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Books by Mail Large Print Catalog NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY Books By Mail Rural Services Large Print Catalog (Updated 5/2009) NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY BOOKS BY MAIL RURAL SERVICES We are now offering our Books By Mail patrons Gale Group InfoTrac Resources ! In an effort to bring electronic information resources to as many New Mexicans as possible, the New Mexico State Library is providing databases of magazines and journals to libraries and patrons via the Internet. The New Mexico State Library has chosen InfoTrac, a highly regarded resource of content-rich authoritative information through the Internet. The InfoTrac databases contain over 4,277 magazines and journals, 2,969 of them with full-text and full-image with the remainder offering abstracts to the articles. InfoTrac is a product of Gale Group, a major vendor of library magazine and journal subscriptions to libraries. Access to the databases is controlled through specific usernames and passwords which are established for constituent libraries and patrons throughout New Mexico. Each library is authorized to provide these usernames and passwords to its clients, students or patrons, thus giving access to any New Mexico citizen with Internet access. The Gale logon screen for NMSL Direct and Rural Services patrons is http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nmlibdrsb (The password is: cactus) Copyright requirements are covered by the arrangements that the Gale Group makes with the journals and magazines it includes in the databases. *We ask that you mention you are a Books By Mail patron when contacting the following numbers. For information or help contact either: Mark Adams 1-800-477-4401 or Teresa Martinez (505) 476-9781 or 1-800-395-9144 For information on how to use the database contact: Reference 1-800-876-2203 For information from the New Mexico State Library visit the web site at http://www.nmstatelibrary.org . NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY BOOKS BY MAIL RURAL SERVICES HOW TO ORDER: Send us your NAME and ADDRESS and the Catalog Numbers of the books you wish to read. Mail to: BOOKS BY MAIL New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507-5166 or use the yellow order card included with your last order of books or Email to: [email protected] [email protected] OR CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-395-9144 DAY OR NIGHT *** Due to U.S. Postal Service practices your order may take up to 2 weeks to reach you and to return to us . Your books, a new order card, and the return postage will arrive in a special canvas bag to be used when returning materials to the BOOKS BY MAIL office. The due date for the books to be returned will be stamped on the back inside cover of each book . If you are unable to return your books by the due date, please send a note or call 1-800-395- 9144 giving us the Title, Author, and Due Date . These books will be renewed for an additional three weeks. For any reference questions you may have, you can direct them to our Reference Bureau at [email protected] . We ask that you mention you are a Books By Mail patron when contacting them. You can visit the New Mexico State Library web site at http://www.nmstatelibrary.org . Under the Books By Mail tab, you will be able to access our 4 latest catalogs. If you would prefer not to receive the paper version of the quarterly catalog and would rather access it online, please let us know so we can adjust our records. Thank you for using Books By Mail. NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY BOOKS BY MAIL RURAL SERVICES * HIGH DEMAND TITLES !!! Some delays in filling orders are unavoidable when a new catalog or supplement is sent out to several hundred households, so if a book is not available at the time of your request, it will be put on reserve and mailed to you when it becomes available. You will not need to reorder the book(s). Reordering the book(s) will only delay orders that much longer. We appreciate your patience. SPANISH BOOKS Books in Spanish are available for children and adults. Some editions are bilingual. LARGE PRINT BOOKS When ordering titles with the prefix “LP” (Large Print) please specify that you only want the titles in Large Print, otherwise, if the title is available in regular print, it will be substituted, and if it is not, we will send you the “LP” title. We hope this will minimize the waiting time on high demand titles and also save the Large Print for patrons who can only read Large Print, which is a smaller collection. Thank You. BOOKS-BY-MAIL provides library services to those who are not reached by public libraries. Call our toll free number 1-800-395-9144 and leave your requests on the 24 hour recording. Give us your name, mailing address, the catalog numbers of the books you wish to read. If calling to renew a book, give us the same information