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 Island Foundation               Family Search
          Essex County Heritage               Essex, Ma Resources for Genealogy Research

      

 Forthcoming Titles

FICTION
Adams, Lorraine
The room and the chair                    2/10
Allen, Sharah Addison
The girl who chased the moon          3/10
Banville, John
The infinities                                  2/10
Berenson, Alex
Midnight house                                2/10
Berg, Elizabeth
The last time I saw you                    4/10
Blake, Sarah
The postmistress                             2/10
Bohjalian, Chris
Secrets of Eden                               2/10
Barry, Brunonia
Map of true places                           5/10
Coben, Harlan
Caught                                            3/10
Collins, Jackie
Poor little bitch girl                          2/10
Cornwell, Bernard
The burning land                              1/10
Crusie, Jennifer
Wild ride                                         3/10
Cussler, Clive
Silent sea                                        3/10
DeMille, Nelson
The lion                                          6/10
Erdrich, Louise
Shadow tag                                     2/10
Fairstein, Linda
Hell gate                                         3/10
Grippando, James
Money to burn                                 3/10
Hamilton, Laurell
Flirt                                                2/10
Hannah, Kristen
Winter garden                                 2/10
Hedges, Peter
The Heights                                    3/10
Hooper, Kay
Blood ties                                       1/10
Kellerman, Jonathan
Deception                                       3/10
Mankell, Henning
The man from Beijing                      2/10
McEwan, Ian
Solar                                              4/10
Palmer, Michael
The last surgeon                             2/10
Parker, Robert B.
Blue-eyed devil                                5/10
Patterson, James
The 9th judgement                          4/10
Patterson, James
Worst case                                      2/10
Picoult, Jodi
House rules                                     3/10
Preston, Douglas
Fever dream                                    5/10
Quindlen, Anna
Every last one                                  5/10
Rankin, Ian
Doors open                                       1/10
Robards, Karen
Shattered                                         3/10
Robb, J. D.
Fantasy in death                               2/10
Roberts, Nora
Savor the moment                             4/10
Steel, Danielle
Big girl                                              2/10
Trigiani, Adriana
Encore, Valentine                               2/10
White, Randy Wayne
Deep shadow                                     3/10
MYSTERY

Bradley, Alan
Weed that strings the hangman's bag  3/10
Clark, Mary Higgins
Shadow of your smile                          4/10
Knopf, Chris
Short squeeze                                    1/10
Larsson, Stieg
Girl who kicked the hornet's nest         5/10
Parker, Robert B.
Split image                                         2/10

updated 1/22/2010

 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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