Field Trip Directory
Field Trip Directory is your guide to fields trips in the state of Connecticut. The guide gives field trip lesson plans with fun facts and objectives. Now including Virtual Field Trips!
No Internet
Due to a city wide network outage, the library does not have access to internet, printing, scanning, and faxing services. If checking out materials, please have library card present.
Online Resources
Find a Grave
Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, or add photos, virtual flowers, and a note to a loved one's memorial. Search or browse cemeteries and grave records for everyday and famous people from around the world.
GCFGlobal
From Microsoft Office and email, to reading, math, and more—GCFGlobal.org offers more than 200 topics, including more than 2,300 lessons, more than 2,000 videos, and more than 50 interactives and games, completely free.
Goodreads
Goodreads helps you keep track of what you're reading, lets you write book reviews, and helps you find your next read.
GoOpen CT
GoOpen CT: a movement of teachers, professors, students, leaders, and policy-makers embracing the use of open educational resources (OER) across our state. The Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology hosts this site and supports the collaborative efforts of all educational stakeholders in the state.
Hoopla
A digital media service that allows you to borrow eAudiobooks, eBooks, movies, TV, magazines, graphic novels, and music. Download the app on your smart device or access Hoopla from your personal computer, and create an account with your Meriden library card.
JobNow
Expert resume assistance, live interview coaching, job searching tips, resume templates, and skill-building tutorials.
Learning Express Library
Improve reading, writing, and math skills; prepare for the GED and other exams; take computer tutorials for Windows and Mac; and more.
Libby by OverDrive
Borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, digital magazines, and more for free with Libby!
Library Speakers Consortium
The Consortium creates 2-4 online bestselling author events per month that are streamed to patrons of every member library, including the Meriden Public Library.
Meriden Yearbooks
Museum Key
Through the generosity of the Friends of the Meriden Public Library, we have a number of passes available to various museums. You will need a valid Meriden Public Library card to make a museum pass reservation.
NASA Education for Kids & Students
Find fun and interesting hands-on activities, games, and more for kids and students, grades K-4 and all the way to college.
National Geographic Kids
Newspapers.com
Search 788 million+ pages with Newspapers.com™ for obituaries, birth announcements, marriage records, news, and more. Easily discover, save, & share the stories that connect you with your past. Includes Meriden newspapers.
NY Times Best Sellers
Browse the current list of the most popular books in the United States, including fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and more best sellers.
Open Culture
Open Culture has free textbooks, online courses, and many other free kids' educational resources including video lessons, apps, books, etc.
Open Library
The ultimate goal of the Open Library is to make all the published works of humankind available to everyone in the world. So far, it has surpassed 20 million book records.