Here are a few recent books on the Adirondacks. Jot down the call numbers to find the books on the upper floor of the library.
A Wild Idea: How the environmental movement tamed the Adirondacks by 
The Adirondacks: A history of America's first wilderness by 
Wilderness navigation: finding your way using map, compass, altimeter & GPS by 
New York wildlife viewing guide
Contested terrain : a new history of nature and people in the Adirondacks by 
Acid rain in the Adirondacks: an environmental history by 
Adirondack 102 Club
Climate change in the Adirondacks : the path to sustainability by 
AMC guide to outdoor leadership by 
At the mercy of the mountains: true stories of survival and tragedy in New York’s Adirondacks by 
Snow sense: a guide to evaluating snow avalanche hazard by 
Don Williams’ Inside the Adirondack Blue Line
Environmental history of the Hudson River : human uses that changed the ecology, ecology that changed human uses by Lake George by For quick overviews of your research topic, start with these databases. They offer encyclopedia chapters, statistical data and more. Log in with your SUNY Adirondack username/password if requested.
Use the truncated term Adirondack* to find both Adirondacks and Adirondack Mountains.
Search the "Start Your Research Here" box on the library's home page with these subject phrases:
Adirondack Mountains
Adirondack Park Guidebooks
Adirondack Mountains Description and travel
"Nature conservation" and "New York"
Adirondack Park
Adirondack Park
Adirondack Mountains Region History
Adirondack Mountains Guidebooks
Adirondack Mountains Environmental conditions
Adirondack Forest Preserve
Adirondack Mountains Social life and customs
Adirondack Mountains Pictorial works
Adirondack Mountains History
You can also truncate and overlap two search terms, such as:
Adirondack* and ecol*
This will find any subject starting with Adirondack or Adirondacks, and ecology, ecological, etc.
Reference books cannot be borrowed, but are always in the library to use.
Acid rain in the Adirondacks: an environmental history by Jerry Jenkins
Reference Collection copy: Ref. TD195.52.N72 A523 2007; Circulating Collection copy: TD 195.52.N72 A523 2007
The Adirondack atlas: a geographic portrait of the Adirondack Park
Ref. F 127 .A2 J46 2004 (we also have a circulating copy)
The encyclopedia of New York State
Ref. F 119 .E53 2005
Some circulating books you may find helpful are:
The Adirondack atlas: a geographic portrait of the Adirondack Park
F 127 .A2 J46 2004 (circulating copy)
The Boy Scout handbook: a guide to adventure, a guidebook for life (12th edition; useful for Adk. guide test)
HS 3313 .B69 2009
Karasin, Leslie N. All-terrain vehicles in the Adirondacks: issues and options
F 197.A2 K37 2003
Ladd, Dan. Deer hunting in the Adirondacks: a guide to deer hunting in New York’s 6-million-acre Adirondack Park
SK 301 .L344 2008
Porter, William. The great experiment in conservation: voices from the Adirondack Park
S 932.N7 G74 2009
Slack, Nancy G. Adirondack alpine summits : an ecological field guide
QH 105.N7 S59 2006
Longstreth, Thomas Morris. The Adirondacks
F 127.A2 L8 2005
The SUNY Adirondack Library also owns a number of books by area author and SUNY Adirondack professor Michael Carpenter, such as 25 kayak & canoe trips in the Saratoga Springs, NY region. (Circulating Collection GV 776.N72 C37 2011). Just search "Carpenter, Michael" as an author in the search box on the library's home page, limiting the search to Books.
The backpacker’s handbook by 
Fish of New York field guide by 
Deerland : America’s hunt for ecological balance and the essence of wildness by Possums to porcupines: the wild life of an Adirondack rehabilitator by 
Biology and management of white-tailed deer by 
Nature next door: cities and trees in the American Northeast by 
The total outdoorsman manual by