The Regional Reference Center at Memorial Hall Library provides reference support for all NMRLS member libraries. We are happy to brainstorm questions with you, or use our well-developed reference collection to help answer difficult questions. You can contact us by phone at 978-623-8401 Ext. 31, or by email at rdesk@mhl.org.

New Reference Additions

The Firefly Five Language Visual Dictionary includes illustrations of animals, tools, musical instruments, vehicles, and games labeled in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian.

National Geographic Encyclopedia of Space is a one-volume overview of the cosmos. Topics covered are astronomy, the solar system, space exploration, and the military and intelligence uses of space.

Interesting Web Sites

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE)
invasives.eeb.uconn.edu/ipane/
Before you begin your spring planting check out the "Invasive Plant Atlas of New England" managed by the University of Connecticut. You can search by location or species name.

Step into History
www.stepintohistory.com/
For a fun yet educational summer vacation activity, check out the 550 locations where you can see "life as it was".

Stumper for April

I am looking for a web site that provides summaries, thought questions, and teaching ideas for all kinds of movies.

Answer: www.classbrain.com/artmovies/publish/article_109.shtml

Stumper for May

Can you find a list of cities in Massachusetts with a population of fewer than 1000 people?

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