Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

Digital Maine Library – Books & Authors

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I think it’s time to explore another of the amazing databases among the Digital Maine Library databases provided to us by the Maine State Library. Okay, I think I’ll check out Books & Authors. There’s a lot going on on the home page of Books & Authors.  Tabs across the top of the page include Browse Titles ; Browse Authors ; Browse Genres ; Who?What?When?Where? ; Expert Picks and Award Winners.  The left hand side of the page has an olive green section with two file tabs – Fiction and Non-Fiction.  Below this section there are two different file tabs …

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New Items ~ April 2019

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FICTION The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear.  Mazie Dobbs investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz. Black Leopard, red wolf by Marlon James.  A swords-and-sorcery epic set in a mythical Africa that is also part detective story, part quest fable, and part inquiry into the nature of truth, belief, and destiny. Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken.  This is about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley. Cemetery Road by Greg Iles.  An electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a …

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Maine Maple Sunday

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Sunday, March 24th 2019, is Maine Maple Sunday. For those of us who might be interested in touring a sugarhouse, a list of participants can be found here – Maine Maple Sunday Participants.  This is a great map of the many and varied sugarhouses open for tours. For those of us who might be more interested in reading about Maple, here are a few titles to choose from. Anytime Mapleson by Mordicai Gerstein.  Have you ever invited bears for breakfast?  Check out this picture book, and enjoy the story. Maple by Lori Nichols.  A young girl and her maple tree …

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New Items ~ March 2019

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FICTION The age of light by Whitney Scharer.  Chronicles the tumultuous working and romantic relationships of photographer Man Ray and model-turned-photographer Lee Miller in early 1930s Paris. As long as we both shall live by JoAnn Chaney.  A masterful examination of a marriage gone very wrong, a marriage with lots of secrets…. Big bang by David Bowman.  Set in the 1950s, this epic presents a brilliant and wholly original take on the years leading up to the Kennedy assassination. Connections in death by J.D. Robb. Eve Dallas fights to save the innocent – and serve justice to the guilty – …

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Digital Maine Library ~ Popular Magazines

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I think it’s time to explore the Digital Maine Library a bit more. Scrolling down the homepage of the Digital Maine Library, I see Popular Magazines.  The blurb leads me to think that I will be able to browse through a magazine, not just access an article I might be looking for. Clicking on the link takes me to a new page.  Scanning the page, I see many of the links I’m used to seeing – a Search Bar, an Advanced button, the title of the page, as well as Topic Finder  and  Top Searches.  Below the Search Bar, there …

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New Items ~ February 2019

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FICTION Alice isn’t dead by Joseph Fink.  A female big-rig driver crisscrosses America searching for signs of the wife everyone else thinks is dead. The angel in the glass by Alys Clare.  A physician-sleuth in the year 1604 uncovers dark secrets in his small Devon village in this historical mystery. Bad news travels fast by Maureen Milliken.  When an Appalachian Trail hiker becomes lost in the woods of Maine, then is found dead, it sets off a chain of events that upsets the fragile peace of the town of Redimere, Maine. The boy by Tami Hoag.  Nick Fourcade and Annie …

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