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100 books every boy should read– You can also get a printout of this list at the library
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- AA meetings in and near Tupper Lake
- Addiction, recovering from – Do you or does someone you know struggle with addiction? There is help available. Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System developed a free mobile app and printed booklet to help people connect with important resources on addiction and mental health services, housing, transportation, and more. The booklets are available at local libraries and other locations in the tri-county area. Did you know that libraries can provide a great deal of trustworthy information on substance abuse and mental health? Check out our website at www.cefls.org or call (518) 563-5190 to find a library near you.
- Adirondack History Museum: 7590 Court St., Elizabethtown, NY 12932
- Adirondack Life Magazine: Events
- Adirondack Experience in Blue Mountain Lake NY
- Adirondack Public Observatory in Tupper Lake
- African American Booklist
- Aging in Place Task Force facilitated by Mercy Care for the Adirondacks. Contact Donna Beal, Executive Director at 518-523-5581 or dbeal@adkmercy.org.
- ALA (American Library Association) Advocacy site: Our Authors, Our Advocates
- ALA (American Library Association) web site
- American Memory – single most important “collection of collections” for educators
- Amsel, Sheri’s Exploring Nature Educational Resource
- Ancestry.com New York, free access for NY residents.
- Anne Frank Center in New York City
- Annual Financial Report, New York State Comprehensive
- AR BookFinder – You can search for book AR levels based on authors, topics, or titles of books.
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Books for Kids
- Assisted Living in New York – resources for seniors
- Assisted Living Options for Low-Income Elders
- Audiobooks, downloading
- Authors’ Favorite Booklist
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- Best Fiction for Young Adults, YALSA
- Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates are available for a $10 fee. Contact the Tupper Lake Town Clerk.
- Booklist online – More than 130,000 book reviews for librarians, book groups, and book lovers — from the trusted experts at the American Library Association.
- Bookmarks, Dewey Decimal
- Books Every Boy should read
- Books, Kid’s Top 100 of the last 100 years – Get a printout of this list at the library
- Book Wizard – lets you search databases of books from publishers
- Budget Vote for Library – Second Tuesday in May, from 12:00-8:00 pm at the library.
- Bullying and Cyberbullying, preventing and reporting. If you are feeling hopeless or helpless or know someone that is, please call the LIFELINE at 1-800-273-8255.
- Bus service, Franklin County – $3.00. Call 24 hours in advance: 518-483-9000.
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- Calculator, Library Value – How much value are you getting from your library?
- Calculators, Student Loan
- Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 – Present
- Career Shadow Day 2013, pictures from
- Catalog, online. You can request or renew a resource online.
- Cemetery records for Franklin County NY (including Tupper Lake)
- Cemetery records for Gale NY
- Census 2010, Lesson Plans and Teaching Guides
- Centennial of Public Library – article in Free Press – and Part 2 of article
- Chamber of Commerce, Tupper Lake
- Churches, local
- Collection of Historic Photographs
- College: The New York State Higher Education Services Corp, your state agency that helps people pay for college.
- Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, New York State
- Computer repair – Adirondack Tech Support – 359-6005
- Coretta Scott King book awards
- Cyberbullying and Bullying, preventing
- Cybraryman – An excellent site with multiple links and resources for educators and students.
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- Databases for grades 3 and up. Enter your 14-digit library card number for the “Borrower ID.”
- Death, Birth, and Marriage Certificates are available for a $10 fee. Contact the Tupper Lake Town Clerk.
- Dewey Decimal Bookmarks
- Dictionaries, ordering foreign language – has many hard-to-find languages!
- dictionary, Merriam-Webster online
- Digital Classroom
- Digital Collections, New York Heritage – has hundreds of digital collections about New York State’s people, places, and institutions
- Digital Collection, New York State Archives – digitized primary documents, primary audio and video sources and collections
- Digital History Project (scanned yearbooks)
- Digital History Project – Tupper Lake Public Library: scanned images of life in Tupper Lake
- Digital Media for the Classroom and Professional Development – Teachers’ Domain
- DMV Practice Written Test
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- eBooks, Free: “11 Places to Find Free eBooks for Yourself and Your Students”
- Ebooks, downloading
- Emergency Services Bldg, 31 Santa Clara Ave, (518) 359-2111
- Employment resources – OneWorkSource Business and Employment Center. See also jobs.
