Connecticut Digital Library Databases

General Reference Resources

Discovering Collection

For: Middle School and up

Need information about People, Places and Events? Search for essays, critical analyses, biographies, timelines, primary source documents, and multimedia files. Areas of study: geography (cultures and countries), literature, history, science and health.

E-Books
Includes full-text reference books on history, science, business and medicine.

InfoTrac Junior Edition

For: Middle School students

Provides magazine articles and curriculum-related materials selected specifically for grades 6-8. Titles include American History, National Geographic Kids, Science News and Sports Illustrated for Kids.

InfoTrac Kids InfoBits

For: Elementary School students

Provides magazine articles and curriculum-related materials selected specifically for grades K-5. Titles include Boy’s Life, Ranger Rick, Faces, and Jack & Jill.

InfoTrac Student Edition

For: High School students

Provides magazine articles, reference book articles, historical images, and maps for grades 9-12. Titles include American Heritage, Technology Review, World Affairs and Popular Mechanics.

Reference Center Gold
Goes beyond articles from magazines & journals to include reference book articles from sources such as Asimov’s Chronology of Science & Discovery, Great Thinkers of the Western World and Masterpieces of World Literature.

Virtual Reference Collection
Search the contents of science, health, and history reference books:
  • Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
  • Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the U.S
  • Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World
  • Biology
  • World of Earth Science
  • Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
  • Encyclopedia of Cancer
  • Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
  • Encyclopedia of Medicine
  • Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
  • St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
  • Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
  • Encyclopedia of Small Business

    Magazines and Journals

    Academic OneFile
    Provides articles from leading journals and reference sources. Covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other academic subjects.

    Educator's Reference Complete
    Full-text periodicals for teachers, school administrators, school media specialists and librarians.

    Expanded Academic

    For: High School and College students

    Covers all academic areas including the social sciences, humanities, sciences, technology and current events. Sources include popular magazines and scholarly journals such as African Arts, CLIO, Ethics, Film History, and Human Biology.

    ¡Informe! (Revistas en Español)
    A collection of Spanish / bilingual magazines and newspapers including Siempre, Semana and La Opinion. Search in either English or Spanish.

    InfoTrac OneFile
    iCONN’s largest collection of articles from magazines, newspapers, academic journals and trade publications. Titles include: Consumer Reports, Prevention, Forbes, Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic, and Popular Science.

    Newspapers

    Hartford Courant - Historical (October 1764 - 1922)

    All Newspapers listed below

    Boston Globe
    Christian Science Monitor (1988-current)
    Hartford Courant (1992-current)
    Los Angeles Times (1985-current)
    New York Times (June 1980-current)
    Wall Street Journal 1984-current)
    Washington Post (1987-current)

    Subject Specific Resources

    Associated Press Photo Archive
    Search for contemporary and historical images including photographs taken during the American Civil War, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and other major U.S. and world events from 1840 to present.

    Biography and Genealogy Master Index
    Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes current, easily accessible references sources, as well as important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.

    Biography Resource Center
    The Biography Resource Center contains more than 432,000 biographies on more than 340,000 people from around the world and throughout history.

    Business & Company Resource Center
    Provides current company and industry information and analysis as well as coverage of major business events and trends from 1983 to the present.
  • company profiles and performance ratings
  • industry rankings & statistics
  • investment reports & ratings
  • financial overviews & ratios
  • pricing momentum & key ratio measures

    Health & Wellness Resource Center
    Find reliable consumer and alternative health information from journals, magazines and newspapers. Also has videos, a medical dictionary, encyclopedias and other reference titles including:
  • Medical and Health Information Directory
  • PDR Family Guide to Health and Nutrition
  • PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs
  • Statistical Record of Health & Medicine

    Heritage Quest - Genealogy

    For: Genealogy researchers

    Search U.S. federal censuses, family and local histories, and primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, and probate records. Materials date back to the 1700s.

    History Reference Center
    History Reference Center is a comprehensive history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.

    LegalTrac
    Indexes law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Also contains law-related articles from business and general interest titles.

    Science Reference Center
    Provides easy access to a multitude of science-oriented content. Designed to meet students' science research needs, it contains leading scientific encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, biographies and images.

    Student Research Center
    Student Research Center provides the same high quality content of the History and Science Reference Centers but via a search interface that was specially developed to be more student- friendly.

    What Do I Read Next?
    A readers’ advisory service of highly recommended adult, young adult and children's books in various genres: inspirational, mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western and historical novels, general fiction, classic fiction and nonfiction.

    WorldCat.org
    Search the collections of libraries from around the U.S. and the world for books, periodicals, sound recordings, and much more.