The NMRLS Regional Reference Center at Memorial Hall Library is a valuable resource for NMRLS librarians. As your budget shrinks, our collection can supplement your reference sources. We have twelve MLS certified reference librarians who love a challenge. Call us at 978-623-8401 Ext. 31 and we will be glad to help you find answers to those stumpers.

Regional Reference Centers Memorial Hall Library (Andover) Phone: 978-623-8401 x31 or 32 Fax: 978-623-8407 Lawrence Law Library Phone: (978) 687-7608 Fax: (978) 688-2346

New Reference Additions:

Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music breaks the genre of popular and classical music into their component styles. For instance, jazz contains detailed descriptions for Ragtime, New Orleans Jazz, Chicago Jazz, Swing, Dixieland, and Cool Jazz.

Mythology for Storytellers divides myths into seven categories: creation, death, rebirth, heavenly bodies, earth, gods, and heroes. Each category contains stories from around the world including India, Japan, Scandinavia and Native America.

Interesting Web Sites:

Librarian's Index to the Internet Current Themes - www.lii.org
Check out the Librarians Index to the Internet "Current Themes" for quick access to authoritative web sites on timely topics. For example, the theme for the 2004 election has links to web sites on absentee voting, the candidates, election law, and voter registration.

FirstGov for Science - www.science.gov
Science.gov contains reliable scientific information from government agencies including the Food and Drug Administration, the National Geographic Data Center, The United States Geological Survey, the Department of Energy, and research centers across the country. You can search by keyword, or by browsing the directory.

Stumper for May:
What is the second largest city in Finland?
Answer: Espoo with a population of 182,647
Source: World Book Encyclopedia

Stumper for June:
Are there any words that are spelled with a double q?

Until next month,
Eleanor Sathan
Regional Reference Librarian esathan@mhl.org