Many of the resources listed below can be accessed from home, but some will require you to enter your Aaron Cutler Memorial Library card number and password. Resources are listed alphabetically by subject below.
Advice for Readers
- NOVELIST PLUS (EBSCO) Looking for a good book? Enter fiction, non-fiction, or audiobook titles, authors, or topics you like, and NoveList Plus will recommend others that you’ll enjoy. Includes books for all ages.
- NOVELIST PLUS K-8 (EBSCO) A collection of fiction and non-fiction titles in which readers can find read-alikes, authors, titles, and booklists geared to younger readers.
Auto
- CARS.COM Car prices and reviews, repair and care advice.
- EDMUNDS New and used car prices, car reviews, safety information.
- KELLEY BLUE BOOK Kelley Blue Book is your car guide for research on new, certified, and used cars.
Business and Finance
- BUSINESS INFORMATION FROM NH.GOV An overview of business related services and information found in the State's networks of websites.
- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX Consumer Price Index cost of living information, nationally and regionally and by category.
- NH SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER NH SBDC's team of certified business advisors provides highly individualized, confidential advising at no charge to NH enterprises and is the leading resource for business advising and education for small to medium businesses in the Granite State.
- NH CENTER FOR NONPROFITS The NH Center for Nonprofits is a statewide association dedicated to providing programs and resources that support nonprofit organizational capacity building and to partnering with sector leaders, businesses, and the broader community to elevate the visibility and status of the nonprofit sector.
General Research and Discovery
- BRITANNICA Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and more.
- MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY America's most trusted online dictionary for English word definitions, meanings, and pronunciation. Browse the Thesaurus, learn and use the Word of the Day, and challenge yourself with dozens of word games and puzzles.
Education
- LINKEDIN LEARNING The LinkedIn Learning tutorial library offers over 16,000 courses in 7 different languages. Learn the latest software, creative, and business skills with bite-sized tutorials or comprehensive courses from expert instructors at your own pace. Topics include management, leadership, marketing, multimedia, design, web development, social media skills, and more. Certificates of Completion available. New courses added weekly.
- MANGO LANGUAGES Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Its online learning system is so easy to use, you'll see incredible results after just one lesson!
- GFC LEARN FREE For more than a decade, the GCFLearnFree.org program has helped millions around the world learn the essential skills they need to live and work in the 21st century. From Microsoft Office and email to reading, math, and more, GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 180 topics, including more than 2,000 lessons, 800+ videos, and 55+ interactives and games, completely free.
- NH DRIVING TESTS Online editions of the driver's manual, practice tests for car, motorcyle, and CDL licenses, and an FAQ about applying for a license. Take the online tests to see how you would do before scheduling an appointment at the DMV!
- TECH BOOMERS TechBoomers.com is a free educational website, featuring tutorials that teach older adults and other inexperienced technology users how to use the most popular and trusted websites and Internet apps. They currently offer over 60 free courses packed with video and article tutorials written in easily-understood, non-technical language, providing context through real-world parallels.
Education: Litchfield Schools
Educators
- TEACHER REFERENCE CENTER Indexes over 260 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books, covering key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.
Health
- HEALTHLINE BODY MAPS Provides interactive diagrams of organ systems in the human body.
- LABTEST ONLINE FROM THE AACC This site from American Association of Clinical Chemistry provides information on various medical tests, and indicates what tests might be used to diagnose different conditions.
- MEDLINE PLUS MedlinePlus consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
- MEDLINE PLUSE EN ESPANOL MedlinePlus es un servicio informativo de salud para pacientes, familiares y amigos. Es producido por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de Estados Unidos (NLM, por sus siglas en inglés), la biblioteca médica más grande del mundo y parte de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud de EE. UU. (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés).
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRSTIVE HEALTH This division of the NIH focuses on scientific research on the diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine.
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (NIH) The NIH is the United States' federal medical research agency, and this page provides consumer information on many different medical topics.
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH) NIMH is the division of the NIH that focuses on mental health and wellness, and is the lead federal agency for mental health research.
Health: Local Hospitals
Home
- CONSUMER.GOV Consumer.gov consumer information from many federal agencies, including the Do Not Call Registry.
- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY Consumer Product Safety information about unsafe and recalled products.
- KELLEY BLUE BOOK Kelley Blue Book is your car guide for research on new, certified, and used cars.
Immigration
- IMMIGRATION HELP A 501(c)(3) nonprofit that offerss free legal services for work permits, naturalization, as well as useful guides to the immigration process.
Law and Government: Local
- TOWN OF LITCHFIELD The official municipal website.
Law & Government: State
- NH LEGAL GUIDES Guides on topics from Abandoned Property to Zombie Debt from the New Hampshire Law Library.
- NH LEGAL LINKS Links from the New Hampshire Law Library.
- NH.GOV Links from the New Hampshire Law Library.
- NH STATUTES Revised Statutes Annotated, the laws of New Hampshire.
Law & Government: Federal
- CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS Administrative law of the United States.
- CONGRESS.GOV Information about current legislation.
- FEDERAL DIGITAL SYSTEM GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
- FIRSTGOV Access to federal laws, regulations, departments, agencies.
- FEDERAL REGISTER Daily publication of rules, proposed rules and notices of US departments and agencies.
- INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE Tax forms and publications.
- MARTINDALE-HUBBELL Directory of lawyers nationwide.
- UNITED STATES CODE The laws of the United States.NH
Libraries
- NH STATE LIBRARY Access to the catalog, databases, and web selections at the State Library.
- NH SHARED STATEWIDE CATALOG A catalog detailing most of the holdings of New Hampshire's public libraries. Please contact us to request anything you see here & our Interlibrary Loan service will have a copy in your hands in no time!
- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: Access to the online collections and catalog of LC.
Local History and Genealogy
- HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE HeritageQuest is a genealogy resource, including full text of historic texts and genealogies, Census, revolutionary War records, Persi, etc.
- FAMILYSEARCH.ORG FamilySearch.org is a free genalogy website providing access to a large collection of genealogy resources from over 100 countries. Search over a billion names and images online.
- FIND A GRAVE The World's largest gravesite collection. Contribute, create and discover gravesites from all over the world.
- NH SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS Serving all those interested in New Hampshire genealogy, from the novice to the professional.
- UNH LIBRARY Litchfield Town Reports 1869-2022
- MANCHESTER HISTORIC SOCIETY Collects, preserves, and shares the history of Manchester, NH.
- NASHUA LIBRARY HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS The library owns a collection of historical photographs of Nashua from the 19th and early 20th century. For more information, please inquire at the reference desk or call (603) 589-4611.
Newspapers: Local
- NASHUA TELEGRAPH Website of the Nashua city newspaper.
- NASHUA HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS The Nashua Telegraph/Nashua Daily Telegraph, with issues from March 1869 to February 1952. L’Impartial, Nashua’s French language weekly newspaper, with issues from March, 1869 through March, 1964.
- UNION LEADER Website for New Hampshire's statewide newspaper.
Newspapers: Other
- BOSTON GLOBE Includes breaking local news, national news, politics, and world news as well as special reports, sports, weather for Boston, Massachusetts, and surrounding town.