The Collections 
Magazines and Newspapers 
Special Collections 
Computer Resources 
Adult Book Discussion Groups 
Online Resources New Books
Through its purchase of current books and multimedia materials, and unique local collections,
the library encourages a love of reading for recreation and lifelong learning. - excerpt from the Mission Statement
In order to fulfill the library's mission, the collection provides access to information in print, audio, video, and electronic formats. These resources include:
- Fiction and Nonfiction books including Bestsellers
- Large Print
- Reference
- Magazines and Newspapers
- Audiobooks on CD and tape
- CDs
- DVDs and Videos
New book list
Magazines Return to Top
All magazines can be checked out except for the current issue. The Library keeps issues for about 1 year.
In addition, please take a look at the Vermont Online Library for full access to many, many more magazines!
- American Girl - Children’s room
- Artists Magazine
- Backyard Poultry - Donation
- Backhome
- Better Homes and Gardens
- Birder’s World
- Brides
- Business Week – Donation
- Civil War Times
- Consumer Reports
- Cooking Light
- Country Living
- Cricket – Children’s room
- Discover
- Dirt Rider – Teen area
- Eating Well
- Economist
- Entertainment Weekly
- Everyday Food
- Family Fun
- Family Handyman
- Field and Stream
- Fine Homebuilding
- Gamepro – Teen area
- Good Housekeeping
- Health
- Home Education
- Instyle
- Kids Discover – Children’s room
- Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
- Knit ‘n Style
- Ladies Home Journal
- Ladybug – Children’s room
- Macworld
- Mad – Teen area
- Martha Stewart Living
- Men’s Health
- Money
- Mothering
- Motor Trend
- My Home, My Style
- Nation
- National Geographic
- National Geographic Traveler
- Natural Life
- New Yorker
- Newsweek
- Northern Woodlands
- O, the Oprah Magazine
- Ode
- Organic gardening
- Outdoor Photographer
- Outside
- Pack o Fun
- Parents
- PC World
- People
- Popular Mechanics
- Popular Photography
- Popular Science
- Quilter’s Newsletter
- Ranger Rick – Children’s room
- Real Simple
- Rolling Stone
- Runner’s World
- Seventeen – Teen area
- Shape
- Sports Illustrated
- Sports Illustrated for Kids – Children’s room
- Teen Vogue
- Time
- Utne Reader
- Vanity Fair
- Vegetarian Times
- Vermont Life
- Vermont Magazine
- Wired
- Writer’s Digest
- Yankee
- Yes
- Yoga Journal
Professional collection
- Booklist
- Kirkus
- Library Journal
- School Library Journal
- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Newspapers
- Burlington Free Press
- Mountain Gazette
- New York Times –Sunday edition only
Special Collections: Return to Top
In addition there are two special collections:
- Voices: The Search for Justice and Identity Collection. This collection focuses upon, but is not limited to, first-person narratives of people who have sought equal rights, religious freedom, political freedom, and cultural identity. Authors from the United States and around the world are represented.
- Bella Luna: Breast Cancer Collection. This collection honors women and their families whose lives have been challenged by breast cancer. It includes books and educational materials about breast care, breast cancer, treatment and coping.
Computer Resources Return to Top
The library currently has five public access computers for patrons to use to search the Internet and to do other personal computing. The following software is available on some or all of the computers:
- Microsoft Products: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher
- Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator
- Encarta products: Encarta Researcher, Encyclopedia, Dictionary, World Atlas, and Africana 2001.
- DISCovering Nations, States & Cultures - find factual and statistical information on over 200 nations, 53 U.S. states and territories and 12 Canadian provinces
- Snowflake Bentley - a multimedia encyclopedia with over 100 snowflake, frost & dew images
Adult Book Discussion Group Return to Top
The Deborah Rawson Memorial and Jericho Town Libraries co-host Vermont Council on the Humanities
Book Discussion programs at least once a year. The last series featured South Africa.
The Deborah Rawson Book Lovers discussion group meets the second Tuesday of every month in
the program room of the library. Registration is required to be a part of the group.
Please call the library, 899-4962, for more information.
Online Resources Return to Top
Vermont Online Library
The Vermont Online Library provides access to
hundreds of full-text magazine and journal articles, the New York Times, and many
other resource materials. For more information see our
Vermont Online Library instructions.
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