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Maesteg Sports Centre Old Forge Site Nant-y-Crynwyd Maesteg CF34 9EB Click here for streetmap showing library location Tel: (01656) 754859 |
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Opening Hours |
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Monday |
CLOSED |
Tuesday |
09.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 19.00 |
Wednesday |
09.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 |
Thursday |
10.30 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 19.00 |
Friday |
09.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 |
Saturday |
09.30 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 |
Sunday |
CLOSED |
Facilities: |
People's Network facilities: | ||
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Local and Family history Books |
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Microsoft Office software (word processing, spreadsheets etc.) |
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Music Library (CDs, Scores, Books) |
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Fast Internet access |
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Family history research facilities |
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Historical maps of the Llynfi valley |
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Scanners and printers |
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Large collection of Welsh language books |
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Downloading to USB |
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Study area |
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Daily and weekly newspapers |
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Wheelchair access |
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Online reference resources
Ask Cymru is Wales' electronic reference library. A team of trained reference librarians throughout Wales is ready and waiting to answer your factual questions and you'll have a response within 48 hours. |
Members of Bridgend Library and Information Service can now access free-of-charge a range of useful databases. Some are available for you to consult from home or work. Each one can help you with your research or homework. All you need is a valid Bridgend Libraries card.
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Grove Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location |
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Grove Music Online is the gateway offering users the ability to access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location |
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Search for articles from the first 200 years of the world's greatest newspaper using The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985. |
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Britannica Online is the classic encyclopaedia containing 123,000 up-to-the-minute articles. |
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It is also available in two special editions, Britannica Junior for ages 5-11 and Britannica Student for ages 12-18. |
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Newsbank contains thousands of full-text articles from more than 20 Welsh and over 350 U.K. daily and weekly newspapers. Includes the North Wales edition of the Daily Post, the Western Mail, The South Wales Evening Post, The Times from 1985 forward, Economist, Financial Times, The Guardian and The Scotsman. |
European Sources Online (ESO) is an online database which provides access to information on the institutions and activities of the European Union, the countries, regions and other international organisations of Europe, and on the issues of importance to European citizens and stakeholders.
Important - to access European Sources Online you must be using a PC in one of Bridgend Library and Information Service's libraries / Life Centres / Cyberlinks.
Reading group
The group meets on the first Friday of the month at 10.30am
October 7th |
November 4th | |
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The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak |
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes | |
December 2nd |
January 6th | |
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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde |
The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk | |
February 3rd |
March 2nd | |
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A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory |
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters | |
April 6th |
May 4th | |
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Major Pettigrew's last stand by Helen Simonson |
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton | |
June 1st |
July 6th | |
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White Tiger by Aravind Adiga |
The Hare with amber eyes by Edmund de Waal |
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