Information Resources
Dunbar Free Library CATALOG Find out what materials we own, place your own holds, see what you have checked out and when it's due! 
Mango Languages Instruction at multiple levels of Italian, French, Russian, Hindi, Irish, Hebrew, South/Central American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Urdu, Farsi, Levantine Arabic, and a few others I can't recall at the moment! There's even instruction for English as a Second Language in most of the above and some others as well, like Polish or Cantonese Chinese. Call (863-2172) or e-mail (dunbarfreelib@comcast.net) the library so we can verify your library card and tell you what numbers to add to it, so you can get started on your second language (or your 6th!) today!
The New Hampshire Downloadable audio consortium: our source for downloadable audio books. They now have titles compatible with IPODs!!!! Downloadable audio tutorial: they give you instructions on how to use the system, ignore all but the audiobook instructions, we don't have ebooks, music or video with the New Hampshire consortium.
The New Hampshire State Library- Website of the State library- provides many resources for information.
State Library Catalog- (NHU-PAC) Lets you search what items are available at the state library, area libraries and the Dunbar Free Library.
State Library Reference Databases- Online databases for periodicals, journals, newspapers, and more. Many articles are available in full-text. Most are available for use from your home computer: give us a call or drop in to find out how. User names and passwords can be obtained at the circulation desk or call 863-2172.
State of New Hampshire- Official website of New Hampshire State.
The Town of Grantham- Official website of the Town of Grantham- provides information about the planning board, building permits, zoning and town related issues. Also has the form you need to use the great space at Town Hall!
New Hampshire sights and travel
The Official Website of the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development
Yankee Magazine Travel Guide
Museums- Passes with various conditions available to patrons at the circulation desk
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (formerly the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium) Concord, NH
The Fells, Newbury, NH
Museum of New Hampshire History Concord, NH
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Warner, NH
VINS Vermont Institute of Natural Science, at several locations: the closest is in Quechee Vermont.
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH
Billings Farm and Museum, Woodstock, VT.
These passes can be reserved for certain dates.
Link of the ?week? Month? year?
Vocabulary Flashcards: you can order them, or download them for free.
Story time websites further down!
"Ask Dr. Math" for any and all of your math questions--try it! Kindergarten through college.
Here's another: about talking to your kids www.talkingwithkids.org/index.htm
Two Story time links:
http://www.storylineonline.net : Listen to some of your favorite actors read great children's books! The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Foundation brings you Storyline Online. It's an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG member actors reading children's books aloud. Each book includes accompanying activities and lesson ideas.
http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp : StoryPlace, an interactive web site, provides children with the virtual experience of going to the library and participating in the same types of activities the library offers. StoryPlace currently consists of two libraries, the Preschool Library and Elementary Library.
"Copyright laws are complicated, whether you're trying to copyright something you've created or determine whether you can use someone else's work. Our Publication of the Week, "Copyright Basics," can help you sort it all out. Link to this brochure from our homepage "
Nursing home ratings
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have recently created an online tool to help people compare nursing homes. This tool uses a five-star rating system and ranks only nursing homes that are certified to participate in Medicare or Medicaid and provide a level of care considered “skilled.” The ratings are based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures....
PCLS Senior Services Blog, Dec. 19
The Bad Credit Hotel
Gail Junion-Metz -- School Library Journal, 4/21/2010 8:43:00 AM
www.controlyourcredit.gov
More and more teens are getting and using credit cards, and most of them don’t know the first thing about how they work. Checking them into the Bad Credit Hotel is a sure way for them to learn all about credit scores, what it takes to maintain good credit, and how to get help if their credit is already not the best. The object of this cool and somewhat creepy online game, created by the U.S. Treasury, is to gather enough clues and credit knowledge to get to room 850 and unlock the safe found inside.
Start by making sure that you can see the whole screen (as shown in the picture above). Next, check out the instructions on how to play and use your mouse. To begin the game, click on one of the two “Play the Game” links, then just explore the hotel, read books, dial the telephone, and click on random objects.
Along the way, you’ll collect clues that you can add to your “Inventory” (found at the top left of the screen). These clues will help you open the safe when you reach room 850. If you need some help finding the clues, click on the “Hints” link at the top of the page. A must-see site!