- Exploring Nature Educational Resource (Sheri Amsel)
- Exquisite Corpse Adventure
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- Family Champions of the North Country, Inc.
- Fax number at library: 518-554-1019
- Federal tax forms – IRS.gov/Forms-&-Pubs
- “Filter Bubbles” – Beware online by Eli Pariser
- Financial Report, New York State Comprehensive Annual
- Fingerprinting at Goff-Nelson Memorial Library: MorphoTrust does fingerprinting in our Community Room on Tuesdays from 9:30-2:00. People need to make an appointment through the MorphoTrust call center (877-472-6915). Applicants can also book appointments online by going to https://www.identogo.com/. All applicants are required to schedule an appointment prior to coming in to be fingerprinted. They cannot walk-in and be fingerprinted. You must bring ID.
- Fishing licenses – get from the Tupper Lake Town Clerk (open M-F 8:30-4:00) or Fortune’s True Value Hardware Store.
- Foreign Language Learning – Learn over 70 languages online! Byki, short for “Before You Know It,” is a powerful new online language-learning system designed specifically for use by the patrons of public libraries.
- Fontas and Pinnell-level_correlation_chart – source for books leveled by Fountas and Pinnell
- Food Help NY: Find a NOEP (Nutrition Outreach and Education Program)
- Food stamps. See SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
- Framework for 21st Century Learning
- Franklin County cemetery records
- Franklin County Historical and Museum Society
- Franklin County Department of Social Services (DSS) contact info
- Freebies, Holiday House – activity sheets, teacher guides, and reader guides to Holiday House children’s books.
- Fuel Economy Guide from US Department of Energy – compare vehicles and see fuel-saving tips.
- Fuel Economy Guide – PDFs of the Fuel Economy Guide for the past eight years are available electronically here
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- Gale NY Cemetery records
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
- GED / TASC / HSE classes (formerly GED) are available in our Community Room on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00-8:00 PM. For more information and to register, contact Nina McBride, Nmcbride@mail.fehb.org or Joe Campbell: 518-481-5755 x3008.
- Genealogy databases
- GoCollegeNY.org
- Google – You can’t just Google it – a 2-minute video that helps students understand why just “Googling it” is not an adequate approach to research
- Great Books for Women’s History Month (Amelia Bloomer Project)
- Grolier Databases for grades 3 and up. Enter your 14-digit library card number for the “Borrower ID.”
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- HealthCare.gov provides an excellent overview of key topics, questions, and answers related to the health insurance marketplace for individuals, families, and businesses.
- Heritage Museum
- Heritage Quest Online
- HESC: The New York State Higher Education Services Corp, your state agency that helps people pay for college.
- History of Altamont (Published by J. B. LYON COMPANY, ALBANY, NY 1918)
- Homework Help – Grolier Databases for grades 3 and up. Enter your 14-digit library card number for the “Borrower ID.”
- HSE / GED / TASC classes (formerly GED) are available in our Community Room on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00-8:00 PM. For more information and to register, contact Nina McBride, Nmcbride@mail.fehb.org or Joe Campbell: 518-481-5755 x3008.
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- IdentityTheft.gov – a free government site to report identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission
- Indian Creek Nature Center – Rensselaer Falls, NY
- IRS tax forms, federal – IRS.gov/Forms-&-Pubs
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- Jobs and Employment resources – OneWorkSource Business and Employment Center
- Jobs for teens
- Jobs through Franklin County Civil Service
- Jobs with the New York State Unified Court System
- John Dillon Park located in Long Lake is a destination for people with disabilities, their friends and families. Visitors will find 3.5 miles of gentle trails, pontoon boat rides, wheelchair accessible lean-tos, fishing and paddling, all served by their attentive staff. Contact Keith Oborne, Director at 518-265-2399 or koborne@paulsmiths.edu.
