Academic OneFile: Magazines covering the arts and science, theology, literature and history. Includes foreign language journals. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions; updated daily.
African American Experience: Over 400 volumes of reference sources and books, 5,000 primary sources, 3,000 slave narratives and 2,000 images. Works written by or about African Americans. Actual images available during the years 1630-1830.
American Obituaries & Death Notices: Easily search a collection of over 22 million recent records from hundreds of U.S. newspapers. Updated daily, it incorporates over 75 million records from the Social Security Death Index (1973- Present), organized by state.
Genealogy, census records, church and vital records to aid in tracing your family history. Library Use Only.
Biography in Context: Incudes 600,000+ biographies covering more than 525,000 individuals, 170+ award-winning Gale reference titles, 50,000 new or updated bios added annually in addition to daily updates to account for awards and events. Integrated reference material, periodical information and multimedia content and hundreds of hand-crafted topic pages covering the highest-interest features.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index: More than 15 million citations compiled from more than 5,000 editions and volumes of approximately 1,700 current and retrospective biographical sources are included. Provides coverage of nearly 5 million contemporary and historical figures from authors to scientists, from boxers to fashion designers, from Adam and Eve to Frank Zappa.
BookBrowse: More than 20000 book reviews of nearly 2000 exceptional recent books, book excerpts, author interviews, author biographies and much more.
Business & Company Resource Center: Provides profiles, statistics, and articles about industries and companies. Get vital financial information on companies worldwide,access business news articles, conduct industry research and find business rankings.
Byki language-learning software is a powerful and personalized language-learning system, designed to advance your new language proficiency by expanding your vocabulary reservoir.
Chicago Tribune Historical Archive: Images and full text of historical international, national, regional, and local issues and events, such as major wars and military actions, emerging nations, prohibition, Chicago gangsters, Great Depression, and Chicago as the center of the Progressive movement. Full text of death notices and obituaries.
Contemporary Authors: Discover biographical details on approximately 116,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Current writers, as well as the most-studied literary figures of the early 20th century, and authors from around the world are featured in this award-winning reference resource.
Contemporary Literary Criticism: Represents a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. Imagine centuries of analysis — the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals — delivered in an easy format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
D & B Million Dollar Directory: D&B's North American Million Dollar Database provides the information professional, marketer and sales executive with information on approximately 1,600,000 U.S. and Canadian leading public and private businesses. Company information includes industry information with up to 24 individual 8-digit SICs, size criteria (employees and annual sales), type of ownership, principal executives and biographies.
Dictionary of Literary Biography: Systematically presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods.
Discovering Collection: Essays, biographies, multimedia and more perfect for student researchers. Divided into five core subject areas: history, literature, biography, science and social studies.
Educators Reference Complete: This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator -- from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level
Foundation Directory: Search for availability of grants nationwide for projects by type, keyword, location and size. In Library Use Only.
General Reference Center Gold: A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources — newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
Hartford Courant Historical (1764-1922): To study life in the U.S. from its very formation during the American Revolution, to its near collapse during the Civil War, and to its growth throughout the 20th century, start here … with ProQuest.
Health & Wellness Resource Center: A comprehensive resource for libraries, schools, and hospitals that provides integrated access to medical, and consumer health information. The Health & Wellness Resource Center features an intuitive interface -- providing multiple pathways to key information. Its browser style format lets you browse the latest news, review a set of subject areas, review and select a particular resource, or search across the entire database.
HeritageQuest:
HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. 18th Century or 20th Century. European or Native American. Farm or Factory. East Coast or West Coast. Where does your American past begin?
History Resource Center (U.S.):
Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s digital archives; articles from classic Macmillan Reference USA and Charles Scribner’s Sons® references; as well as other Gale proprietary content such as country and era overview information, and full-text periodicals and journals.
History Resource Center (World):
World History in Context is a comprehensive online collection that uses an intuitive, Web-like interface to provide multicultural, global and research-based dynamic content that supports today’s history research requirements. Unlike other sources that only offer periodical or bibliographic information, World History in Context offers students and researchers unparalleled access to a broad collection of scholarly analysis and award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents.
iConn NewStand: Search and print articles from the New York Times (1980-), Hartford Courant (1992 -), Christian Science Monitor (1988 - ), London Times.
Job, Careers, Testing & Education: From the high school and community college students just embarking on a career path to the business veteran who wants to make a career change. Includes career training needs, corporate training, and online practice tests for certification and licensing tests. Practice for AP exams.
JobNow: Receive live job coaching, real-time interview practice, full-service resume lab, 24/7 access to local job resources and more! In the Adult Learning Center: Access a library of rich adult learning content (GED) and live, professional assistance in resume/cover letter writing, U.S. citizenship prep, MS Office Essential Skills Series, and more! Personalized eLearning Tools:My File Sharing, My Session Replay, My Tutoring Archive, My Tests Archive, and more! 24-Hour Writing Lab:Submit essays and other forms of writing for constructive feedback. 24/7 Homework Question Center:Submit homework questions for expert guidance. Live Assistance:Interact with live tutors in math, science, reading, writing, history, GED, college placement tests and more! Skill-Building:Choose your topic to receive real-time help. Foreign Language Center /Spanish-Speaking Support
LegalTrac: The ideal resource for students, law school faculty and legal researchers,LegalTrac features a comprehensive collection of major legal publications. This invaluable database provides indexing for more than 1,500 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text.
LitFinder: A repository of full-text literature, LitFinder spans history and geography to offer nearly 150,000 poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays representing the work of more than 80,000 authors. More than 660 nationalities are represented in this ever-growing database, which supports high school and college curriculum while offering busy students 24/7 access.
Medline Plus: MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.
Morningstar: Independent. Insightful. Trusted. Morningstar provides stock market analysis; equity, mutual fund, and ETF research, ratings, and picks; portfolio tools; and option, hedge fund, IRA, 401k, and 529 plan research. Our reliable data and analysis can help both experienced enthusiasts and newcomers.
New Canaan Advertiser: Digital archived newspapers from Janaury 2004 through December 2010. Fully searchable pdf format.
New Canaan Newspapers: Full-text of the New Canaan Advertiser and The New Canaan News-Review in article format.
New York Times Historical Archive: 1857 - 2005: Search the entire New York times by keywood, name, date, and article type. Actual image of the newspaper appears and can be printed.
NewsBank Science Source Collection (1987 -): Easy access to thousands of article digests on life, earth, physical, medical, health and applied sciences. A web-based learning resource designed to support today’s science curriculums and to serve as a general reference tool for a wide range of researchers.
NewsBank Retrospective ( 1970 - 1991): The often exclusive articles in NewsBank Retrospective come from several hundred newspapers published across the United States. Each provides in-depth local, regional or national coverage of social, political, economic, environmental, international, health and science issues and events from contemporary American history, including many firsthand reports.
NoveList Plus: information on over 260,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles included, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more, NoveList Plus is a complete readers' resource.
Popular Magazines: Popular Magazines includes more than 1,000 of the most searched magazines across our InfoTrac products. All the titles were selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons. This database is 100% full text and includes over 600 titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries".
in public and university libraries in Connecticut. Includes Yale University.
Prepme: Study for the SAT and ACT. Study lessons, and exams. To use PrepMe, login with your Library
Card bar code number. Then create a username and password for yourself so your lessons and exams are customized for you.
Science Resource Center: Articles from reference books, magazines and journals, biographies and images.
Covers life and physical sciences, health, medicine, and technology.
Small Business Resource Center: Covers all major areas of starting and operating a business including
financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting and taxes.
UN (United Nations) Connections: Full text United Nations documents, and articles from daily newswires on issues.
