Online Databases

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NEW! Testing & Education Reference Center

Take practice PSAT, SAT, and AP exams, explore different careers, build your resume, and more! See Mrs. Briggs for the password.

ICONN

ICONN has newspapers, biographies, reference and more. ICONN can also search the collections of libraries throughout Connecticut!

Grolier

Use Grolier to search encyclopedias, magazines, and websites.

SIRS/ProQuest

Includes the following databases: CultureGrams for country reports and daily life and culture, SIRS Knowledge Source on leading controversial issues with pro/con arguments, and SIRS Decades, which features over five thousand primary and secondary sources for 20th century America.

Pro & Con Congressional Digest

Information on controversial issues from a legal point of view.

CQ Researcher

News, current events, and more!

EBSCOhost

Searches multiple databases for reliable, scholarly articles in every academic subject.

Global Issues in Context

Explore news and current events from all over the world.

Facts on File

Search four databases: Issues and Controversies, World News Digest, Issues and Controversies in American History, and Science Online.

ABC-CLIO

Have a history project? Search four databases at once: American History, World at War, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, and World History: The Modern Era.

ONLINE NEWSPAPER

New York Times

For news and current events.

E-BOOKS

Lincoln Library of Essential Information

A comprehensive online encyclopedia- great for getting ideas for a project or quick fact-checking!

Sharpe Online Reference

Search five e-reference books: Booms and Busts: Economic History (1630s-Present), Global Social Issues, World Terrorism, Presidential Campaigns and Elections (1788-2008) and America in World History.

Salem Press

Search 5 e-reference books: Decades, Great Events from History, Great Lives from History, Milestone Documents, and Weapons & Warfare.

U*X*L American Decades: 2000-2009

Search through the events of 2000-2009 in the following categories: arts and entertainment, business and the economy, education, government, politics and law, lifestyles and social trends, medicine and health, science and technology, and sports.

ICONN's e-books

Free downloadable e-books.

Project Gutenberg

Over 39,000 free e-books!

Lit2Go: Books

Free online books in Mp3 format.