- Juvenile Series and Sequels – This database contains over 28,000 books in 3,700 series titles that are classified into three audiences: Juvenile Easy [JE] – for birth through 2nd grade readers, Juvenile [J] – for 2nd through 6th grade readers, and Young Adult [YA] – for 6th through 12th grade readers.
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- Kids on the Web – Kid Safe
- Kids top 100 books – You can get a printout of this list at the library
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- Languages, learning: Mango Languages is an online language and culture learning resource that offers access to over 70 foreign languages and 21 English courses taught completely in the user’s native language. In addition to traditional language courses, Mango also offers the opportunity to learn through foreign film with MangoPremiere and access to a variety of specialty mini courses, like Pirate, Medical Spanish, and romance courses. Mango can be accessed at the library, remotely, or even on-the-go with apps for iPhone, Android, Kindle and Nook. Click here to access interactive language learning materials available through the World Wide Web. You’ll need your 14-digit library card number.
- learner.org – (was Annenberg Media now Annenberg Learner)
- LearningExpress helps students prepare for the new SAT Test.
- Leveled Books – find books at your reading level
- Lexile.com – Lexile reading values
- Library Bill of Rights (link to PDF)
- Library Budget Vote – Each year on the second Tuesday of May.
- Library of Congress (LOC) – Teachers’ resources, Lesson Plans, Primary Source Sets, Presentations and Activities
- Library Sparks – Summer Reading Activity Sheets – reproduce the “What belongs to Summer”? activity sheet for students.
- Library Value calculator – How valuable is your local library?
- Literacy Volunteers of Essex & Franklin Counties
- Loan Calculators, Student
- LOC Online Catalog
- LP Quinn Elementary School Library catalog online
- Lyme Disease and Ticks brochure – Know the facts about Lyme Disease and other Tick-Borne illnesses. See also video on removing ticks.
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- Mac’s Safe Ride – 518-304-3282 – “Servicing all of Tupper Lake Friday and Saturday Nights from 8pm-3am”. MAC’s Safe Ride Continued will provide transportation services in and around the rural community of Tupper Lake, New York in an effort to reduce the occurrence of drunk driving and driving while impaired, for the benefit of drivers and the public at large. The transportation service will be made available to and for the benefit of any members of the general population in need of such a ride, free of charge and without discrimination of any kind. “We’re not a taxi service,” Smith said. “We’re only here to give you a safe ride home; that’s our only concern. If we can save one life out of doing this, we’ve done something.”
- Magazines, online – available through “Flipster”
- Marriage, Birth, and Death Certificates are available for a $10 fee. Contact the Tupper Lake Town Clerk.
- The Moaner 1943-1945 – PDF of WW2 newsletters
- Museums:
- Adirondack History Museum: 7590 Court St., Elizabethtown, NY 12932
- Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake
- Adirondack Public Observatory in Tupper Lake
- Piercefield Museum – PDF article from Free Press, June 2013
- Tupper Lake Heritage Museum or on Facebook
- The Wild Center – Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
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- NASA Space Place
- National Archives – great site for Primary Sources
- National Book Award Winners
- National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative provides “cross-disability information and support for Navigators and other enrollment specialists.” Click the title link for more information, including access to a comprehensive guide for serving individuals with disabilities in the ACA marketplace.
- National Newspaper Index
- Native American Booklist
- Nature, Exploring Nature Educational Resource (Sheri Amsel)
- Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922 – Present
- New York State Parent Portal – provides parents and caregivers with multiple tips, tools and resources to enhance the roles of parent and caregiver.
- News Literacy Project – an innovative national program that is mobilizing journalists to help middle school and high school students sort fact from fiction in the digital age.
- Newseum – a website where you can quickly see the headlines from newspapers across the world.
