Library Databases
Catalogs
CONNECT - Simsbury
Public Library's catalog. Access books, videos, and other library material
directly from home. Check what materials you have out or place a hold.
Instructions on using the catalog.
ReQuest - Contains statewide book and periodical holdings.
iConn
- Gale Group electronic databases available from your school,
home, office, campus or library.
Other Connecticut Library Catalogs
Conduct Research from Your Home or Office
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Choose the type of resource that you wish to use: periodicals;
magazines; newspapers; business databases; literary criticism; academic
resources; health information; and homework help.
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To access these powerful reference and research, full-text
databases, Simsbury residents will need their library card with its
15-digit barcode on the back.
InfoTracOnefile
(1980- 2001) - News and periodical articles on a wide
range of topics. Millions of full-text articles with many images. Updated daily.
(Provided by iConn.org)
General Reference Center Gold
(1980-2001) - A general interest
database to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals.
Many citations are full-text and have images. Look for current events, business
and industry coverage, arts & sciences, sports, hobbies and much more.
(Provided by iConn.org)
Newspapers
The Hartford Courant (1992-present) - Access Courant archives from home. (Provided by iConn.org)
The New York Times - a 365 day rolling archive of full-text
articles which is searchable by date, subject and section. Provided by iConn.org)
Literary Criticism
Discovering Collection - A
comprehensive database of in-depth reference content for the core curriculum
areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies.
(Provided by iConn.org)
Contemporary Authors - Complete
biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000
U.S. and international authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
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An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry
contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principle works and
sources for further study.
Scribner Writers Series - 15-20 page
signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13
acclaimed Scibner print series.
Twayne Authors Series
(Twayne World,
English, and US authors) - Each contain the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne literary masters books on individual world, US, or English authors, for a
total of 600 individual full-text titles.
What Do I Read Next? - Includes more
than 88,500 recommended titles, more than 47,000 plot summaries, and awards
information from more than 552 awards. Search by genre, subject, author, title
and more. (Provided by iConn.org)
Academic Resources
Discovering Collection -
A comprehensive database of in-depth reference content for the core curriculum
areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies.
(Provided by iConn.org)
InfoTracOnefile (1980- 2001) - News and periodical articles on a wide
range of topics. Millions of full-text articles with many images. Updated daily.
(Provided by iConn.org)
Expanded Academic (1980-2001) - A database to meet research
needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news
magazines, and newspapers. Many citations have full-text and images. (Provided
by iConn.org)
Professional Collection
- Full-text periodicals for teachers and
school administrators. (Provided by iConn.org)
Wilson Biographies Plus - Includes more than 46,000 biographical
profiles of famous people from antiquity to the present with hotlinks to related
current full text articles from over 4,000 periodicals. (Provided by iConn.org)
Student Edition - This database is designed for high school
students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines,
newspapers, and reference books for students seeking information on a wide
variety of topics. (Provided by iConn.org)
Health Information
Health and Wellness Resource Center
- Database to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories,
and information on diseases, fitness, medicine, public health, prescription
drugs and much more. Included are helpful links to government dates and other
health assessment sites. The information is intended for informational purposes
only.
Health
Reference Center Academic (1980
- Sep 2001) - Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy,
Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety,
Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in
this database is intended for informational purposes only.
