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Multimedia
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Britannica ImageQuest: 3 million+ rights-cleared images for use in school projects |
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Academic Video Online: Streaming videos of documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc. spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. |
Discovery Search
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Infobase's Source Reference: an information skills platform that promotes knowledge-building, problem-solving, and critical thinking to give users the information skills necessary for success throughout their academic, professional and personal lives. |
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researchIT CT Resources for High School Libraries (including EbscoHost): A complete listing of Ebsco databases plus additional researchIT CT resources. Provides access to a wide variety of databases including newspapers, eBooks, and more. Use OneSearch to search all researchIT CT resources simultaneously. New: "Research It Best Bets" for K-12! |
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Explora for High Schools: High-quality articles from reputable publishers. Searches Ebsco's High School Resources. |
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Gale Databases: Click for a complete listing of Gale databases |
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ProQuest Platform (PQP): Searches all ProQuest databases simultaneously. |
General Reference
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Britannica School: Quick facts and in-depth information on a variety of subjects, includes multimedia |
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Opposing Viewpoints: Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues. |
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Global Issues in Context: Analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content. |
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High School in Context: Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources. |
eBooks (Reference & NonFiction)
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Gale eBooks: Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. |
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Ebsco's Non-Fiction Book Collection for High Schools: Cross-curricular content representing a wide spectrum of works, including popular series from top book publishers. |
Periodicals (Magazines & Newspapers)
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JSTOR: Peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, and primary sources from libraries’ special collections and archives. |
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Academic One File: Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research. |
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Academic Search Premier: Access to acclaimed full-text journals, magazines, and other valuable resources. |
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MAS Ultra: Designed specifically for high school libraries. Contains full text for hundreds of popular high school magazines, |
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Master FILE Premier: Provides full-text of magazines, reference books, and primary source documents and an Image Collection with photos, maps, and flags. |
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researchIT CT News & Issues (ProQuest): Search all newspaper databases together or individually. Includes The Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, National Newspapers Core, New York Time, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Hartford Courant (1764-1922), The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. |
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Newspaper Source Plus: This database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers. Videos and podcasts are coming soon. |
English
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Bloom's Literary Reference Online: Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature. |
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MagillOnLiterature Plus: Biographical essays of the most studied authors, glossary terms of literary words and phrases, as well as essays on specific literary genres, themes, and settings. |
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Writer's Reference Center: A one-stop location for all of the tools necessary to write and research effectively. From the mechanics of writing and grammar to style and research, this resource thoroughly covers the fundamentals of quality writing. |
Health
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Health and Wellness: Access full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more. This consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices. |
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Teen Health & Wellness: Articles on health-related issues important to teens' well-being. Use as both a research/report tool and a self-help resource. |
Science & MATH
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Science in Context: Understand the context of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more. |
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Science Reference Center: Contains full text of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. |
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GreenFILE: A collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. |
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Rosen Digital’s Financial Literacy: Makes economics and personal finance easy to understand. Articles explore macro-, micro-, and global economics as well as personal and household finance. Learn to manage credit and debt, save and invest with confidence, plan for college and retirement, and avoid fraud and scams. |
Social Studies, Civics, & LAW
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History Reference Center: Features full text from reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books. |
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World History in Context Uncover information on the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources. |
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U.S. History in Context: Uncover information on the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources. |
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African-American History Online: Offers subject entries, primary sources, images, general and topic-specific timelines, biographies, maps and charts, historical videos, and more. |
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Hartford Courant - Historical Newspapers (1764-1922): Find out what was going on in CT between 1800-up to the end of the Civil War. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select Proquest Historical Newspapers - Hartford Courant 1764-1922. |
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Legal Information Reference Center: Full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books and thousands of legal forms. |
Biographical Resources
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Biography in Context: Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, newspapers, magazines, and multimedia content. |
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Biography Reference Center: Provides coverage of the most popular and heavily-researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published). |
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Biography Reference Bank: Offering the in-depth, original profiles of Current Biography and World Authors series, the thorough periodical coverage of Biography Index, and the specialist biographical content of Junior Authors & Illustrators. |
Career Readiness
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Career Cruising: Explore interests, careers, and education options. |
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Learning Express: Interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards, and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development, and more. |
Spanish
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Referencia Latina: Spanish-language database offering content from a variety of sources including encyclopedia entries, images, an atlas, health reports, a Spanish-English dictionary, and full text from reference books and general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas. Daily updates ensure the availability of the most current articles from prominent Latin American newspapers. |
Teachers
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Teacher Reference Center: Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines |
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Professional Development Collection: Provides full-text of education journals, peer-reviewed titles, and educational reports |
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Education Resources Information Center (ERIC): Full-text education literature and resources sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. An essential tool for education researchers. |
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Explora Educator's Edition: Selected lesson plans, curriculum standards, and valuable sites for teachers. |
CONTACT
(203) 262-3200 x 1111
Hours: M-F, 7:20am - 2:05pm
Kelly Pelletier, Library Media Specialist
Heather Messina, Library Media Specialist
Michael Murphy, Computer Teacher / IT
Wendy Gaipa, Secretary
