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Audiobooks
Downloadable Audiobooks from NetLibrary and Recorded Books are digital versions of audiobooks
that are available through the Internet. Audiobooks can be played on any desktop or portable
device supporting Windows Media Player version 9.0 and above. You can also transfer your favorite
titles to a wide range of portable devices, including portable music players, portable media
centers, Pocket PCs, and even select smartphone devices.
- This exciting and convenient new service is free.
- No more holds to wait for -- digital copies are always available.
- No more overdue fines -- unless they are renewed, titles cease to play after 21 days.
- Patrons can check out up to 10 titles at one time, depending on the capacity of your device.
- Downloading is available without any special software, with either dial-up or high speed, to your computer or portable player. Learn more here.
- After setting up an account, this service can be accessed from any computer, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Here's how:
- Type in your 14-digit GML barcode number here, then click "login."
- From the NetLibrary page, on the upper right hand corner, click on "Create a Free Account."
- Fill in the form, following instructions, and make note of your username and password for future use.
Catalog
Note: After using any of the databases below, be sure to hit the "Exit" button when you're done so that you can then go on to another.- Our catalog is now available online through the Bibliomation system.
- Patron Info lets you log in with your ID number and last name, to view your library status: books out, due dates, fines, holds, etc.
- The Bibliomation WebPac lets you search the online catalog databases of other member libraries:
- Global Search - Choose from all Bibliomation member libraries
- Academic & K-12 Libraries - Choose one of 12 libraries
- Public Libraries - Choose one of 32 libraries
Online Libraries & Databases
Internet-based databases and library reference sites...Subscribed Access:
As members of the Bibliomation Network, we subscribe to these databases. Gunn Memorial Library card-holders can access them by entering the 14-digit barcode number on your cards when prompted for a password or ID number.Access My Library - Thomson Gale lets you search and browse millions of articles.
iCONN, The Connecticut Digital Library, now provides access to a wide selection of information databases like these:
- What Do I Read Next? - a powerful reader's advisory tool
- The New York Times - full text archive of the last 12 months
- Business & Company Resource Center - easy, single source access for business research
- Health and Wellness Resource Center - a one-stop reliable resource for reliable health and medical information
- General Reference Center - a vast array of key business and general interest journals
- InfoTrac OneFile - provides instant access to periodical and news content
- Expanded Access ASAP - a premier database for research in all academic disciplines
- Informe! - a database of the most popular Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals
- InfoTrac Professional Collection - a custom selection of full-text journals for educators
- The Discovering Collection - Authors, Biography, Science, US History, World History
Free Library Links:
- The Internet Public Library
- Librarians' Internet Index
- Library of Congress
- LibrarySpot features terrific lists and links.
- Libweb - links to libraries around the world.
Reference
There's an endless supply on the Web -- here are just a few...- Bartlett's Quotations
- Britannica Online
- Biography.com
- Dictionary.com
- Encarta
- FindLaw
- Google Maps
- Merriam Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
- OneLook searches many online dictionaries.
- RefDesk.com
- Roget's Thesaurus
- Wikipedia
- YourDictionary includes multi-lingual dictionaries, thesauri, and grammar usage.
Search Engines
They all work a bit differently -- explore to find your favorite...Buy Books
- A1Books
- AddALL -- lets you compare prices from 40+ sites
- Alibris -- out of print and "books you thought you'd never find."
- All Direct Books
- Amazon.com
- Barnes and Noble
- Bibliofind -- (via Amazon) searches thousands of booksellers of used and rare books
- Book Browser (via Barnes & Noble) offers genre lists, reviews and more.
- BookFinder.com -- scans bookseller databases to find new, used, rare, and out of print books
- Books-A-Million
- Borders -- now, via Amazon, too.
- Buy.com
- Hickory Stick Bookshop -- browse the others, but buy locally!
- Powell's Books -- new and used books
Points of Interest
News:
- ABC News
- CBS News
- MS/NBC News
- CNN Interactive
- PBS Online NewsHour
- News Link The motherlode of new links.
- The New York Times
- The Washington Post
- News.com from c|net features the latest computer, communication and technology news.
- Voices
- The Litchfield County Times
- The New Milford Times
- Waterbury Republican-American
- Danbury News-Times
Weather:
Tourism:
- CTvisit - The Official Connecticut State Vacation Guide
- Litchfield Hills
- Visit New England - Northwest Connecticut
- Connecticut Explorer's Guide
Directories:
- Anywho - telephone database, including reverse lookups
- InfoSpace.com - includes yellow pages, white pages, and atlases from everywhere in the world
- Yahoo People Search - search for e-mail addresses and telephone numbers
- Internet @ddress finder
Health:
- Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
- HealthFinder - A gateway to online consumer health information
- InteliHealth from Aetna
- Medline Plus from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and NIH
- Medscape
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Health Information
- NetWellness
- Prevention offers health, fitness and nutrition information
- Shape Up America! has ideas for fitness and nutrition
- WebMD
College Prep:
The PrepMe SAT preparation course offers 40+ hours of instructional content, practice quizzes, and full-length tests. PrepMe's online system will automatically identify your strengths and weaknesses and create a customized week-by-week schedule for you to help you raise your score.
Gunn Memorial Library patrons can access this customized online SAT preparation by logging in here with your library barcode number or Library ID number.
PrepMe is a premium online test preparation company founded by graduates of top schools such as Caltech, the University of Chicago, and Stanford. PrepMe has been featured on the front cover of Fortune Small Business, CNN/Money, BusinessWeek and is the test preparation of choice for many schools and districts around the country including the entire state of Maine.
- College Search: Overwhelmed at the prospect of where to go, how to apply, what financial aid is available and what questions to ask? These links offer lots of ways to access higher education.
- All About College has thousands of links to universities worldwide, and includes links for test prep, sororities and fraternities, studying abroad and graduate schools.
- American Universities is an alphabetical index of lists links to colleges and universities.
- Careers and Colleges helps match up courses of study, majors and careers as well as financial aid.
- College Board Online offers advice for students and parents and has a detailed search form to help you narrow your college search, as well as guidance on the applications process.
- CollegeNet lets you search for colleges by region or state, tuition, majors, sports and financial aid.
- Colleges, College Scholarships and Online Degrees provides links to colleges and universities along with e-mail addresses to admissions and financial aid offices, and a huge page of links to scholarship sites.
- CollegeView has profiles, virtual tours, applications, financial aid and career information.
- FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the best place to start for financial aid.
- FinAid offers comprehensive information on loans, scholarships and other forms of financial aid, along with handy calculators.
- Match College.com lists schools by 2-year, 4-year, technical, vocational, community, public or private, major and degree categories and states.
- My College Guide (formerly FishNet) puts some fun into the process with "Admissions Guru" advice and a quick colllege search form.
- Peterson's is a comprehensive education site, with college, grad school and online study information.
- The Princeton Review offers undergrad, graduate and professional school information and rankings.
- U.S. Department of Education offers lots of information on various loan and financial assistance programs. (See Explore Financial Aid.)
Seniors Resources:
- Administration on Aging
- AARP
- Seniors Site
- Friendly4Seniors
- National Institute on Aging
- Senior Law Home Pagefrom a New York law firm
- Protecting Yourself From Consumer Fraud from Florida's Attorney General
- National Fraud Information Center
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