Thanksgiving Holiday Library Hours

The Library will close at 5PM on Wednesday, Nov. 27, and will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Resources

Subject

Consumer Reports

Publishes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory and survey research center.

Historic Hartford Courant

This database provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Includes issues from 1764-1922. For current issues of the Hartford Courant (1992-present), please visit the “News and Newspaper Sources” in the Newspapers & Journals heading of the Research page.

Newspaper Source Plus

This newspaper database includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts. Access to this database is provided as a service of the Connecticut State Library provided by the State of Connecticut and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

NY Times

In addition to a daily digital issue of The New York Times, the Library provides access to digital issues of this newspaper from 1851-1922 and 1981- present. This database provides high resolution PDFs of all original articles and images.

The Washington Post

This database provides digital access to The Washington Post issues from 1987-present. The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. It is the most widely circulated newspaper published in Washington, D.C., and was founded on December 6, 1877.

Wall Street Journal

This database provides access to digital issues of the Wall Street Journal from 1984-present. The Wall Street Journal is a business-focused, English-language international newspaper based in New York City. The Journal, along with its Asian and European editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.