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Many resources and tools that used to be only available in the library are now available through the library's computers or from your home. This means you can access these tools any time day or night at your convenience. You will use your 14-digit library card number for initial log on or registration. I f you have trouble logging on, don't hesitate to ask a staff member for assistance.
Use these links to get more information about a resource and registration:
Create Legal Documents: Law Depot
Create legal documents specific to NH Laws including documents for Wills/Power of Attorney, Sales/Transactions, Leasing/Renting/Real Estate, Business/Employment, Marriage/Cohabitation, Consent/Release, and more! Law Depot guides you through every step of creating a document that conforms to your situation. You will be able to print documents and return to previously created documents (like a rental agreement) to edit.
To register you will need your library card number and e-mail address. Your e-mail address will be your user name and you will choose a password.
Online Courses: Universal Class
Thought about pursuing some continuing education but don't want to enter a degree program? Looking for a few more CEUs this year? Just curious about a subject you'd like to learn more about? Take some online courses for FREE and at your own pace!!
Sample courses: Computer Basics, Image Editing, Cake Decorating, Yoga 101, How to Coach Little League Baseball, Babysitting 101, Courses for Teachers, Review & Test Prep in Math, Science, Language Arts, How to Create Web Pages, and hundreds more! Full List of Courses
To register you will need your library card number and then choose a user name and password.
Learn A Language: Transparent Language
Whether you are planning a trip, traveling for business or studying a language and looking for more practice, this online language system by Transparent Language is one of the best. You can work through a language instruction course at your own pace, concentrate on one aspect (vocabulary, grammar, or conversation), or learn about culture, business practices and history. All for FREE!
To register you will need your library card number and then choose a user name and password.
Magazine & Journal Search: EBSCO
Over 3,000 magazines and scholarly journals available to search. Most articles are available in full text or .pdf form. You can create lists of useful articles, e-mail or print articles and search specific magazines or journals. This is a very expensive resource available to you for free! Need a Consumer Reports article? You can find it here. Doing a report on the Middle East? Find current articles here. Want to read articles from the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly? Do it here.
World Book Encyclopedia
You're used to it's excellent information, illustrations, maps and charts in print; You'll find this on-line version just as useful if not more so. *Please pick up the user name and password at the library.
Test Preparation
The best way to do well on any exam is practice, practice, practice. This resource gives you a chance to practice for almost any kind of exam from the SATs to the EMT. Your tests will be timed and scored so that you have a better idea of how to prepare. *Please pick up the user name and password at the library.
Tests offered: ACT, Advanced Placement, ASVAB, Catholic High School, Civil Service, EMT/Paramedic, FCAT, Firefighter, GED, GMAT, GRE, Law Enforcement, LSAT, Nurse Aide, Postal Worker, Real Estate, SAT, Teacher Certification, TOEFL, US Citizenship, & more...
Reading Suggestions
Wondering how to find a great book that you will enjoy? Looking for a Book Discussion Guide? You'll find all of that and more at Novelist, EBSCOs reader's advisory tool. You can also find books by type (historical mysteries, funny novels, etc.) or find titles similar to a book you read and liked.
MorningStar Mutual Funds
The print resource you trust for Mutual Fund information and news is available online with many advanced features. *Please pick up the user name and password at the library.
Ancestry.com
Use this tool to research your family history with access to census records, vital records, immigration records and maps and photos. This database is only available on library computers, not from home. You will find the user ID and password posted at the library's public computers.
Heritage Quest
Another genealogy tool; This one you can access from home as well as in the library. The database includes searches of census records, PERSI, family histories, Revolutionary War era documents and records of the Freedman's Bank.
Why can't you just give me the User ID & Password on the Web site?
This service is only available to NH library users through a contract between the database providers and the Library. For that reason, we can't make the User ID & Password available via the Web, where anyone could access that information.
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