Free Audiobook Downloads! Now MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY  patrons with access to Microsoft Media Player can check out downloadable audiobooks with their Library Card! Choose from hundreds of popular titles right from your web browser and access them with our free OverDrive Media Console software. If you have a supported portable audio player, you can even listen on the go!  DIGITAL MEDIA GUIDED TOUR Using the LIBRARIES ONLINE is easy! If you need help, here's a quick guided tour created by OverDrive, the company that provides downloadable service for us and many other libraries. The guide walks you through the basics, from getting started to downloading to burning to a CD. In just a few minutes, even the newest user can be enjoying a downloaded title.

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/signin/MeridenPublicLibrary Meriden Public Library has received a free trial of these two databases in one! All you need is your Meriden Public Library card to sign on.   (Trial period covers March 1 - April 30, 2010.)  The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database.  Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.    Quickly find your ancestors in over 300 years of historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and government reports. Search over 1,000 newspapers; the American State Papers; US Congressional Serial Set and more. Find obituaries, birth & marriage notices; pension records etc. Read every article on every page of the newspaper.

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Meriden Public Library now has free online access to Ancestry.com. Discover more about your ancestry in just a few steps. You can begin your family tree, learn how to use records in your family search, connect with others who are seeking out their ancestors and find the answers to your tough research questions. (Not availabe remotely from outside the library.)