Kent State University Libraries offer a wide range of resources and books for students and residents of the community. The main library location is based on Risman Drive and has all types of books, including research materials, biographies, maps, newspapers, ebooks, manuscripts and more. Other materials include music, CDs, videos and movies. The location also offers tutoring services, including programs for math and writing. Check the main site for details on tutoring or for information on the extensive catalog.
The Whitneyville Branch of the Hamden Public Library is one of two branches of the Miller Memorial Central Library. The branch is located at the corner of Putnam Avenue and Carlton Street only steps from the town's Board of Education offices. It has an annual circulation of almost 40,000 items and almost 30,000 people visit the branch each year. Its computers are used by the public almost 2,700 times a year and there are a number of programs the branch sponsors for the public.
The Congregational Library is much more than just a library -- it's a museum dedicated to the religious history of Massachusetts. The Congregational Library was founded in the nineteenth century to collect the writings and information of the pilgrims and puritans.
Among the Library's vast collection are thousands of historical church records, sermons, pictures and Bibles, a seventeenth-century desk used by the pilgrims in England and a piece of the original Plymouth Rock.
Many visitors come to the library to search the huge collection of church-record obituaries in hopes of uncovering some information about their early American ancestors.
Visitors are welcome to conduct their research and peruse materials in the elegant and stately reading room. While visitors do not have access to the three cavernous floors of stacks, librarians on staff will happily retrieve any requested materials for them.
The Library has free WiFi and one computer terminal for searching the database as well as a traditional card catalog.
The Library is located on the second floor of the Congregational Library Building at 14 Beacon Street.