mentioned above along with the original due date of your book(s). This program was funded with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which administers the Library Services and Technology Act. NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY BOOKS BY MAIL RURAL SERVICES RURAL BOOKMOBILES: EAST WEST P.O. Box 1163 1000 Main Street NW, Bldg. 16-A Tucumcari, NM 88401 Los Lunas, NM 87031 505-461-1206 505-841-5250 Counties: Chaves, Curry, Counties: Catron, Cibola, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, McKinley, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Harding, Lincoln, Quay, Socorro, Torrance,Valencia Roosevelt, San Miguel SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST 3130 B. Hwy 180 East Silver City, NM 88061-7704 P.O. Box 97 505-534-4617 Cimarron, NM 87714 Counties: Catron, Grant, 505-376-2474 Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra Counties: Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Taos, Union The Bookmobiles are a part of the Rural Services Program . Contact the Bookmobile headquarters in your area for the Bookmobile schedules. Users of the Rural Services Program may also take advantage of the Talking Book Library , which provides audio material for the blind, reading disabled, physically handicapped and some homebound people. For more information about this program call 1- 800-456-5515 . CAT EGORY CODES What is the 3 letter code at the beginning of each book description? These category codes will give you more specific information about the books that you are borrowing (Not every category will appear in each catalog). *Please Note: Previous Catalogs are still available to order from . Happy Reading! ADV Adventure HEA Health/Diet/Exercise PAR Parenting/ AGY Anthology HIF Historical Fiction Childbirth ANI Animals HIS History PHI Philosophy ANT Antiques/ HMR Home Repair/ PHO Photography Collectibles Decorating POE Poetry ART Art/Architecture HOB Hobbies/Crafts POL Politics AUT Automotive HOL Holidays POP Popular Culture BIO Biography/ HOR Horror PDY Psychology/ Autobiography HUM Humor Self Help BLI African-American JVE Juvenile/Ages 5-8 REC Recovery Interest JVI Juvenile/Ages 8-12 REF Reference/ BUS Business/ JVP Juvenile/Preschool General Economics JVY Juvenile/Ages 13-18 REL Religious CAR Career/Jobs LAN Language RFL Reference/ CKG Cooking LAT Latin Fiction Foreign Languages COM Computer LIF Lifestyle ROM Romance CUR Current Events LIT Literature/Classics SCI Science DIT Dictionary/ LTC Literature/ SEX Sexuality Thesaurus Contemporary SFF Science Fiction DRA Drama/Films/ MED Medical SOC Sociology Plays MLC Multi cultural SPA Spanish EDU Education MOT Inspirational/ SPO Sports/ ENV Environmental Motivational Recreation FAM Family/Marriage MOV Movie/TV Tie-In SUS Suspense FAN Fantasy MUS Music/Dance SW Southwest FIC General Fiction MYS Mystery TAX Tax Preparation FIN Investments/ NAT Nature TRD Travel/Domestic Personal Finance NEW New Age TRF Travel/Foreign GAM Games/Puzzles NTV Native American TRU True Crime GAR Gardening OCC Occult WES Western GRA Graphic Novels OCF Occult Fiction WOM Women’s Studies XMS Christmas ADVENTURE larger story of corruption and intrigue ADV Against Cold Steel reaching deep into the heart of the Hoyt, Edwin P. LP-2588 occupation. When Stephen Decatur received his commission to captain after the firing ADV Stonewall's Gold of the Philadelphia, he had little time Mrazek, Robert J. LP-2274 to bask in glory. The spring of 1804 It is the final winter of the war, and in saw the bloody continuation of the the wake of an infamous order issued Tripolitan Wars, and the bashaw of by General Grant, Union armies have Tripoli was not about to give up laid waste to the majestic Shenandoah Mediterranean piracy and forced Valley. It is then that a stranger arrives tributes without a battle. And battle in the small village of Port Republic. was precisely what the U.S. Navy had When someone begins desecrating the in store for him. Before the merciless graves of soldiers buried near summer sun surrendered to an arid Jackson's former headquarters, Jamie Barbary autumn, Captain Stephen Lockhart uncovers an incredible secret Decatur would lead one of the most that could very well cost him his life. brilliant gunboat attacks ever logged in Pursued by men who would kill for the annals of naval history. what he possesses, fifteen-year-old Jamie embarks on a quest that will test ADV The Good German the limits of his courage and Kanon, Joseph LP-2509 endurance. With World War II finally ending, Jake Geismar, former Berlin ADV Drop Zone correspondent for CBS, manages to Salazar, Michael LP-2589 wangle one of the coveted press slots Elite Air Force Special Forces Para for the Postdam Conference. His rescue Team operative Jason Johnson assignment: a series of articles on the is teamed with a hotshot Marine for a American occupation of postwar perilous mission.
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