Welcome to CIS Library! 2013-2014
What’s in the Library We have a collection of 20.845 titles including:
4,029 Fiction books (Gr. 4-12)
5,778 Nonfiction books (Gr. 4-12)
138 eBooks (Fiction and Non-fiction)
2.241 Picture books
2,952 K-3 Nonfiction books
257 Beginner Readers books
417 Chapter books
254 Graphic novels
1,215 Books in other languages
catalog, our Research Guide and our subject specific Pathfinders. Our
69 Audiobooks
facilities are open Monday through Friday.
323 Videos
14 Online databases
26 Magazines
4 Newspapers
The CIS Library exists to serve its community: students, staff and parents. Our aim is to foster the development of life-long learning and a love of reading. It also functions as a center of intellectual and cultural life, providing resources and activities for pleasure and learning. Our facilities include:
The Primary/Middle School Library on the C floor of the Main building in Hellerup .
The Early Years Library in the basement of the Early Years building in Hellerup.
The Senior School Library located on the F floor in City Campus
The library is open 24/7 through our Website providing access to our
CIS Library is yours to enjoy so pay us a visit soon!
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Online Resources We offer many online resources accessable from the library website. Here are some of them: CIS Library Research Guide and Pathfinders—instruction on the research process, bibliography and citation, and relevant online resources for specific topics and assignments put together by the librarian. EBSCO—access to journal and magazine articles, primary source documents, images and videos in all subjects.
Visit our website @ www.cis.dkAcademicsLibrary
WorldBook—online encyclopedia, books, images and primary source documents. ABC-CLIO—Humanities database offering primary and secondary source documents, biographies and research guidance (Middle School level). Oxford Art and Oxford Music— articles, biographies and criticism on the Arts and Music. JSTOR—access to academic journals and e-books (high school and university level). Ordbogen—Danish-English/ English-Danish online dictionary.
To search the library catalog, click on Library Catalog on the library website. There you can search for book, ebooks, selected websites and articles. To find lists of recommended books, new books, and books related to class topics, click on Resource Lists located on the sidebar of the catalog, then click on the Public Lists tab.
TumbleBooks—Audiobooks collection for Primary and Middle School students. PressDisplay—access to newspapers from all over the World.
Access these resources on the Library Website. Contact us for access from home.
Our Rules Help make the library a great place to be!
Respect others by not being too loud
Food makes a mess—please clean up after yourself
Library staff is here to help—Ask us for advice
Borrowing from the library Students Pre-K to 1: 2 items for 2 weeks Students Grades 2-5: 4 items for 2 weeks Students Grade 6– 12: 6 items for 2 weeks Teachers: 60 items for 2 months Parents: 6 items for 2 weeks If you have an overdue book/material, no other book/material can be checked out before the overdue item is returned to the library. We don’t charge fines. Books can be renewed up to 3 times, unless there is a waiting list for the book. In this case, the book cannot be renewed. Only one book can be reserved at a time. The reserved book will be on the Reserve shelf for 8 days. In the event that you lose or damage a book or material, a fine of 150 DKK will be issue to replace it, if the publisher’s price plus shipping and handling is not located. You may also purchase the same book /material and give it to the library.
Our Opening Hours Primary/Middle School Library (Hellerup Campus)
Monday—Friday 8:00—16:00
Early Years Library (Hellerup Campus)
Monday—Friday 8:40—15:00
Senior School Library (City Campus)
Monday—Friday 8:00—16:00
Coming up...
Library Staff
Book Week 2013 November 18-22 Urania Beyer, MLIS Librarian uraniabeyer@cis.dk
The author and illustrator Bryn Barnard will be visiting us during Book Week!
Diana Lloret Library Assistant dianalloret@cis.dk
Anu Chander Library Assistant Primary School Library anuradhachander@cis.dk
Sarah Jørgensen
See you @ CIS Library!
Library Assistant Primary School Library (maternity leave) sarahjorgensen@cis.dk