Magazines and Newspapers

We have many magazines available to read in the library or check out to enjoy at home, or take a look at the Overdrive collection of magazines for downloading or online reading.

Titles currently available:

• American Archaeology*
• AudioFile*
• Audubon*
• Bon Appetit
• Consumer Reports
• Cooks Illustrated
• Coountry Living
• Eating Well
• Faces
• Fine Homebuilding
• Martha Stewart Living (subscription paid for by the Friends)
• Mother Earth News
• National Geographic
• New Moon Girls
• The New Yorker
• Orion
• People
• Practical Homeschooling
• Ranger Rick Jr. 
• Real Simple 
• Rolling Stone
• The Sun
• Yankee

* donated to the library
[list updated 7/6/2021]

We have 2 local newspapers available to read in the library.

• Heath Herald
• Greenfield Recorder *

* donated to the library

Wind Forecast Changes Library Schedule

The library will be open today (Monday, October 29) from 11 am to 3 pm. We will not be open during our regular Monday hours of 3 pm to 7 pm due to the National Weather Service forecast for high winds this afternoon:

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD...DAMAGING WINDS.

* WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY EXISTS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES THAT COULD LAST FOR DAYS...DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND HOMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS...AND DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. DEBRIS AND DOWNED TREES COULD IN SOME CASES BLOCK ROADWAYS.

Massachusetts Virtual Catalog

Announcement on the C/W MARS website: 

The Massachusetts Virtual Catalog links are now live!

After much work, all of our connections to the Massachusetts Virtual Catalog are now up and running! You can search state-wide for materials and can request them.

Important Information:

• Please check availability of Items in the C/W MARS Catalog before using the Virtual Catalog. (The Virtual Catalog link location is shown in the image below.) Items that are available in C/W MARS libraries may not be requested.
• All C/W MARS patrons with active library accounts may request materials from the Virtual Catalog.
• You will be notified via email when an item is available for pickup.
• Items may not be renewed.
• Use the buttons provided by the Virtual Catalog interface for navigation.
• Your local library can help you use the Virtual Catalog.

The Virtual Catalog system is being funded with state funds through a series of grants from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. If you aren't sure how to use the Virtual Catalog, here is a link to Frequently Asked Questions and a tutorial.

• Go to the Virtual Catalog Sign-In
• F.A.Q.
• Virtual Catalog Patron Tutorial

New Titles List

C/W MARS has added a new feature to their website. New titles lists have been created for the member libraries (http://www.cwmars.org/new_titles). This is generated automatically and will list the titles added in the last seven calendar days.

Heath's New Titles List is here: http://www.cwmars.org/new_titles?type=author&library=219

This is a screenshot of Heath's list on 10/10/2012: