Lee-Whedon Library Resources

General Materials and Services	Download FREE e-books	Free Genealogy Websites	What is Medina Library worth to you?	Download the latest version of browser plug-ins	Computers
Databases	Tax Forms	Free Genealogy Websites	Community Links	Employment Information	Puzzle Table

General Materials: The following are the materials available from Lee-Whedon Memorial Library:

Books - 47,000 (Fiction [Adults, Children and Young Adult], Non-Fiction [Adults, Children and Young Adult]
8 Newspapers including The Medina Journal, Daily News, Buffalo News, Democrat & Chronicle, NY Times, Business First, Union Sun & Journal and USA Today
120 Magazine titles, including popular titles such as Newsweek, Time, People, Entertainment Weekly, Business Week and others
Video cassettes
Large selection of DVD's
City directories & cemetery records
Compact discs
Books-on-CD
Books-on-Tape
Playaways, which are self-contained audio books
MP3 audio books
Medina Yearbooks dating back to the year 1916
Art prints, which can be borrowed for a month
Microfilm - Medina Journal Register & Medina Tribune, 1861 - present
Databases including Mango, Digital Sanborn Maps, and all the ones available through NIOGA
Games for Wii, X-Box, Playstation 2 or PlayStation 3 . See what we have available!
Since Lee-Whedon Memorial Library is part of the Nioga Library System (Niagara, Orleans, and Genesee Counties), books are available through the interlibrary loan from those libraries free of charge. Also, some materials, especially academic works, may be available for interlibrary loan from libraries outside of the system and from university libraries, although a small fee may apply.
Other Services: The library offers the use of a copy machine, a fax and notary service, state of the art disc cleaning for CD's, CD-ROM's or DVD's, and an opportunity to display your business or hobby in our display case located at the front of the building.

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Download free e-books: The library offers Overdrive, which is free software needed to download books to your e-reader from home, with a valid library card. The software allows you to check out a book to your device for a 2-week loan period. You may check out only 2 books at a time. When your 2-week loan period has expired, Overdrive will automatically check-in your books. There is no more concern about late charges. For a tutorial on how to download and get started using the free software, click here. This tutorial will lead you step-by-step through the checkout process.

Download Public Domain Books: These are free books to download to ANY e-reader. They have an expired copyright so they will remain on your e-reader permanently. For a tutorial on how to download a public domain book, click here. This tutorial will lead you step-by-step through the download process. Have Fun!

Computers: There are 6 public computers available for sign out and use in the library. There is also a children's computer in the children's section. Several 'IPAC computers are available to search for books. There is a wide range of programs and applications on the computers including broadband Internet, Microsoft Office applications, tutorials, Microsoft MapPoint, and many children's games. The children's computer allows children to play games without accessing the Internet. The public computers do not have any Internet blocking software. Projects cannot be saved to the hard-drive of the public computers. You must bring a floppy disk or a flash drive to save your work. Floppies can be purchased at the library for $1.00 and flash drives can be purchased for $5.00. You will have a time limit of 1 hour on the computer. If no one is waiting or a reservation for the computer has not been made, then you may extend your time by another hour. If you still need more time and there are not patrons waiting, you can ask desk staff to extend your time yet again.

Wi-Fi: Lee-Whedon started offering wireless service in June 2007. You will never have to wait for another computer again and there are absolutely no time limits. Also, it is NOT necessary to have a library card to gain Internet access. All you need is a laptop that contains an internal or an external wirless card. (View Lee-Whedon's wireless policy)

Genealogy: Are you interested in researching family history? The sites below will help lead you in the right direction when looking for your ancestors. The sites are free and do not require the use of a library card. Have fun exploring your heritage!

Puzzle Table: Lend us your hand and help us get our puzzles finished! A new puzzle is brought out upon the completion of each one.

Library Use Calculator: Times are tough! Why pay full price for a book or movie when you can borrrow that item from the library? Figure out how much you would pay out-of-pocket for services you receive free from the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library. Input your information in our calculator to find out your savings...you will be surprised! Keep in mind that the average household pays $108.00 per year for library taxes.

Online Databases: Being a library cardholder brings great rewards. One of those rewards is the ability to access all the useful databases available through Lee-Whedon and NIOGA, free of charge. NIOGA offers EBSCOhost and Gale which give you a multitude of databases including Auto Repair, Novelist, EBSCOAnimals, Kids Search, Custom Newspapers, National and Inernational Newspapers, periodicals and many more. Lee-Whedon also offers Digital Sanborn Maps, which is used for genealogy and Bookletters (must have a Lee-Whedon card to access this databases). Our newest resource is Mango. You can learn a new language every month and track your progress at the same time. Information at your fingertips...all you need is a library card.

Tax Forms: Lee-Whedon houses most tax forms at tax season free of charge. If you cannot find the form you are looking for, ask at the front desk.We do have a reproducible folder to make copies from, and forms can also be downloaded from the Internet using the links below:

Employment Information: The state of the economy is making United States citizens fearful of their future employment. To help ease the economic stresses we have put together some internet links to help you build your resume, search for a job, file for unemployment benefits, and much more. It is our hope that you will find these reources helpful. Good Luck!.