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ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY

Overview

The Middle School Library is central to the learning focus of the school and serves the whole community.

Each campus has a library and its own online catalog, which can be searched individually or as a group, using the Follett Destiny software -- see zis.ch.

Digital resources are shared between the campuses, using the Libguides toolkit -- see libguides.zis.ch.

Research Central

At Research Central you will find the ZIS collection of Libguides designed to help you with all of your research needs and so much more.

Click here for Research Central

Quick Links

Destiny Discover
MSK Destiny Catalog
Overdrive
Online Britannica - For ALL Levels
Access to Britannica's Launch Packs and Original Sources
Online Encyclopedia Britannica
Follett Shelf eBooks
Easybib

Easybib Instructional Guide
How to navigate Easybib

EBSCOHost Databases - including Middle School Explora and Flipster
Ebsco Databases
Flipster - online magazines
Wolfram Alpha
Need statistics or answers with numbers? Wolfram Alpha is a computational knowledge engine.

MLA 8 Basics

Sweet Search
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A Search Engine For Students
Today's Science
Earth Science
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Life Science
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Physical Science
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News Bank
NewsBank consolidates current and archived information from thousands of newspaper titles, as well as ......
Newsela
Current event articles scaled at five different Lexile reading comprehension levels.
Schmoop
Shmoop is a digital curriculum and test prep company that makes fun, rigorous learning and teaching materials. Shmoop content is written by master teachers and Ph.D. students from Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and other top universities.
Wikkipedia List of Online Newspaper Archives
This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives.
EBSCO - Middle Search Plus
EBSCO - Explora Middle School

New Links

NETFLIX SUGGESTIONS

The Who Was? Show
Brings famous names in history to life. A live-action sketch-comedy show based on a book series
The Last Kids on Earth
Zombies and Monsters invade a town. Based on a book series.
Brainchild
Science in our world explained in a fun and entertaining way.
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
Carmen Sandiego
Ask the Doctor - PG
expert medical advice
White Rabbit Project - PG
history's greatest inventions by the producers of "Myth Busters"
Defying the Nazis - PG
The story of the Sharps who risked everything to save thousands of refugees from the nazis.
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The World's Worst Children
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Catch Up On Ones You Missed

Alan Gratz Author Visit

In the library...

50 Favourite Children's Books for 2019 chosen by children

50 Favourite Books chosen by children

Middle School Destiny Catalog

Book of the Week

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Call Number: [REA] FIC YOO
ISBN: 9780553496697
Publication Date: 2016-11-01
Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them.
Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard
Call Number: [ADV] FIC LEO
ISBN: 9780545853460
Publication Date: 2016-02-23
Darkus Cuttle has taken care of his father ever since his mother died, but his father vanished from a locked vault at the Natural History Museum, and now Darkus lives with his eccentric uncle. One day he finds a large and unusually intelligent and self-aware beetle, and soon he and his two friends are caught up in a struggle to protect an intelligent super species of beetles.
YA - All American Boys by Jason Reynolds; Brendan Kiely
Call Number: [REA] FIC REY
ISBN: 9781481463331
Publication Date: 2015-09-29
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Call Number: [FAN] FIC SHU
ISBN: 9781416912057
Publication Date: 2009-06-02
hree teens embark upon a cross-country journey in order to escape from a society that salvages body parts from children ages thirteen to eighteen.
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Call Number: [MYS] FIC BEA
ISBN: 9781484709016
Publication Date: 2015-07-14
In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Call Number: FIC ZEV
ISBN: 0312367465
Publication Date: 2007-05-15
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo
Call Number: [HIS] Fic MOR
ISBN: 9781250042040
Publication Date: 2015-10-27
Tells the story of Merry, who was traveling on the ship Lusitania to visit her father who is recovering from a war injury, and Alfie, who finds her on an uninhabited island after the ship sinks.
Renewable Energy - Lightbox
Call Number: 333.79 SMI
ISBN: 9781510511989
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba; Bryan Mealer; Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)
Call Number: 621.4 KAM
ISBN: 9780147510426
Publication Date: 2016-01-05
African teenager William Kamkwamba explored science books in his village library when he was forced to drop out of school, and was able to change his family's life by creating a windmill to pump water for his family's farm.
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: B Woodson
ISBN: 9780399252518
Publication Date: 2014-08-28
The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South.
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Call Number: FIC GAN
ISBN: 0374379939
Publication Date: 2011-09-13
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
Quiet Power by Susan Cain; Gregory Mone; Erica Moroz; Grant Snider (Illustrator)
Call Number: 155.4 CAI
ISBN: 9780803740600
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
"A discussion of the power of introverts for kids and teens with a focus on school, family life, and friendship"--Provided by publisher.

How to Recognize a Dystopia

Visiting Author - Neal Shusterman

Neal Shusterman is an author of more than 30 books and has received numerous honours for his books. He will be visiting our middle school campus October 2nd and 3rd, 2017.