- newsletters, Media Library News
- Newspapers:
- Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- Albany Times Union
- Glens Fall Post-Star
- Historic Newspapers of New York State
- Lake Placid News
- National Newspaper Index
- New York Times
- New York State Historic Newspapers
- Plattsburgh Press Republican
- Syracuse Post-Standard
- Tupper Lake Free Press – (1803-2010)
- Tupper Lake Free Press – January 3, 2007 – March 23, 2016
- Tupper Lake Free Press – (1911-2010). Click here to get Help on FAQs for NYS Historic Newspapers.
- Wall Street Journal
- Watertown Daily Times
- Watertown Daily Times May 26, 1870 through December 31, 1889 (4,864 issues)
- Watertown Times January 5, 1870 through October 19, 1894 (8,220 issues)
- Watertown Daily Times October 20, 1894 through December 31,1922 (8,122 issues)
- New York Heritage Digital Collections – has hundreds of digital collections about New York State’s people, places, and institutions
- New York State Archives Digital Collection – digitized primary documents, primary audio and video sources and collections
- New York State Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
- New York State Historic Newspapers
- New York State Tax Forms
- New York State Vital Records / New-York.Archives.com
- New York State Vital Records – Order Your New York Vital Certificate Online (Birth, Death, Divorce). Fee can be paid by credit card.
- NNY Newspaper Archives
- NOVELny (New York Online Virtual Electronic Library) – a free database that is available to libraries and all residents of New York State.
- Nutrition Outreach and Education Program Coordinator in Franklin County – www.FoodHelpNY.org. 518-483-7022 ext. 132
- NYLA (New York Library Association) web site
- NYPL (New York Public Library) – get a NYPL card and get free ebooks!
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- OneWorkSource Business and Employment Center
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- Paint-Recycling
- Parent Portal, New York State – provides parents and caregivers with multiple tips, tools and resources to enhance the roles of parent and caregiver.
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Piercefield, town in St. Lawrence County
- Poetry Out Loud Program
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- Read.gov – Free reading resources for all ages from the Library of Congress
- Read Across America
- Reading level programs: AR BookFind, Lexile, Fountas & Pinnell
- Reluctant readers – NY Times article and video interview regarding reluctant readers
- Renew your borrowed items
- Request items to borrow
- Resumes and practice interview questions
- Rising from the Swamp books for sale!
- Room rental – usually $25/hour – See Peg Mauer for details and availability.
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- SAT, preparing for. LearningExpress helps students prepare for the new SAT Test.
- Scanned yearbooks (Digital History Project)
- SciJinks – Weather was never such fun!
- Seniors, resources for: Assisted Living in New York
- Senior Care and Assisted Living Guide – Aging and senior care resources for communities in New York
- Series and Sequels, Juvenile – This database contains over 28,000 books in 3,700 series titles that are classified into three audiences: Juvenile Easy [JE] – for birth through 2nd grade readers, Juvenile [J] – for 2nd through 6th grade readers, and Young Adult [YA] – for 6th through 12th grade readers.
- Shadow Day 2013, pictures from
- Shmoop – A very fun and friendly site with a variety of resources such as links, lesson plans, guides, etc.
- Smithsonian Institution – over 4 million records with images, video and sound files
- SNAP benefits – www.FoodHelpNY.org; 518-483-7022 ext. 132
- SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program): our nation’s primary nutrition assistance program, stretching the monthly food budgets of all who meet program guidelines.
- Social Studies – 21st Century Skills Map
- Space Place, by NASA
- State budgets, how they are breaking US Schools, a presentation by Bill Gates
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. If you or someone you know is in crisis, there is help. Callers to 1-800-273-TALK (8255) will talk to a skilled, trained counselor, who will listen and provide information about local mental health services. Calls are free and confidential.
- Student Loan Calculators
- Support your library; urge your elected officials to restore library aid!
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- TASC / HSE classes (formerly GED) are available in our Community Room on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00-8:00 PM. For more information and to register, contact Nina McBride, Nmcbride@mail.fehb.org or Joe Campbell: 518-481-5755 x3008.
- Tax forms, federal – IRS.gov/Forms-&-Pubs
- Tax forms, NYS
- Taxes: Get ready today to file your federal income tax return.
