Useful Websites
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Taxes
Ways to request CT tax forms & assistance
Free filing for service members and veterans
Career & Employment
JobNow with your library card
Cars & Transportation
CTRides - public transit, carpooling, and more
Consumer Information
Consumer Reports with your library card
Energize CT - resources about saving energy
COVID Assistance
Windsor Locks Vaccine Helpline
Financial
Personal finance websites (organized by topic)
Personal finance for service members and veterans
Find Something to Read (AKA Reader's Advisory)
Whichbook: search by mood, character, plot and more
Health & Wellness
Health
MedlinePlus.gov has information written for the public about health topics, medical tests, and drugs and supplements. Multiple languages available. MedlinePlus is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Mental Health
60 Digital Resources for Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) provides information about mental illnesses.
The Network is a local organization dedicated to helping families and individuals who have experienced domestic and intimate partner violence.
Disabilities
Connecticut Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Learning, Test Prep & Technology
Adult Learning Center (JobNow) with your library card
Driver's Manuals (DMV)
Technology basics from DigitalLearn and GCFglobal
Legal Research
The CT Judicial Branch Law Libraries have created guides for legal research:
Need help with your research? You can contact law librarians by phone or email.
Looking for legal help? This list includes advocacy groups, attorney directories and referral services, public defender offices, lawyer association, and legal aid.
Accessing Judicial Branch resources online during COVID
Seniors
Social Security Retirement Benefits
Technology basics from DigitalLearn and GCFglobal
State of Connecticut
Small Business Development Center
Veterans
Contact info for district advocate (Windsor Locks is in District 1)
Health care for US veterans - pages one and two. (Note: The library does not endorse the businesses hosting these websites.)
Job preparatory program for those unemployed 6 or more months
Personal finance resources & Military Saves initiative
Windsor Locks
Bradley Regional Chamber of Commerce
Home Appraisal Information (Vision Government Solutions)
Windsor Locks Art Council Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2021
Windsor Locks History
Windsor Locks Historical Society
WindsorLocksHistory.org, a Project of Windsor Locks Public Library
Windsor Locks Journal, 1880-1979