Teaching & learning
New & updated IB documents
We all know information changes and that is absolutely true for IB information, too. This page explains why we use current IB documentation and information and identifies recent IB documents and where...
Extended essay
Academic databases & EE
Databases - provision and use - is the subject of a common question from and work focus of a DP librarian so we've looked at this elsewhere on this website (these pages are linked below), so here we are...
Academic integrity
Essay mill and AI
Students face many challenges when completing DP assessed work, of which the largest is the extended essay. Essay mills are commercial organisations that sell text to students. Unlike the rather benign...
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How AI is covered in this website
Just as in many other areas of education, artificial intelligence (AI) has and is changing how school libraries/ians work and operate. Here, we explain our approach to covering AI developments and issues...
Teaching & learning
Essay writing skills
DP students need to be familiar with writing an essay or research paper. This is a text form that students need to develop an understanding about and use skills that enable them to use the form to their...
Extended essay
Critical thinking in the extended essay
Critical thinking is not confined to the extended essay, however it has a strong association with it and can be a major way that a DP student can show critical thinking in assessed work. Here, we look...
Extended essay
Extended Essay exemplar collection in the school library
It can be helpful for students to refer to previous Extended Essay texts, i.e. completed by students in preceding years, in order to better understand what is required and what they might aim for. There...
Teaching & learning
Critical thinking in the IB Diploma
Critical thinking is regarded as a key attribute in learning and lifelong learning and a term school librarians know well, whether working with IB programmes or not. We look at critical thinking in both...
IBDP library
Naming a school library
What do we call the school library? Nomenclature is important. Some people consider that changing the name of the school library to another term will automatically result in a changed perception within...
IBDP library
JSTOR
When librarians ask about or consider databases for the IB Diploma, one that is often mentioned is JSTOR. Sometimes, JSTOR may be the only database to which a library/school subscribes. This page is...