Online Reference Resources
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Magazine & Newspaper Resources
iCONN - Connecticut's reSearch Engine
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 iCONN is part of the Connecticut Education Network and it provides students, faculty and residents with online access to essential library and information resources. Once you log into iCONN, it offers access to valuable research resources like the Hartford Courant and the New York Times. Students of all ages can look up thousands of magazine and newspaper articles through InfoTrac, Science and History databases. Other resources include Health and Wellness Resource Center, Business and Company Resource Center, LegalTrac, Wilson Biographies, and The Professional Collection for teacher and educators. iCONN has something for everyone!
EBSCO Periodicals Index
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 EBSCO serves as an index to periodical publications as well as a full-text collection of several databases. It includes access to thousands of resources across several disciplines and grade levels. MasterFILE ELITE provides full-text articles from over 1,180 magazines and journals. Primary Search and Searchasaurus provide school children with access to information from over 50 children's magazines and pamphlets. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia offers 25,000+ entries. Health Source-Consumer Edition searches more than 190 health-related journals and indexes resources general health topics, nutrition, sports medicine, childcare and medical sciences. EBSCO Animals specializes in in-depth information on a variety of animal topics.
E-Library Periodical/Newspaper Index
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 E-Library provides itemized searching of full-text access to articles from magazines, newspapers, books, reference collections, photographs, maps, TV & radio transcripts. Also contains a full reference collection that includes access to dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, almanacs, and atlases. The topics search allows users to search by category.
ProQuest Newspapers Indexes
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 ProQuest offers access to several popular newspapers, including the Hartford Courant (1992-current) New York Times (1980-current). Users can enter search terms, add specific date ranges, and search one or all of the included newspapers. Titles include: The Christian Science Monitor (1988-current), The Hartford Courant Historical (1764-current ), Los Angeles Times (1985-current), New York Times -East Coast Edition (1980-current), New York Times Book Review (1997-current), New York Times Magazine (1997-current), Wall Street Journal-Eastern Edition )1984-current), and the Washington Post (1987-current).
SIRS Knowledge Source
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 SIRS Knowledge Source contains full-text articles from newspapers and magazines around the country exploring current events in several disciplines: society, science, health, history, economics, politics, and global issues. Database also includes specialized features like up--to-the-minute news, maps of all countries around the world, World Almanac topics like statistics, U. S. States, International Organization, and World History. Also provides suggestions for research topics.
Encyclopedia Resources
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
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 Welcome to Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia! Included in this suite of reference resources from Scholastic Publishing, are The New Book of Popular Science, and Lands and Peoples. Grolier Online offers access to more than 100,000 full-text periodical articles, four dictionaries, news features, multimedia inserts, and learning tools for teachers and students alike.
Worldbook Online Encyclopedia
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 The name you know and trust is now available from home! The premier online reference source--containing every article from the 22-volume encyclopedia print set plus thousands more. With state-of-the art multimedia, editor-reviewed Web sites, and more!
Subject-Specific Resources
Learning Express Library
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 Learning Express© Library provides access to a unique database that lets users practice standardized tests. Improve your score on the SAT, ASVAB, U.S. Citizenship Test and many more! There is also access to a Job & Career Center with tutorial courses to help build your skill set.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
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Ferguson's is an award winning online resource to help users research jobs and industry profiles; and practice job-seeking skills, including interviewing and creating resumes and cover letters. Discover your strengths and weaknesses with the career assessment tests and search for colleges and universities that meet your career path goals. Users can browse over 51,000 resources entries to help them achieve their career goals!
Business & Company Resource Center
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Comprehensive company and industry information. Provides articles, company profiles and histories, investment reports, business rankings and more. Provided through iCONN
Health & Wellness Resource Center
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Medical information for health professionals and general readers. Provides access to a medical encyclopedia, dictionary, a drug & herb finder, and health assessment tools, as well as thousands of articles on the latest medical and health information. Provided through iCONN.
Heritage Quest
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Genealogical database with over 25,000 family histories, complete U.S. Census records between 1790-1930, and information on American culture. Soon to include newspaper obituaries. Provided through iCONN.
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