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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.
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Books and Authors

Stuck on the question of "what do I read next"? Let Books and Authors spice up your reading with our expert title recommendations, online reading rooms, librarian favorite lists, and more.

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Business & Company Resource Center

Company
and industry information

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Consumer Reports

Provides updates on product availability and adds new products to previously published test results.

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Discovering Collection

21 databases covering history, literature, biography, science, and social studies

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Educator's Reference Complete

Academic journals, reports, and reference sources. Focuses on educational principles, child development & psychology, and best practices in education.

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Expanded Academic ASAP

Periodicals covering academic concentrations

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General Reference Center Gold

Multi-source general interest reference tool

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Hartford Courant

Index to the Courant from 1992 -

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Hartford Courant
~ Historical

Full-page coverage from 1764 to 1922 with more than 280,000 pages of important historical content.

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Health and Wellness Resource Center

Medical information for health professionals and general readers

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History Reference Center

Documents, speeches, maps, videos, articles, and reference sources

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ICONN

CT's Virtual Library!

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Busca en Espanol

Inform

Full-text Spanish language and bilingual periodicals

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InfoTrac Junior Edition

Reference tool for junior high and middle school students

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InfoTrac Kids Edition
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Kids infoBits)

Journals, maps, almanacs & news articles for the K-6 student.

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General InfoTrac OneFile

General interest & business periodicals

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InfoTrac Student Edition

Reference tool for high school students.

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Newspapers

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More iCONN Content:Newspapers

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Novelist

Fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations,  for over 125,000 titles

Access from Anywhere JobNow! provides  the necessary tasks to get a job.

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World Book Encyclopedia

Up-to-date, reliable, authoritative, easy-to-understand information and an array of search tools and information sources.

Last updated 08/31/2010