Free Internet Access
Clare County Library offers free Internet Access at each
and every one of its 16 branch libraries throughout the county, and
the Local Studies Centre as a result of
a nationwide initiative by the Information Society Commission, Local Authorities
and the Department of Environment and Local Government. Printing facilities
are available at all branch libraries also.
Click HERE
for our access policy and HERE
for rules for use of the Internet PCs.
Ask About Ireland Irish Times Digital Archive provides online access
free of charge for internet users within public libraries and schools
in Ireland. The archive is a fully searchable exact reproduction of all
editions published by the Irish Times from 1859 onwards. This
service is available at each of our broadband sites.
Britannica Online premium service is available at each of our broadband
sites. Britannica is presented online in three editions, targeting different
age groups. It includes Britannica Student (for ages 12 to 18) and Britannica
Junior (for ages 5 to 11) as well as Encyclopedia Britannica for ages
18+.
Junior Britannica
Online - http://library.eb.co.uk/levels/junior
Student Britannica
Online - http://library.eb.co.uk/levels/student
Adult Britannica
Online - http://library.eb.co.uk/levels/adult
Between
1829 and 1842 Ordnance Survey Ireland completed the first ever large-scale
survey of an entire country. Acclaimed for their accuracy,
these maps are regarded by cartographers as amongst the finest ever
produced. Free access from each of our broadband
sites.
JSTOR, working with
Queen’s University, has developed the Ireland Collection, an online
collection of over 75 journals and monographs spanning from 1780 to the
present and covers topics such as music, art, history, literature, archaeology,
mathematics, and biology.
For information on the collections click 
here.
To search the collections enter a term in the search box
on the JSTOR homepage. Click
here.
Free access from each of our broadband sites.
Vision-net is now available, free of charge, to all members of Clare County Library. To access the service click on this link and log in using your library card number. Vision-net is an internet based service which gives you immediate online access to information on every Irish and UK company registered.
