist, Seventeen, National Geographic Kids, Phosphore, Täheke, Hea Laps etc.

During the 2002/2003 school year ISE Library purchased the library automation system Mandarin M3 and automated the records to expand access to the collection and provide better record keeping.
ISE Online Catalog is accessible from the web.

ISE Library was fully renovated during the summer of 2007. The result is a modern facility with areas for younger and older students, as well as for quiet reading or individual learning.
The Library is open for students, parents and staff during the school day. There is also a schedule of weekly library classes. Teachers may book the library for class research or instruction. Students can use library individually, before and after school and during the breaks for homework and studying.

You are welcome to find out more about ISE library by visiting the Library course at the Estoodle site.
And, of course, you are all welcome drop in to the library any time.