Ledyard Libraries
PO Box 225
Ledyard, CT 06339

Library Director:
Gale Bradbury
Senior Assistant Librarian:
Marty Hubbard
Assistant Librarian:
Mary Ellen Osborne
Children's Librarian:
Nancy Brewer

 

 

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Last update: 12/09/2009

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Get library access to Consumer Reports' website.


Search the auto repair database. Car and Truck repair, maintenance and recall information.


Get prices you're looking for in this database. Prices for antiques and collectibles including prices for rare and first edition books.


Information on colleges and graduate schools as well as sample tests for GEDs, SATs, & ACTs, GREs, many Civil Service Exams , Citizenship Tests, and Military Entrance Exams.


Find the legal forms you need in this database. In addition to State and Federal forms that you can print out including Living Wills, Tax forms, and Divorce forms, this database also lists lawyers by state and specialty with links to their web pages.

Fuel Economy Guide
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have developed the fuel economy Website, which contains an electronic version of the Fuel Economy Guide and features updated fuel economy data for new and used passenger vehicles dating back to 1985, allows side-by-side vehicle comparison, and offers fuel-saving tips. It also contains vehicle-specific air pollution emissions information and safety ratings and provides links to car buying Web sites.

iCONN.org
Connecticut's new Digital Library including full text magazine and journal articles, links to other library catalogs and homepages, Infotrack and other great reference tools for children and adults.

Request
Request is the online database of holdings in over 200 libraries throughout Connecticut. Recently enhanced Request system now allows patrons to reserve items held in those libraries and have them delivered to Bill Library.  While it is more efficient  and timely to borrow from other libraries in our consortium, we encourage patrons to search Request for items of interest not available in our own LION database.

Healthnet
Find RELIABLE information on your health related questions and concerns from UCONN.

USA.gov (formerly FirstGov.gov)
Your first link to the U.S. Government. Get directly in touch with U.S. government services. Link to state and local governments and get the information you need.

State of Connecticut Homepage

ConnecticutJobs.com
Search great local jobs and post your resume for FREE! Plus, get jobs emailed to you when you create an account.

The Hartford Courant

The Day

Connecticut History Online
A great site for prints, drawings and images of local history.  An IMLS funded project. This is a joint effort of  the Connecticut Historical Society, the Mystic Seaport and the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center of the University of Connecticut Libraries.

Librarian’s Internet Index
(formerly Librarian's Index to the Internet)
An extensive index of links, evaluated, annotated and maintained by the California State Library. It includes its own search engine. Primary financial support for LII (Librarians' Internet Index) from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Other funding sources include California Digital Library

The Internet Public Library
A wide selection of resources to complement traditional public libraries, developed and maintained by a consortium of universities.

Web tutorials
These links to Internet tutorials and web searching helps have been previewed by our staff as excellent sites for learning the Web.

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