Most Often Never Found on Shelves

We decided this year to scale back on some journals which can be accessed through databases and to increase the amount of “recreational” magazines, ones that browsers might select. Given how many of these are taken from the display shelves and are found on tables or on the floor beside comfy armchairs, we think it was a wise decision. These five are the ones I have reshelved most often in the past few weeks. Mental Floss : Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix has an article on “The 20 Greatest Mistakes in History” as well as one on “How Biodiesel Works” (with a sidebar on BioWillie, the first major brand in America which is marketed by Willie Nelson. Who knew?) Seed: Science is Culture looks at the ideas, issues, and icons shaping the culture of science. E: the Environmental Magazine covers green living. Analog: Science Fiction and Fact contains novellas, short stories, and a factual article, this month’s being “The Ice Age that Wasn’t” by Richard Lovett on “How Our Ancestors May Have Held the Ice at Bay.” And the last, rather surprising to us for a boarding school, is Everyday with Rachel Ray. After finding her cookbooks never residing on the shelves upstairs in proper Dewey order, we thought we’d give her a try. Probably, the most popular of all!