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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.
New Reference Additions:
The New Marshall Cavendish ten-volume encyclopedia, Business and Industry, contains descriptive articles on all aspects of the business world, including the lives of famous entrepreneurs, company histories of major American companies, definitions of terms, and general industry overviews. The articles are enhanced with pictures, diagrams, and charts.
The Gardeners A-Z Guide to Growing Flowers From Seed to Bloom and The Gardener's A-Z Guide for Growing Organic Food explain how to propagate and grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Information for germinating seeds, transplanting the seedling, and caring for the plant in the garden is presented in well-organized charts.
Interesting Web Sites:
Dictionary.com
dictionary.reference.com
This site has links to thesauri, foreign language translators, and English and foreign language dictionaries.
Massachusetts Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
www.state.ma.us/consumer/
Check out this Massachusetts government site for consumer information. There are links to tips for buying a car or a house, a guide to managed care in Massachusetts, instructions for stopping email spam, and much more.
Stumper for April:
Where can I find a comparison of Tufts HMO and Harvard Pilgrim HMO?
Answers: Weiss Ratings' Guide to HMOs and Health Insurers rates HMOs. Gwen Charter, reference librarian at the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, cited this source. Thanks Gwen!
The National Committee for Quality Assurance at www.ncqa.org/index.asp is a nonprofit agency whose mission is to provide information on managed care plans. You can set up a "report card" to compare two or more plans.
Stumper for May
What is the second largest city in Finland?
Until next month,
Eleanor Sathan
Regional Reference Librarian
 
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