Links to Useful Sites
This page, when completed, will provide links to several kinds of web sites which contain useful information, such as the examples which follow. (Please Note: All of these links take you "outside" of our web site. To return to our web site, click on the "back arrow" (pointing left) near upper left corner of your browser).
Library Organizations
The sites of the library organizations of which the Lee Library is a member, as well as the sites of other libraries and library organizations. Examples:
- C/W MARS
- (Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing) Provider of common technologies and services for member libraries (the online catalogs in our Catalogs page are one example of a C/W MARS-supported technology). Directory of member libraries with web site addresses.
- WMRLS
- (Western Massachusetts Regional Library System) Provider of many services for member libraries, such as inter-library loan deliveries. Directory of member libraries with web site addresses.
- MBLC
- (Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners) State Agency that supports library services throughout the Commonwealth. Many online search databases. State-wide directory of public and academic libraries.
Databases
The sites of several database search services, some which are available to the general public, and also some which can be accessed only with your patron card number. Example:
- C/W MARS OneSearch
- (a C/W MARS service) An integrated search engine that feeds your inquiry into many other databases. Find books, other media, magazine and journal articles, and web resources through a single search.
Community
Sites with community information and sites of town government, schools, and some community organizations in the town of Lee.
- Town of Lee, Massachusetts Web Site
- The official web site of the Town of Lee.
- Lee Public Schools
- The web site of the Lee Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, "Home of The Wildcats".
- Lee Historical Society
- The Lee Historical Society is dedicated "to promote and foster a greater knowledge and appreciation of the unique history of the Town of Lee".
- Lee, Massachusetts in Wikipedia
- An overview of the town's history, geography, demographics, government, and schools.
- Literacy Network of South Berkshire
- A non-profit, community-based organization that provides free one-on-one tutoring to adults in reading, GED, ESL and Citizenship preparation. Its office is in the Lee Library, 413-243-0471, info@litnetsb.org
- Lee Community and Business Site
- Lee Chamber of Commerce
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.