Library Online

Book Drum is a really interesting new site which sets books into context. Find the book and read about the author, the setting, look at interactive maps, use a glossary and lots more. You can also contribute yourself, if you are over 18.

This site would be very useful for A-Level or GCSE students, for the English Department, or readers who just want to find out more about their favourite books!

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Mrs Robinson has been making a range of Research Guides for the Science Department. They are linked for you below. You can use them in school or at home. Please let her know if you have any problems using them or if you have any links we could add!

Year 8 students

Here is the link to our Research Guides for your Physics and Biology topics:

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We would like to find out the extent of ebook and ereader ownership and use at The Dixie Grammar School. If you are a student in Year 4 and above or a member of staff, please follow this link and fill in the survey.

Ebook and Ereader Survey

This will enable us to plan how our Library Services will develop in the future. We will post the results of the survey on this site when it is finished.

Many thanks!

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Loads of new fiction books have just been added to our stock in The Michael Parker Library!

Here are a couple of book trailers…

Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Why not visit this week and borrow some great new fiction!

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The film trailer is now out – have a look a this! If you have never read the Hunger Games trilogy then you have missed a fantastic treat – the books are available from your library.

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We are pleased to tell you that The Dixie Grammar School community will soon have access to a range of fantastic online databases through our subsciption to Leicestershire Library Services for Education.

They are:

• Credo Reference
• Guardian and Observer Digital Archive
• History Study Center
• Science Reference Center

Mrs Robinson is sorting out access and then she will begin to demonstrate these services to staff, students and any other interested member of our community.

Watch this space for more information!

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Are you a member of the Dixie Grammar School Community? Have you got a favourite book that you would like the Library to stock? Then please fill in this online form by clicking the image below.

Mrs Robinson will then consider the book in line with the needs of the Library and in accordance with the Library Policy. Please call in to see if your requests has been successful.

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These are just some of the fantastic new books waiting for you when the new library opens!

One of the books in the slideshow is “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman – it is brilliant. If you would like to hear Neil reading from his book, then look at this:

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Special offer on library books this week only!

The Library will be closed from Half Term in preparation for the refurbishment in the Summer Holidays. So that students can have “Holiday Reading”, I am making a special offer to you:

If you have no overdue items, then you can borrow up to 15 books from the Library!

These books must be returned when the Library re-opens in mid-September. The offer ends at the end of the week…

SO

Return all overdue books now & borrow up to 15 books!

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Service for Staff and Sixth Form Students

Do you have an important piece of research you are trying to do?

Are you stuck and having difficulties in finding information?

Then ask your Librarian!

Mrs Robinson will do her best to find web pages for you and put links to them on this site. You could leave your query as a comment on this site.

What have you got to lose?

Image from the Flickr website:

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