Literature is my utopia. Helen Keller

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 Adult Collection

Discussing a Book   Fiction including large print, science fiction Located on the first floor
  Mystery & Bestsellers Located on the Lobby level
  Audio Books - cassette and CD Located on the first floor
  Movies - VHS and DVD Located on the first floor
  Music - CD Located on the first floor
  Periodicals Located on the Lobby level
  Non-Fiction Located on the second floor
  Reference material Located on the second floor
  Local history reference Located on the second floor - Topsfield Room


For Library floor map click on Facilities Brochure

    To help readers discover new titles, authors, book club information and more, try using
   NOVELIST as a resource.  Click here EBSCO HOST or when visiting the mvlc.org site.
     
Overdrive At Home
    For downloadable Audio Books, click on the icon. If this is a new service for you
    and you would like assistance, please call our
    Circulation Department at 978-887-1528.

  TOPSFIELD TRI-TOWN TRANSCRIPT - Newspaper available with your library card.  Click here to access!

 Genealogy Research

        The Topsfield Town Library now offers several tools and sources of information that will help you be successful
      in your genealogy search.
         The Town's cemetery plot project allows researcher to discover where ancestors are buried and how to
     locate
the three town cemeteries in Topsfield. Researching can be done on a designated computer in the library
     or by looking through
corresponding binders located in the Library's Topsfield Room.
         Genealogical databases are now offered through the Topsfield Town Library.  When visiting the Library,
    workstations provide easy access to Ancestry Library Edition. This database is only accessible while visiting the
    Library.
Heritage Quest is accessible in the Library or remotely from home. You will need to have a Topsfield
    Town Library card
to log on.
         Other useful tools such as links to web sites are offered at the Library along with the Family Tree Magazine. 
    The Family Tree Magazine offers useful tips and strategies in genealogy research.

    The Family Tree Magazine web site
provides organizational forms.
         Please come by the Library's Reference Desk on the second floor for more information and to use computer
    workstations to begin your family genealogy project.  Staff is available to assist in getting you started.
    OTHER LINKS TO WEBSITES WE RECOMMEND:
          Cyndi's List                                 Find my past .com
          Genealogy.com                           rootsweb -  find our roots together
          Ellis Ilsand Foundation               Family Search
          Essex County Heritage               Essex, Ma Resources for Genealogy Research

      

 Forthcoming Titles

FICTION
Bova, Ben
The immortality factor
Brockmann, Suzanne
Hot pursuit
Brown, Dan
The lost symbol
Connelly, Michael
The scarecrow
Conroy, Pat
South of Broad
Cook, Robin
Intervention
Coulter, Catherine
Knockout
Cussler, Clive
Medusa
Deaver, Jeffery
Roadside crosses
Del Toro, Guillermo
The strain
Frank, Dorothea Benton
Return to Sullivan's Island
Gardiner, Meg
The memory collector
Gregory, Philippa
The white queen
Griffin, W. E. B.
The traffickers
Grippando, James
Born to run
Hoffman, Alice The story sisters
Howard, Linda
Burn
Iles, Greg
The devil's punchbowl
Johansen, Iris
Storm cycle
Just, Ward
Exiles in the garden
Koontz, Dean
Relentless
Larsson, Stieg
The girl who played with fir
Lescroart, John
A plague of secrets
Margolin, Phillip
Fugitive
McMurtry, Larry
Rhino ranch
Patterson, James
Swimsuit
Pearson, Ridley
Killer summer
Poyer, David
The weapon
Roberts, Nora
Black Hills
Rollins, James
The doomsday key
Russo, Richard
That old Cape magic
See, Lisa
Shanghai girls
Steel, Danielle
Matters of the heart
Updike, John
My father's tears & other stories
Wickham, Madeleine
The wedding girl


Mystery
Evanovich, Janet
Finger lickin' fifteen
Francis, Dick
Even money
Westlake, Donald E.
Get real                                               

updated May 18, 2009


 Music Highlights

Visit the Library's music collection and check out our new category of World Music CD's. Exciting ethnic sounds from around the world are available now.

World Music Collection at Topsfield

Using the Online library catalog

How to use the Online Catalog


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