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You’ve come to the right spot! We’ve gathered together our Databases and Librarian Reviewed Internet Links by Topic, to help you with homework, research and writing papers. Click on the subject heading you need to get started. Now…get busy!

Biography

American Presidents: Life Portraits This web site, created for the television series, contains a complete video archive of all American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, plus additional resources.

Biography Reference Center Contains many of the top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines. Offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies, as well as thousands of unique narrative biographies. Connect from Library & Home

Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson) Original profiles of Current Biography and World Authors series, the periodical coverage of Biography Index, and the specialist biographical content of Junior Authors & Illustrators. Connect from Library & Home

Biography.com You can read about more than 25,000 notable figures who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. Produced by A&E.

Geography

CIA World Fact Book Select a country and find information on its geography, population, government, economy, and more provided by the Central intelligence Agency

Map Collections Library of Congress.

MasterFILE Premier Provides full text for magazines, reference books, and primary source documents and an Image Collection with photos, maps & flags. Includes Consumer Reports. Connect from Library & Home

National Atlas This online version of the National Atlas of the United States provides printatable and interactive maps about America's people, history and resources.

National Geographic Xpeditions Printable maps from National Geographic's online atlas.

Student Research Center For students in grades 6-12. Includes magazines, newspapers, biographies, coutry reports, an online dictionary and encyclopedia, film & video. Connect from Library & Home

Science

All Weather Is Good This website compiles lists of books and websites about weather. It is prepared by the National Weather Center Library and supported by a Carnegie-Whitney grant from the American Library Association.

Chem For Kids Simple explanations of chemistry principles suitable for students or anyone looking for basic chemistry information.

ENature Drawing from the National Audubon Society Field, Regional, and Nature guides, the Online Field Guide offers information on more than 4,000 plant and animal species found in North America. Be sure to check out the news items, discussion groups, and travel tales as well.

GreenFile Content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these affects.

NASA Brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America’s space agency.

NOVA Science Now A division of PBS's popular television series. Explore topics and watch online videos.

Science Reference Center For upper grades. Covers biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, technology, and wildlife. Connect from Library & Home

WebElements An interactive periodic table of the elements.

Books & Literature

Book Clubs Start your own book club. See what are the hot books for book clubs, get free discussion guides and more!

Genrefluent The author of Genreflecting, Diana Tixier Herald, reviews her recommended reads in all of the popular genres -- crime, historical fiction, romance, etc.

Good Reads Best Books Lists Join thousands of readers who review daily, and let your voice be heard. Find new titles to read, and vote on your favorites. Great for finding new book recommendations. Create an online account and keep track of all the books you read.

Literary Reference Center This resource includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; 75,000 articles of literary criticism; 130,000 author biographies; full text of more than 300 literary journals; 500,000 book reviews; 25,000 classic and contemporary poems; over 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories. Enter your library card number as your Patron ID. Connect from Library & Home

New York Times Best Seller List

NoveList Offers one-stop shopping for fiction book recommendations for all age groups, series lists, book discussion guides, and much more. Also, note NoveList book recommendatons and series information added to the bottom of library catalog entries. Connect from Library & Home

NPR Recently Reviewed Books Find titles featured on NPR's All Things Considered and Morning Edition

History

American Memory (Library of Congress) Provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity.

Art History Resources on the NetThis multi-award winning site serves as a gateway to resources on art history from ancient times to the present day. There are links to research resources, an extensive list of museums and galleries by country, online journals, exhibits, and university art departments.

Best of History Websites An award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.

Chronicling America A free, searchable database of historic U.S. newspapers from 1836-1922, available through the Library of Congress.

Connecticut Digital Collections Search individually, or as a combined search, the digital collections of the Connecticut State Library, Connecticut History Online, Newspapers of Connecticut and Treasures of Connecticut Libraries. Connect from Library & Home

Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies The Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University currently holds more than 4,100 testimonies of individuals who experienced the Holocaust – survivors, those in hiding, resistors, liberators. The project began in 1979, and the resources have been available to the public since 1982. View excerpts from these testimonies here at the Archive’s website, or connect to the Archive’s online catalogs.

Hartford Courant - Historical (1764-1922) Connect from Library & Home

History Reference Center For upper grades, secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges and undergraduate research. Full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. Connect from Library & Home

Middle Search Plus Primary source documents, reference books, and thousands of relevant photos, maps, and flags. Connect from Library & Home

Monroe Historical Society Your best resource for local history.

Salem History Online access to Milestone Documents in American History, a resource published by Salem Press which combines 134 full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary. Connect from the Library Connect from Home Also available in print at the library. Location: TEEN REF 973 MILESTONE

The September 11 Digital Archive 150,000 digital items, 40,000 first-hand accounts, and an interactive map of Ground Zero.

Test Prep

Learning Express Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want. See a list of tests, careers, and skills that are included. Connect to Learning Express Today!

GCFLearnFree.org Use the Math and Reading modules for a little extra help with grammar, algebra, and other areas where you might need a boost.

General Reference

411 This site provides free directory service to find phone numbers (listed landlines only) and addresses of individuals and businesses. It also offers reverse searches, i.e. use a phone number or address if you have only that information to retrieve the other details.

Abbreviations.com An extensive collection of hundreds of thousands of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.

Academic Search Premier Provides an elaborate array of titles to cornerstone academia. Comprehensive content, including PDF backfiles to 1975 or further for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references for more than 1,050 titles. Connect from Library & Home

Area Code Locations Provides a list of locations for each area code in the U. S. , Canada and some Caribbean Islands.

