Category Archive for "Research" | Windsor Public Library

LawDepot: DIY Online Legal Forms in Minutes

Posted in: October 24, 2018 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

LawDepot is an online tool, available to library customers, that provides customizable templates for popular legal forms. Bill of Sale, Last Will and Testament, Lease Agreement, Power of Attorney, Promissory Note, and Prenuptial Agreement are just a few examples of the hundreds of forms available through this resource. The forms contained within LawDepot are created and updated by lawyers, and are Ontario specific. To use LawDepot you will need to create...

Online G1 & M1 Practice Tests now available through WPL

Posted in: August 27, 2018 by Windsor Public Library Library | 1 comment

We’re happy to announce the addition of G1.ca to our eResource lineup. G1.ca offers free G1 & M1 practice tests to library customers; these tests have been developed specifically based on the official ON Ministry of Transportation driver’s handbook. Practice tests are available with corrective feedback, and also in simulator mode – which is about as close to the written test as you can get. Whether you’re prepping for the...

Learn Business Skills Through Independent On-Line Learning

Posted in: July 31, 2018 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

If you’re contemplating a career change or just looking to improve your marketable workplace skills, Windsor Public Library can help. Through, LYNDA.COM, a leading online learning platform, library customers now have the opportunity to enhance their business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. With your Windsor Public Library card and a PIN, simply log on to the library website to access LYNDA.COM which has a...

Online resources for New Canadians

Posted in: July 20, 2018 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

Are you, or do you know a new Canadian who is preparing for the IELTS test? If so, we can help! We offer Road to IELTS (General and Academic) in online format for library cardholders. This eResource/App provides individuals preparing for the IELTS with practice tests, advisory videos, and eBooks covering reading, listening, speaking, and writing – just like the IELTS test itself. Road to IELTS also tracks learner progress...

Can you solve this mystery?

Posted in: July 12, 2018 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

Wasn’t it great news to learn the contest to find all the clues contained in a book about the War of 1812 by Dennis White has finally been solved! Now the Windsor Public Library has its own mystery we hope the public can unravel. Recently our Local History section received as a donation a century-old artifact. Discovered in an antique dealers’ collection, the plaque shown at the left features symbols...

Famous Windsorites Portal Features All Windsor Mayors

Posted in: May 14, 2018 by Windsor Public Library Library | 3 comments

Can you name which Windsor mayoral race was decided with a deck of cards? Do you know which Windsor mayor lasted just 8 days in office? Or which Windsor mayor proposed the Windsor-Detroit tunnel be built? In celebration of the May 26 opening of the new City Hall and the recent announcement that portraits of Windsor mayors will be on display at the new municipal office, Windsor Public Library staff...

City of Windsor Mayoral Trivia

Posted in: April 26, 2018 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

Do you know your Windsor Mayors? Which Mayor lasted just eight days in office? Who was the only female Mayor? Biographies on all Windsor Mayors can be found on our Famous Windsorites page. Check out our trivia questions and test your knowledge! The Famous Windsorites portal is a unique database we started in November 2015 to help WPL better serve our customers. As library staff answer customer questions about famous Windsor residents we have...

Downtown Transportation Strategy

Posted in: November 4, 2016 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

Now available for review at the Central Branch is the City of Windsor’s final report of the Downtown Transportation Strategy. The study “is focused around the routine accommodation of improvements to active transportation modes” and considers vehicular capacity of specific roads,on-street parking and bicycle corridors. Members of the public can read the report while in the library. Ask for the document at the second floor reference desk....

Flood of 2016

Posted in: October 5, 2016 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

UPDATE: The City of Windsor just this week (October 26) posted updated information concerning financial assistance to Windsorites whose basements were flooded at the end of September. Green Shield along with Family Service Windsor-Essex is making the program possible. The torrential rains of September 28, 29, 30 in our area made headlines, not only in the WINDSOR STAR (Rainstorm, flooding in Windsor, Ont. Area damaged more than 1,700 homes ; ...

Online Access to Consumer Reports

Posted in: December 11, 2015 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…decorations are up, Christmas melodies are filling the airwaves, homemade cookies are materializing in lunchrooms, and there are beautiful light displays scattered throughout the city. Cocoa, candy canes, made-for-tv movies, gift-giving guides– yep, I pretty much love it all. If you haven’t figured it out, I am THAT person who gets super excited for almost all things Christmas. Almost? There’s only one thing...