Lawn Games
Looking for some outdoor fun? Check out the Library of Things collection and borrow some awesome lawn games! These games are perfect for enjoying sunny days outside with friends and family.
Resources
Make Beliefs Comix
Make your own comics online with this online comic generator from author Bill Zimmerman.
Daily Sudoku
Fans of this popular gamew ill enjoy a new puzzle challenge daily. Different levels and patterns such as “squiggly” allow for many ages to enjoy the site.
Highlights Kids Games
Similar to the Highlights Magazine, this site offers fun stories, hidden pictures, games and giggles, science articles, today in history, and jokes.
Disney Now Games
Choose from a wide variety of child-friendly games and content from Disney Now.
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.
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.
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.
Khan Academy SAT Practice Test
Khan Academy offers online SAT Practice tests (created in partnership with College Board). Students can set up a free account to access the practice tests.
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.
NewsBank
NewsBank offers digital access to current and archived information from thousands of newspaper titles, newswires, business journals, periodicals and government documents.
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.
New York Times
Guilford Free Library’s New York Times digital subscription provides access to NYTimes.com from any computer or device, as well as access to the NYT app on portable devices.
Newspapers
The library offers digital access to popular newspapers and news services
Los Angeles Times
A full-text database of articles from the Los Angles Times, 1985-present.
Hartford Courant (historical)
Full-text and full-image articles for the Hartford Courant dating from 1764-1922.
Hartford Courant
A text-only database of articles from the Hartford Courant, 1992- present.
CT Newsstream
CT Newsstream offers a unified search of several leading current and historical newspaper databases.
Research and learning resources
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Research and Learning Resources
Research your family history, read product reviews, track your investments and more with Guilford Free Library’s research resources.
Explora Kids
Full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books about current events, people, places, animals, history and more, designed for elementary students
ABI/Inform
The ABI/INFORM Collection includes international coverage and provides researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.Â
Science Reference Center
For upper grades, topics covered include biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Medline Plus
A source of health information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).