Consumer Reports from Home with your library card!!

Just a reminder as we get into that "holiday" season time and you start thinking about gifts....
You can access Consumer Reports full text from home 24/7 with your library card!
Just go to www.northfieldmn.info
1. Click on E-Library
2. Scroll down to EBSCO
3. Type in your library card #
4. Choose EBSCO Web Host
5. Scroll down to MasterFILE Premier
6. Click on Publications at the top of the page
7. Type in Consumer Reports

The index covers full text articles (PDF of the actual magazine articles)  1991 to the present date. You can search for articles on all types of products.

And there are lots of other magazines and journals indexed on EBSCO. Check that out if you are doing research on anything.

Questions? Call the reference desk at 645-1802.

Learn how to download library eBooks!

Come to the library on Saturday November 9 from 3-4 PM and learn how to download library eBooks to your iPad or Kindle. We'll be using the library eBook collection using Overdrive. If you haven't seen it check it out at www.northfieldmn.info - click on E-Library. The collection includes eBooks and Audiobooks for adults, young adults and children. Bring your library card and your device. If you have a Kindle make sure you have an Amazon account. We'll have some volunteers to help you get started.
This program is free and open to the public. Best of all, this service is FREE with your library card!!
See you on Nov. 9th!
Questions? Call the library at 507-645-6606

Online ACT and SAT Practice Tests

If you're a high school senior planning to take the SAT on  Oct. 5, Nov. 2 or Dec. 7 or the ACT on Sept. 21, Oct, 26 or Dec. 14 you should know about Learning Express!! This is a great database with practice tests for the ACT, SAT, GED and many other exams. Just go to the library website at http://www.northfieldmn.info/ and click on E-Library. Scroll down until you come to Learning Express. Create an account  with your library card and practice at your convenience from home or school. You can score yourself on all or just part of an exam. If you have any questions call the library at 645-6606.

Ancestry and Heritage Quest

The Northfield Public Library has subscriptions to 2 genealogy databases.  Ancestry.com (Library Edition) is available only in the library. With this you have access to all kinds of records: Census (State and federal), immigration, tax, church, marriage, death, military, newspapers, directories, etc. Records are being added all  the time and from other countries as well.
HeritageQuest has a variety of records but the main thing is you can access the federal census (most of it) from home with your library card.

The provider of Ancestry and HQ is ProQuest. Check out their online - FREE - webinars on using these resources.Some of the webinars have a U.S., UK and Ireland or Canadian focus. Click here to link to their webinar page.

Remember that the library has a computer dedicated to genealogy use. There is no sign up - just first come - first served. You can stay 2 hours or longer if no one is waiting to use.

Questions?
Call the reference desk at 507-645-1802

Vintage Band Festival concerts @ the Library

The Northfield Library will host 2 band concerts soon which are a part of the 2013 Vintage Band Festival.
On Thursday Aug. 1 at 12:00 noon the Original Drachenfedler Musikanten  will perform. This quartet from Germany are masters of the polka and feature a tenor horn, trumpet, tuba and accordion.

On Saturday Aug. 3 the Kentucky Baroque Trumpets will perform at 2:00 PM. . This group plays cavalry music, dance music, duets, solos and trumpets with voice.

Both concerts will be held outdoors on the lawn at the library. In case of rain the concerts will be held indoors upstairs at the library. For more information on these concerts and others, go to the festival website

http://vintagebandfestival.org/festival/

Summer at the library

It's official.
Summer is here.
Sort of.
You wouldn't know it by the weather but school's out,  the City Pool opened this week and vacations are getting planned.
The library can help you have a great summer in so many ways.

Summer Reading Club for kids
Movies for rainy days
Audio books for long car rides
Travel books for planning
Books to give you inspiration in your garden
Books to help you build a deck or patio
Downloadable e-books and audiobooks for your trips abroad or just up to the  lake

And the best thing about all this? It's free with your library card!! Come on down!

A Mix of New Books

Check out this eclectic mix of new books at the Northfield Library