Online Databases 

JSTOR is a trusted digital archive that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content. Used widely by universities, it contains more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources.  To create a personal account, see a teacher or librarian to obtain the necessary link.

iCONN's Connecticut Digital Library
Provides access to a wide variety of databases including InfoTrack, Newspapers, eBooks and more.  Note: When accessing from home, select a database, then enter the barcode number on the back of your public library card.

GaleNet (click for a complete listing of databases)
A comprehensive collection of outstanding databases complete with full text articles for every subject: For help on how to cite GaleNet sources, click here.

GaleNet Quick Search Find:   All Cross Searchable DB's           Selected Databases

Culinary Arts Collection The Culinary Arts collection includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

Academic One File
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic One File is both authoritative and comprehensive. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.


Biography Resource Center 
Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

Discovering Collection   
Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.

Expanded Academic ASAP Since 1980
This database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

General Reference Center Gold  Since 1980
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

Junior Edition - K12  Designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kid's Edition - K12 Designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, from publishers such as Cobblestones and Scholastic and Time, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Opposing Viewpoints Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues and features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

Student Resource Center - Gold  Provides a premium selection of reference material, more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts. Premier reference content includes the American Journey Series, American Decades, Career Information Center and the SRC Health Module.  

Business and Company Resource Center with Newsletters   
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. The Newsletters ASAP database is fully integrated in this database. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

Gale's Literature Resource Center - This current, comprehensive online literature database contains rich critical, biographical, and contextual materials to support information literacy and critical thinking skills.  Researchers will find the information they need on authors and their works from all time periods and from around the world. (Password required for at-home access.)

Scribner Writers Series  Scribner Writers Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series.

Twayne's Author Series  Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.

What Do I Read Next? What Do I Read Next? includes over 130,600 recommended titles, more than 72,900 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, & more 

Health Reference Center Academic  Multi-source database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center.

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module  Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference titles.

Student Resource Center - Health Module  Student Resource Center - Health Module is a curriculum-oriented database that includes more than 1,200 essays on medical and health-related topics, including diseases, treatments, and major historical figures in the fields of medicine, chemistry, biology, and related areas. Includes more than 300,000 full-text articles from 60 periodicals and 300 photographs and diagrams.

Science Reference Center Articles from magazines, journals, and reference books; biographies and images. Covers life and physical sciences, health, medicine and technology.

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 bottom of page, and select Proquest Historical Newspapers - Hartford Courant 1764-1922)

Legal Track  Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal publications, LegalTrac^® provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.

Military and Intelligence Database   
Journal Articles.

Informe  Since 1994
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.

Educator's Reference Complete Since 1980
Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home.