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Online Databases

Whether you are at the Library or searching from home, you now have access to the Library's subscription databases. When you click on the "Access from Home/Office" or "Access from Anywhere" links, you may be prompted for the ID number on your Library card.

Access from Anywhere	Biography & Genealogy Master Index	Sources covering individuals from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.
Access from Anywhere	Biography Resource Center	Biographies, full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, thousands of images and links to web sites.
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	Business & Company Resource Center	Company and industry information
Access from Anywhere	Contemporary Authors	Search literature databases
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	Discovering Collection	21 databases covering history, literature, biography, science, and social studies
Access from Anywhere	Educator's Reference Complete	Academic journals, reports, and reference sources. Focuses on educational principles, child development & psychology, and best practices in education.
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	Expanded Academic ASAP	Periodicals covering academic concentrations
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	General Reference Center Gold	Multi-source general interest reference tool
Access from Anywhere	GreenFILE	Topics include global warming, recycling, alternate fuel sources and more.
Access from Library Access From Home/Office	Hartford Courant	Index to the Courant from 1992 -
Access from Anywhere	Hartford Courant ~ Historical	Full-page coverage from 1764 to 1922 with more than 280,000 pages of important historical content.
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	Health and Wellness Resource Center	Medical information for health professionals and general readers
Access from Anywhere	History Reference Center	Documents, speeches, maps, videos, articles, and reference sources
Access from Anywhere	ICONN	CT's Virtual Library!
Access form Library Access from Home/Office Busca en Espanol	Informe�	Full-text Spanish language and bilingual periodicals
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	InfoTrac Junior Edition	Reference tool for junior high and middle school students
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	InfoTrac Kids Edition	Journals, maps, almanacs & news articles for the K-6 student.
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	General InfoTrac OneFile	General interest & business periodicals
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	InfoTrac Student Edition	Reference tool for high school students.
Access from Anywhere	Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts	Coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	Newspapers	Full text of 6 national papers
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	Novelist	Fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, for over 125,000 titles
Access from Anywhere	Science Reference Center	Start here for science projects and research needs!
Access from Anywhere	Student Research Center	The Student Research Center is designed especially for youth in grades 6-12
Access from Anywhere	Teacher Reference Center	Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, etc.
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	What do I Read Next?	Readers advisory tool for all age groups.
Access from Library Access from Home/Office	World Book Encyclopedia	Up-to-date, reliable, authoritative, easy-to-understand information and an array of search tools and information sources.

Last updated 07/22/2008