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When we are closed, please check out our links to online reference resources. (These links will open in a new window.)
ARTICLES – The MidYork Library System includes resources for magazine and newspaper articles on a variety of topics.
ATLASES and MAPS – World maps, MapQuest, Google Maps
AWARD-WINNING BOOKS – For Caldecott, Newbury and other award-winning books.
DICTIONARY – English
ENCYCLOPEDIA – Fast Facts and almanacs
ENCYCLOPEDIA – Longer articles, Encyclopedia Britanica
FULL-TEXT BOOKS ONLINE – (Titles by Shakespeare, Austin, Dickinson, etc. Also goodies such as Bartlett’s Quotations and Elements of Style.) To read check here and here.)
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION – Federal, NY State, Madison County, Chittenango. Information on other states can be found by entering the state’s two letter abbreviation in the place of the ## in this URL: http://www.state.##.us (For example, to find information on New Jersey, the URL would be: http://www.state.nj.us)
MEASUREMENT CONVERTERS – Currency, Metric units, Temperature
MOVIE RATINGS – Movie ratings with kids in mind
STUDY NOTES – for literature and other subjects: Cliff Notes and Spark Notes .
TAX INFORMATION AND FORMS – Federal information and forms and New York State information and forms.
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES – US Phone numbers and Reverse look-ups (search by address or phone number to find the name of the person to whom they belong), 800 Numbers.
THESAURUS – Search for synonyms here.
WORLD RECORDS – You can settle your bets by clicking here.
ZIPCODES – And other postal information.
Links checked: October 2022
