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If you are looking for a good book to read, check one of these LISTS.

If you have a title, author, or subject in mind, search one of these LIBRARY CATALOGS.

Keyword Author Title Subject	KEYWORD AUTHOR SUBJECT TITLE JOURNAL TITLE ISSN/ISBN Beverly Beverly Children's Board of Library Commissioners Danvers Danvers Children's Everett Everett Children's Gloucester Gloucester Children's Lynn Lynn Children's Lynnfield Lynnfield Children's Marblehead Marblehead Children's Melrose Melrose Children's Peabody Peabody Children's Reading Reading Children's Revere Revere Children's Salem Salem Children's Saugus Saugus Children's Stoneham Stoneham Children's Swampscott Swampscott Children's Wakefield Wakefield Children's Winthrop Winthrop Children's Phillips Academy Bunker Hill Community College Endicott College Gordon College Merrimack College Middlesex Community College Montserrat College of Art North Shore Community College Northern Essex Community College Salem State College Salem State Education Resources All Children's Collections All Public Libraries All College Libraries View Entire Collection		Search for an item in libraries near you: Enter title, subject or person

Still didn't find what you need? Click here to REQUEST a book for purchase by the library.

Need a little more help? Here are some SEARCH TIPS.

• For books, magazine titles, desk reserves, videos and Special Collections:
  Search by author, title, keyword, Library of Congress subject heading, series or periodical title.
  
• For newspaper or periodical articles, use the library's online periodical databases.

• The Addison Gallery of American Art,
• The Brace Center for Gender Studies,
• The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
• The William B. Clift Record Library
• The Community and Multicultural Development Center Library

The OWHL is a member of the North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE); “a cooperative effort of 27 area libraries founded to improve library service through automation. Seventeen public library members, nine college libraries and one special library are members of NOBLE.” Members of the PA community have direct access to over 3 million items in the Noble catalog. Come to the library to get a personal identification number (PIN) which will allow you to request titles from any of the member libraries.
For more information on Noble, please go to www.noblenet.org.

For Books in Memorial Hall Library, Andover's public library:

Search the iPAC catalog at http://www.mhl.org. If the book is on the shelf at Andover, you may use your PA identification card to borrow the book. The library is located at the intersection of Main and Elm Streets. You are responsible for returning the book on time.

For Inter-Library Loan from Libraries in MassachusettsThe Virtual Catalog searches through many Massachusetts library catalogs for a book, CD, audio or video and then informs you who owns it and whether it is on the shelf. The Virtual Catalog will enable you to request an item statewide if it is not available in NOBLE libraries. If the item is available in NOBLE, you must request it through the NOBLE Catalog.

For books not owned by NOBLE or Memorial Hall Library: Search OCLC WorldCat

OCLC WorldCat is a database of hundreds of library catalogs, all around the country. Through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the OWHL is able to borrow books from other libraries, usually without any charge to you. Search the database and speak to a librarian about your requirements. Please remember that it can take a week or more to obtain your book. Contact if you have questions about a pending loan request.For REMOTE ACCESS, use 2186700 plus your 7 digit PA ID number. Call the library at x4230 or email us at for help. You may also use a Merrimack Valley Library Consortium library card bar code number.