Library Databases

As of July 1, 2009 there will be a number of changes to the databases carried at the Mountain View Public Library. Due to budget cuts the Library has cut a number of databases including: Rand California, CollegeSource, ElderCare, NetLibrary, San Jose Mercury News Index, New York Times Index, and BookLetters. We are also changing from our Gale Databases to a new subscription for EBSCO. EBSCO offers a number of services including the ability to subscribe to specific magazines by email, create and save notes about articles, and more.

Social Networking

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"Kulinary Killings"

"Kulinary Killings"

There are many sub-genres within the mystery field - historicals, amateur sleuths, police procedurals, for example. One of the newer ones is culinary mysteries. Hard-core mystery readers, and some writers, don't consider them "mysteries" at all. However, culinary mysteries, while considered "cozies," are proving very popular with readers. Most are series but there are a few stand-alone anthologies. Titles are usually puns and the cover art, clever and fun. Check out our list.

Covenant Hall

Covenant Hall -

Private Investigator Bay Tanner is hired by a young mother desperate to locate her estranged family. Joline Eastman's daughter is dying of leukemia, and all other sources for a bone-marrow transplant have been exhausted. A yellowing photograph and a handful of wartime letters are the only clues she has to offer. But it's what she's not willing to share that may hold the ultimate solution to saving her daughter's life.




FICTION - by Kathryn Wall

The Glimmer Palace

The Glimmer Palace -

A literary historical novel about an orphan girl's journey from poverty to film stardom, set against the grand backdrop of World War I Berlin, the cabaret era, the run-up to World War II, and the innovations in art and industry that accompanied it all.


FICTION - by Beatrice Colin

Author Talk for Teens

Gil Lawson - Free Program

Local Author Gil Lawson will talk about creating the graphic novel series Charlatan

Monday, July 13th, 7:00-8:00 pm in the Teen zone

Digital Cartooning for Teens

Digital Cartooning for Teens -

Create your own digital cartoon using BitStrips.com
No Drawing required!

• Taught by artist/teacher Moose Wesler


• Program is free, limited to grades 6-12


• Space is limited, advance
  registration required



To register: call 650.903.6897 or
stop by the Children’s Reference Desk

Penguin Lives

Penguin Lives -

Just because something is big doesn’t necessarily make it better. The Penguin Lives Series of short biographies makes this point in spades. For all you autodidacts out there, experts in their respective fields have created a treasure trove of biographical gems. Jane Smiley covers Charles Dickens, Karen Armstrong explores Buddha, John Keegan examines Winston Churchill, and Ada Louise Huxtable checks out Frank Lloyd Wright. To find these and many others, type in KEYWORDS Penguin and lives, then MODIFY SEARCH by applying the LIMIT function to the ADULT BOOK collection . Happy hunting!

Chess Club for Teens

CHESS CLUB FOR TEENS -

In partnership with the Oakland chess league.

Thursdays 2-4 pm
from July 2 – august 13

In the teen zone

More info...