iCONN.org - Connecticut Digital Library Resources
iCONN.org - Connecticut Digital Library Resources
- Resources for Schools
- Kids InfoBits for grades K- 5
- InfoTrac Junior Edition for grades 5 - 8
- InfoTrac Student Edition for grades 9-12
- National News
Includes articles in the
- Hartford Courant
- Christian Science Monitor
- Los Angeles Times
- New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post
- Hartford Courant ,1763-1922, Historical issues of one of Connecticut's major newspapers from 1763 to 1922
- Biography Resource Center Biographies and pictures of people in the news or with historical importance
- Student Research Center Middle-school reading level and up, as a student-friendly version of the History and Science Reference Centers, it provides the same high quality content. Choose content sources (Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video), browse by topic headings, use an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore top searches of the day, and even limit searches according to reading levels.
- Health and Wellness Resource Center
Looking for information about health, here is a place to find information about staying healthy and diseases in medical dictionaries and articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- Associated Press Photo Archive Newspaper photographs from yesterday's edition to images in early newspapers
- What Do I Read Next? Never be without advice on what to read next when you search lists of award-winning titles and thousands of summaries of books.
- History Reference Center At high-school reading level and up, provides articles from magazines, journals, reference and non-fiction books; biographies, documents and speeches; maps and photographs. Also includes film and video clips of social, political and cultural historical events of the 20th Century from 1893 to 1985.
- Science Reference Center High-school reading level and up Provides articles from scientific reference books, magazines, journals, biographies and images. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, physics, technology, and wildlife.
Connecticut Digital Library E-Reference Books
- Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Walton Beacham, Frank V. Castronova, and Suzanne Sessine, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 3464 pp. 6 vols
- Biology
Richard Robinson, Ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 1156 pp. 4 vols.
- Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States
San Diego: Blackbirch, 2003. 336 pp.
- Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World
San Diego: Blackbirch, 2001. 360 pp.
- UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
Rob Nagel and Diane Sawinski, Eds.
Detroit: UXL, 2004. 314 pp. 3 vols.
- Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, Eds.
Detroit: UXL, 2004. 1022 pp. 5 vols
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2nd ed.
Jacqueline L. Longe, Ed.
2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 3956 pp. 5 vols.
- Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Jeffrey Lehman, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 1974 pp. 3 vols.
- World of Earth Science
K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 736 pp. 2 vols.
7 January 2008 L. Averill