A multi-disciplinary database of more than 4600 magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3900 peer-reviewed titles. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
American Government
Provides helpful content, study tools, and innovative ways of matching current events with enduring themes of American politics and public policy at all levels—from grassroots activism to the White House.
American History
A remarkable survey of American history from 1350 to the present. Organized chronologically linking reference, curriculum, and straightforward analysis of current events.
Biography Reference Bank
Biographical articles and references, searchable by name, profession, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, and birth and death dates. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
Biography Reference Center
A collection of full-text biographies on notable personalities from around the world, including actors, authors, and world leaders. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
Careers Internet Database
This database provides career reports that cover education requirements, positive and negative aspects of each career, and interviews with people working in the field. Includes an interest assessment test, career news, and lists of best colleges and graduate schools specifice to each career.
Columbia Grangers World of Poetry Online
This database features full-text poetry (over 150,000 poems), biographies, commentaries, critical context, and a glossary. Use Granger's to complete a homework assignment, locate a poem only partially remembered, or discover other works by a favorite poet.
ConnecticutHistory.org
A variety of interesting articles about people, places and events from the state's past. Provided by the Connecticut Humanities Council.
CT Digital Collections
A digital collection of over 15,000 digital primary sources, together with associated interpretive and educational material. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Award-winning titles and content that is curriculum aligned and recommended by teachers and industry professionals.
Grove Art
Grove Art Online is the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, covering both Western and non-Western art
History Reference Center
This database features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
iCONN
Journals, Reference, search local libraries for books, videos, etc. Search Statewide Library catalog (reQuest); Apply for Inter Library Loans.
When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
Images on the Web
Free image sources. Ethical use of images requires citing the source of any image.
Issues and Controversies
Explore more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
JSTOR
Multidisciplinary resource with full-text articles from scholarly and peer-reviewed journals.
Legal Information Reference Center
This database is a valuable resource for understanding the complex world of law and legal matters. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
Literature Criticism Online
Search a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres.
Literature Resource Center
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
MainFile
World's largest, multi-subject full-text database.Provides coverage for more than 4,300 full-text magazines and journals and nearly 250 full-text newspapers and newswires. This databases also includes over 2,900 full-text reference books and encyclopedias. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
Medline Plus
Health information from the National Library of Medicine. Easy access to health topics, medical dictionaries, directories and publications.
Online Magazines
Popular magazines such as People, Consumer Reports, Time, Wired and more. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
Online Newspapers
Includes Christian Science Monitor; Hartford Courant; New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and more. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
Oxford Biblical Studies
A comprehensive resource for the study of the Bible and biblical history.
Science Reference Center
Earth science, life science, technology, health and other popular topics discussed by today's science researchers. When accessing from home you will need your town library card #.
SIRS Researcher
Helps students make sense of the world by offering relevant, credible resources aligned to standards that tell the whole story on the major issues of the day. It features thousands of relevant full-text articles and analysis on today’s hottest and most controversial social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues.
Student Resources in Context
An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events.
World Geography
Comprehensive, current, authoritative, accessible, and aligned to your curriculum, this flagship collection of geography resources does more than just inform—it helps develop students' information literacy, critical thinking skills, and understanding of global issues.
World History: The Modern Era
Spanning the globe from 1500 to the present, this comprehensive, award-winning database enhances any world history collection by combining a wealth of research sources, with overviews and activities that provide context.
World News Digest
World News Digest brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print.