December at the Library
The holiday season is upon us and at the Library, we’re ready with lots of offerings! Our Friends of the Guilford Free Library Holiday Book Sale kicked off the month …
Win the White House
Do you have what it takes to be president? Win the White House challenges you to build your campaign and allows you to simulate a presidential election!
Weather Games
The National Center for Atmospheric Research has put together a bunch of fun games, videos, and learning activities for kids who want to know more about the weather, climate and earth system science.
Tate Kids
Children can create their own artwork, upload their artwork and create their own gallery on this website from the Tate Museum.
Owl Kids
From the creators of Owl Magazine, a site where you can play games, read stories, do puzzles, find jokes, or send e-cards to your friends.
Nick Jr.
Nickelodeon’s official website for their preschool and younger child audience.
Nickelodeon
Like to watch Nick? Here’s where to click!
NASA’s Space Place
NASA’s official website for kids. Young astronauts can explore space, do activities, and play games on this website, all about space.
Interland
Play games that help you learn safety on the web. Avoid hackers, phishers, bots, and other internet bad guys to complete your quest. Built by Google.
Funbrain
Games, videos and books for kids that make learning math and reading fun!
Cartoon Network Games
Games and videos from your favorite Cartoon Network shows.
Be a Hero!
Become a disaster master by helping friends survive emergencies, such as tornadoes and blizzards, and learn how you can get prepared for one yourself in real life.
Arcademics
Fun and free online multi-player educational math games and language arts games for students and teachers.
Federal Student Aid
Financial aid information for students applying to college and university.
Common App
The Common App platform provides a single, online application and 24/7/365 support for students applying to one of more than one thousand member colleges and universities.
College Board
College Board is a not-for-profit organization that offers programs and services in college readiness and college success—including the SAT and PSAT.
Grab a summer read
Summer reads! Briskly-paced, compulsively readable, fun and enjoyable. Save the weighty themes, socially significant issues and lexical development for the end of vacation and the return to real life. Check out some books that we recommend you bring to the beach, the park or the trail.
Art Exhibit Details
Artists may use this form to provide details of their exhibit, which will be posted to our website.
Art Exhibit Proposal
Interested in exhibiting at Guilford Free Library? Start the process here.
Wall Street Journal
Guilford Free Library offers free and unlimited access to The Wall Street Journal digital content both in the Library. Start by setting up your account and then renew your lease every three days.
Los Angeles Times
A full-text database of articles from the Los Angles Times, 1985-present.
CT Newsstream
CT Newsstream offers a unified search of several leading current and historical newspaper databases.
Code of Conduct
As a taxpayer-supported institution, the Guilford Free Library is responsible for establishing rules of conduct to protect the rights and safety of all Library patrons, volunteers and staff and for …
Loan Rules
Your library card gives you access to tons of free items and information! However, we do ask that you bring your items back on time to avoid late fees. Fines …
Intellectual Freedom
This statement is intended to help explain the concept of intellectual freedom and the reasons that the Guilford Free Library collects materials that reflect the interests of a wide variety …
Borrowing
Any resident of Guilford may obtain a library card. Your Guilford card allows you to use and to check out print materials from any Connecticut public library. In turn we …
Explora Kids
Full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books about current events, people, places, animals, history and more, designed for elementary students
MAS Ultra: School Edition
full text articles from hundreds of high school magazines covering a various subject areas including history, science, careers and more.
Merck Manual
Information on medical topics, symptoms, drugs, procedures, news and more, written in everyday language.
Lawhelp Connecticut
CTLawHelp supports Connecticut residents by providing free legal help to people with very low income.
Legal Information Reference Center
Full text database of consumer legal reference books addressing legal issues
Overdrive for Teens
E-books and e-audiobooks for teens – complete blurb
Guilford Art Center
Virtual art lessons, galleries, demonstrations, tours, and art-at-home ideas for the whole family.
Notable Children’s Digital Media
This list of apps includes real-time, dynamic, and interactive media content for children 14 years of age and younger that enables and encourages active engagement and social interaction while informing, educating, and entertaining in exemplary ways.
PolitiFact
Fact-checks quotes and headlines in American politics with independence, fairness, transparency, thorough reporting, and clear writing.
SparkAction
Learn. Connect. Impact. SparkAction is a collaborative journalism and advocacy platform and service to mobilize action for and by young people.
National Geographic Kids
Interactive content and reading for kids from preschool to grade 8. Largely about animals, the environment, and science.
Newsela
Topics in the news at age-appropriate reading levels for grades 3-12 from reliable sources without bias.
Connecticut State Library
Use your library card to access databases, encyclopedias, magazines, and more from the Connecticut State Library.
Expanded service hours starting March 22
The library will be open, beginning Monday, March 22nd:
Monday & Thursday:10 am – 2 pm / 3 pm – 8 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday: 10 am – 2 pm / 3 pm – 6 pm
Friday: 10 am – 2 pm / 3 pm – 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 1 pm
Sunday: (April 11 – May 23): 1 pm – 4 pm