- TeachingKidsBooks, an online resource to help select K-6 children’s books
- Teaching History.org
- Test, SAT, preparing for. LearningExpress helps students prepare for the new SAT Test.
- Ticks, removing. See also Lyme Disease and Ticks brochure
- Tombstone transcriptions, Franklin County
- Top 10 Historical Fiction: 2019 (Booklist online)
- Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth: 2019 (Booklist online)
- Translation software: Mango Languages is an online language and culture learning resource that offers access to over 70 foreign languages and 21 English courses taught completely in the user’s native language. In addition to traditional language courses, Mango also offers the opportunity to learn through foreign film with MangoPremiere and access to a variety of specialty mini courses, like Pirate, Medical Spanish, and romance courses. Mango can be accessed at the library, remotely, or even on-the-go with apps for iPhone, Android, Kindle and Nook. Click here to access interactive language learning materials available through the World Wide Web. You’ll need your 14-digit library card number.
- Tumblebooks
- Tupper Lake:
- Adirondack Public Observatory, 178 Big Wolf Rd, Tupper Lake, 518-359-3538
- Adirondack Adult Center – 179 Demars Blvd, Tupper Lake NY (518) 359-9070
- Arts Center – 106 Park Street; 518-359-5042 or info@tupperarts.com
- Bus service, Franklin County – $3.00. Call 24 hours in advance: 518-483-9000.
- Cemetery records
- Central School District
- Chamber of Commerce
- Cross Country Ski Center
- Digital History Project – scanned images of life in Tupper Lake
- Franklin County Public Transportation and bus schedule
- Free Press – January 3, 2007 – March 23, 2016
- Free Press – (1911-2010). Click here to get Help on FAQs for NYS Historic Newspapers.
- Heritage Museum
- LP Quinn Elementary School Library online catalog
- Map of Village of Tupper Lake
- Middle/High School Library online catalog
- The Moaner 1943-1945 – PDF of WW2 newsletters
- Movie Theater
- Photographs of Tupper Lake – scanned images of life in Tupper Lake
- Public Library Centennial – article in Free Press – and Part 2 of article
- Public Transportation, Franklin County
- Rod & Gun Club
- Senior Center – 179 Demars Blvd, Tupper Lake NY (518) 359-9070
- Senior Guide
- Town Clerk – Issues hunting and fishing licenses as well as Marriage licenses. Copies of Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates are available for a $10 fee. The Clerk also is a certified notary public. Open M-F 8:30-4:00.
- Town Offices
- Transfer Station
- Veterinarian – Lakeside Veterinary Clinic, 18 Lake Simond Rd. Tupper Lake NY (518) 359-7924
- Web cam on Raquette Pond compliments of The Wild Center
- The Wild Center
- Yearbook Collection
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- Uber / lyft – now available in Tupper Lake.
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- Value of Library services – How valuable is your local library?
- videos for students to learn from: WatchKnow
- Veterinarian – Lakeside Veterinary Clinic, 18 Lake Simond Rd. Tupper Lake NY (518) 359-7924
- Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
- A Vision of K-12 Students Today – Everyone should watch this 4 minute video (on YouTube) about 21st century students.
- VITAL New York – a free online library of digital media resources for the K-12 classroom; aligned to the NY State Learning Standards.
- Vital Records / New-York.Archives.com
- Vital Records – Order Your New York Vital Certificate Online (Birth, Death, Divorce). Fee can be paid by credit card.
- Vote on Library Budget – Second Tuesday in May of each year.
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- WatchKnow – Videos for students to learn from. Organized.
- Weather was never such fun! See SciJinks (by NASA)
- Web Sites, evaluating – Lesley University Library’s Website Evaluation Page
- Web Sites for Kids
- White House – the official site of everything related to the White House
- WIC (Women, Infants and Children) and Hunger Solutions New York
- The Wild Center – Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks. The Wild Center is closed for the month of April 2019 for exhibit installation. The Center will open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning May 3 and will be open 7 days a week beginning Monday, May 27, 2019.
- Women’s History Month, great books for (Amelia Bloomer Project)
- Woodsmen’s Field Days – Second weekend of July.
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