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In addition to its own collections, the library’s web site provides a guide provides an introduction to historical research at repositories other than the Massachusetts Historical Society.l
This is a librarian recommended website. Want help using this resource? Contact us.
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. Available on your phone or tablet as well as your computer. The only system that lets you borrow library ebooks for your Kindle!
Free with any CW MARS library card, and provided by the CW MARS library network. Want help using this resource? Contact us.
Livemocha provides lessons in a large number of languages including Spanish, Bulgarian, Mandarin Chinese, and many more. Every lesson includes practice in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Livemocha is a social network applied to a useful purpose—your exercises will always be reviewed by another user of the site who is a native speaker of the language you are learning—and there are many opportunities to interact with users in a large variety of languages.
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Resources Regarding Calvin Coolidge’s Record on African-American Rights, Native American Rights and Immigration The Board of Trustees of Forbes Library recently renewed its commitment to “seek out and eliminate underlying…oolidge’s approach to race and civil rights is undoubtedly something all students and admirers of Calvin Coolidge can be proud of.” NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS Primary Sources Text of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (or Snyder Act) which Coolidge signed into law on June 2, 1924. Video (from British Pathé and MyFootage.com) of Coolidge’s 1927 adoption into the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. “Coolidge Is Now ‘Heap Big’ Chieftain in Sioux Tribe,” contemp…
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 19 March 2021 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM This meeting was held over Zoom Present Benjamin Kalish, Reference Library Molly Moss, Assistant Director Brian…ning system for programs with speakers or music. The events page on our website includes a similar statement. A wide variety of folks present at the library—many of whom are not library staff—and it can be difficult to make sure that they all are aware of the assistive listening systems and the importance of accessibility. The library will continue to work on this, especially when in-person programs resume. Assistive listening systems elsewhere…
MassHire offers in-person registration, job search assistance and other services available at Forbes Library during designated times. Please see the list of events below for times and visit MassHire’s website for…MassHire offers in-person registration, job search assistance and other services available at Forbes Library during designated times. Please see the list of events below for times and visit MassHire’s website for more information. Career Center Events…
March 11, 2020 — Check out these resources for up-to-date information: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Massachusetts Department of Public Health Northampton Health Department Just for Kids: A Comic Explaining the Coronavirus…d ease their fears (NBC) ncovid19.live Quick Facts (global data updated every 10 minutes) WorldOmeter World Health Organization (WHO) And check misinformation on this site: NewsGuard: Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center Thanks to Grafton Public Library for the links!…
Agenda Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board Date 28 September 2022 Time 4PM Announcements Website Progress Strategic Plan Survey Call for focus group participants Accessibility comments and concerns Reconsidering the name…Agenda Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board Date 28 September 2022 Time 4PM Announcements Website Progress Strategic Plan Survey Call for focus group participants Accessibility comments and concerns Reconsidering the name of the board? Should there be a public list of board members? Promoting the board Places to distribute our message Other business…
November 26, 2013 — “On this day, in home and church, in family and in public gatherings, the whole nation has for generations paid the tribute due from grateful hearts for blessings bestowed.” From Calvin Coolidge’s…ican Presidency Project, you can read the complete proclamations online. Click on the year to take you to proclamation on their website. 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928…
Online access to a variety of reference works from Salem Press. These are essentially the website versions of the same Salem Press volumes we have in the library. Topics include history, science, health, and careers. A good starting point for elementary and high school research projects.
Provided by Forbes Library. Remote access requires a Forbes Library card. Want help using this resource? Contact us.
Following her fifteen minutes of fame as a celebrity chef (complete with TV show, cookbook deal, magazine column, and adoring fans), Lizzie Glass is reduced to working as a food…Among the guests are the daughter of the house Zoe, who runs a popular website and app dedicated to clean living, and their black sheep son Nate, a professor at American University in Washington, D.C. When Lizzie discovers Zoe has been posting her recipes and photographs of her work without permission, she has to decide between compromising her values and unemployment. Roberts’ debut is a sound entry in the young-women-finding-themselves genre, a…
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 15 July 2021 4:00 PM This meeting was on Zoom. Present: Ben Kalish, Reference Librarian Molly Moss, Assistant Director Brian Tabor, Borrower Services Supervisor/note…ries and we hope to expand the service – with a new name. A link on our website exists where the library provides an online service request. Deliveries will be made within one week. This service is different and separate from the library’s standard Outreach services for homebound patrons which involve volunteers making deliveries on a longer term basis to our patrons from Northampton, Florence, and Leeds. The accessibility of library programs as i…
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