Area Libraires Bibliomation Public Libraries Trumbull Library Stratford Library Association Fairfield Public Library Bridgeport Public Library

Book Collection: Nonfiction-Elementary School Edition Informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 1,300 nonfiction titles on animals, weather, holidays, adventure, sports, and more. Connect from Library & Home

Book Collection: Nonfiction-High School Edition Informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 2,700 nonfiction titles on careers, health, life skills, ethnicity, disabilities, adventure, sports, technology, biographies, music, science, history, civics, and more. Connect from Library & Home

Book Collection: Nonfiction-Middle School Edition Informative abstracts and searchable full text for more than 3,200 nonfiction titles on careers, health, life skills, ethnicity, disabilities, adventure, sports, technology, biographies, history, science, women, civics, and more. Connect from Library & Home

Dictionary.com In addition to a dictionary and thesaurus, this site also has a foreign language translator, a basic grammar usage guide, and daily puzzles. In addition, you can find links to numerous valuable reference sites.

Explora Supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality. Connect from Library & Home

Free Translation Translate foreign language phrases into English, or vice versa.

Google Advanced Search All the power of Google with more precision and focus.

Google Scholar Search for free access to scholarly articles right from Google. A great place to get started!

MainFile A multi-disciplinary database with coverage of all aspects of academic study and general interest subject areas. Includes more than 4,300 full-text magazines and journals and nearly 250 full-text newspapers and newswires, and over 2,900 full-text reference books and encyclopedias. Connect from Library & Home

MAS Ultra - School Edition Designed specifically for high school students. Contains full text for hundreds of popular magazines covering a wide range of subject areas including history, science, careers and much more. Connect from Library & Home

MasterFILE Premier MasterFILE Premier provides full text for magazines, reference books, and primary source documents and an Image Collection with photos, maps & flags. Includes Consumer Reports. Connect from Library & Home

Middle Search Plus Contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books such as the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Animals, and more than 1.2 million relevant photos, maps, and flags. Connect from Library & Home

Popular Magazines Access to the complete or nearly complete archives of many popular magazines such as Newsweek, Smithsonian, Scientific American, National Geographic, and more. Connect from Library & Home

ResearchIT CT All Resources See a list of all the different resources available in ResearchIT CT. Connect from Library & Home

ResearchIT CT OneSearch Search all articles, newspapers, audiobooks and digital collections in ResearchIT CT. Connect from Library & Home

The Phrase Finder The meanings and origins of thousands of English sayings, phrases, idioms and expressions: Proverbs, American Phrases, Phrases coined by Shakespeare, Nautical phrases, and Phrases from the Bible.

TOPICSearch Contains full text for tens of thousands of articles from diverse sources, including international newspapers, EBSCO's collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets and government information. Connect from Library & Home

Student Research Center For students in grades 6-12. Includes magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, an online dictionary and encyclopedia, film & video. Connect from Library & Home

Newspapers

Chronicling America A free, searchable database of historic U.S. newspapers from 1836-1922, available through the Library of Congress.

Connecticut Post Website for the major newspaper of Connecticut.

Hartford Courant Historical This archive includes over 280,000 pages of text from 1764 through 1922. Connect from the Library & Home

The Monroe Courier Newspaper of Monroe, Connecticut.

Newspaper Source Plus Cover-to-cover full text coverage for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, and selective full text for more than 330 regional (U.S.) newspapers. Also, full-text television and radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc. Connect from Library & Home

Newspapers of Connecticut Browse an assortment of local Connecticut Newspapers from 1821-1929.

ResearchIT CT ProQuest Newspapers Search All Newspapers Listed Select an individual Newspaper from the list: Hartford Courant (1992-) Los Angeles Times (1985-) New York Times (1985-) Wall Street Journal (1984-) Washington Post (1987-) Christian Science Monitor

Writing Tools

Bartleby Free online version of dozens of reputable reference books, such as the American Heritage Dictionary, The Elements of Style, and the World Encyclopedia. You can also find many classic fiction and nonfiction works.

Dictionary.com In addition to a dictionary and thesaurus, this site also has a foreign language translator, a basic grammar usage guide, and daily puzzles. In addition, you can find links to numerous valuable reference sites.

Online Citation Guides Offers correct citation examples for a wide variety of sources in every style.

Citation Machine Creates a citation for you when you fill your information into a form.

Slate Citation Machine What a wonderful resource for students and writers everywhere! Citing sources can be tricky, especially electronic resources. This website allows you to plug in the citation information (author, title, journal, etc.), and then arranges the info in either the correct MLA or APA format.

Free Translation Translate foreign languages phrases into English, or vice versa.

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay This award winning site provides an outline and tips for writing a basic essay. Includes a sample essay and links to other writing and research sites.

KnightCite Fill your resource information into a form and get a citation back in any style.

Poetry Resources This website provides poetry apps, discussion forums, links, poems, and opportunities to get involved in grassroots projects. The site's "Writing Help" section offers many resources for poets-in-the-making.

Purdue OWL The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material. OWL also offers email tutor assistance for brief writing related questions.

Teen Ink Read published works from other teens and submit your own for possible publication on this online version of this national teen magazine.

Writer's Digest For more than 90 years, the experts at Writer’s Digest have been publishing books, magazines, competitions, conferences and distance education materials for writers who want to polish their skills and hone their craft.