Collections
Online Databases
Downloadable eBooks and Audiobooks
Online Local Historical Collections
Print Periodical Subscriptions
Foreign Language Collections
New Items
For a list of items recently added to the collection, please click below:
New Items December 2011
New Items November 2011
New Items October 2011
New Items September 2011
New Items August 2011
New Items July 2011
New Items June 2011
New Items May 2011
New Items April 2011
New Items March 2011
New Items February 2011
New Items January 2011
Audiovisual Collection
For live searches in the Minuteman Catalog, please use these links:
DVDs
Books on CD
College courses on CD or DVD
Books on Tape
Playaway audiobooks
Large Print Books
For a live search in the Minuteman Catalog, please use the link below:
Large Print Books
Rental Collections
The Friends of the Acton Libraries provides Rental book and Rental DVD collections of currently popular items. Rental collections are a service the Friends provide for those who want an alternative to joining the waiting list for a popular item. Rentals are $1 a week, which is due at the time of check out. Rentals can only be renewed in person and can not be reserved or requested through the Minuteman Network. Overdue fines on Rental items are 25 cents per day for books and $1 a day for DVDs, with no grace period.
Acton Collection
The Acton Collection is a circulating collection of materials related to the Town of Acton. The Acton Collection is shelved in the original 1890 building, which serves as the Library's Genealogy and Local History Room. Information in the Acton Collection is supplemented by materials found in the non-circulating Reference and Genealogy Collections.
Genealogy Collection
The Genealogy Collection is a non-circulating, secure collection of materials that aid family history research. The collection has an emphasis on Massachusetts and also on the Civil War. The Genealogy Collection is accessible whenever the library is open. Researchers are asked to sign in at the Reference Desk before using the collection. The library also maintains subscriptions to the following online databases: American Ancestors, Ancestry Library Edition, and Access NewspaperArchives.
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