Malden Public Library

On Monday, May 26, 2008, the library will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.

The library will resume normal hours of operations on Tuesday, May 27, 2008.

Free Jazz Concert Series: Spring 2008
Concerts are on Wednesdays @ the library, Ryder Art Gallery,
7-8pm
Handicapped Accessible
Concerts are sponsored by the Friends of the Malden Public Library.

The 3rd concert is on:
May 21, 2008: Cassandre McKinley/Trio

Boston Conservatory alum’s Cassandre McKinley grew up in the Boston area. She is a jazz vocalist and has “developed a sound and style that is so unique, there’s no comparisons”. Boston Globe/ Sidekick Cover August 2007 says, “There’s a music style called jazzsoul (we made it up) and our anointed queen is Boston native Cassandre McKinley”.

For more information, please check out Cassandre mcKinley’s website.
cassandremckinley.com

Need to repair your car or want to make some home improvements? Check out these new databases at the Malden Public Library to get you started on your projects! The Auto Repair Reference Center and the Home Improvement Reference Center are now available for use at the library or use your Malden Library card to use it wherever you have internet access.

The Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. Database content includes more than 31,660 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs; and much more. All of the content in Auto Repair Reference Center has been created by ASE certified technicians.

Home Improvement Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for home improvement assistance, including: maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, plumbing, wood projects, outdoor improvements, decorating home & garden, etc. This comprehensive resource contains 26 major reference works in full text with more than 10,000 images .

Click here for a list of additional databases.

The new additions to our collection from April 2008 can be found in this Microsoft Word document April file.

All new books (for adults, children and teens) and DVDs are included. Feel free to browse through and look up anything you’d like to check out in our catalog.

New Additions for previous months can be found here.

Join the Teen Book Discussion group after school from 3:30-5pm.

We’ll be discussing “Twilight” by Stephanie Meyer along with a book-related craft and snacks.
Please see Miss Collins in the Young Adult Room for a copy of “Twilight”. See you there!

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of 20+ full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography, and science. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now they are available 24/7 at your fingertips from the Malden Public Library and any location with a valid Malden Public Library card.

Since this database provides sources for multidisciplinary research, you can search by any keyword for your research project and get full-text articles and images immediately

List of Reference Books in this database can be found HERE.

To view photos from Malden Library’s Triple Threat Trivia 2008, please click here.

Congratulations to the winners MATV and Temple Tifereth Israel!

Great for high school homework assignments!

This online database is designed for high school students who are looking for a variety of magazine and newspaper articles.

At InfoTrac Student Edition, you can find entire articles pertaining to current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and much more!

Click here to explore our list of databases including InfoTrac Student Edition.

Want to read about J. K. Rowling, William Shakespeare, John Grisham, Philip Pullman, Khaled Hosseini, C. S. Lewis or hundreds of other authors?

Your library card is your online passport to an author’s brief biography, a summary and criticism of specific works, and a list of awards and prizes.

Simply select ‘Research’ from our Menu Bar, then ‘Online Article Databases’ from the Sidebar. If you are at home, you must now select ‘here’ from within the second paragraph of instructions entitled: ‘Remote Access’. After you have inserted your library card number in the box provided, press GO. You will open a very long list of resources. Scroll down to

Literary Reference Center

Select that link and … Congratuations! You have arrived!

Now key in an author’s name and press the SEARCH button. The list that is generated includes essays from literary journals, works of criticism, standard reference sets, and international and regional newspapers. You may open these records and print full texts!

Also, if ideas for new authors fail you, this is the place to see lists of writers in adventure, mystery, romance, feminist fiction, sea stories, westerns, or fantasy. Try it!