Digital Collections

Ancestry

AncestryLibrary is a genealogy database that covers billions of records from census data to directories, and photos to family trees. AncestryLibrary is only available when inside the library and cannot be accessed from home.

BookPage

BookPage magazine highlights more than 60 of the best new books across all genres and categories in each monthly issue

Business Plan Builder

Business planning can be a complex and unfamiliar process. Business Plan Builder helps you get started and find the information you need by offering a step-by-step guided experience– complete with the information and tools needed to move through the entire business development life cycle.

Classica, Craftsy & The Great Courses

Classica offers over 1,000 streaming concerts, operas, ballets and documentaries. Craftsy provides access to over 1,300 video tutorials and other crafting resources. No-cost college-level audio lectures from experts in a variety of topics. Available as EXTRAS in the Libby app.

Comics Plus

A digital platform offering thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga to readers.

Consumer Reports

Product reviews and Ratings on cars, appliances, electronics and more from Consumer Reports.

Educate Station

Easy-to-use, comprehensive learning plans with a robust range of extension activities across a wide range of subject areas and grade levels.

Gale Business Entrepreneurship

A digital platform that provides multiple pathways to key information for both novice and experienced entrepreneurs.

GCF Global LearnFree

Learn the essential skills you need from Microsoft Office and email, to reading, math, and more — GCFLearnFree offers over 200 topics, over 7,000 lessons, over 1,000 videos, and over 50 interactives and games, free.

Hartford Courant

Access the Hartford Courant website with your library card to read the latest local news completely ad free.
Or flip through the Courant’s digital edition and discover both current and past issues with the ePaper

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JobNow

Free Expert resume assistance, live interview coaching and tips and resources to help start your job search. Login with your Simsbury library card.

Kanopy

Stream over 30,000 documentaries, independent films, and world cinema classics, 100's of Criterion Collection films, and 1000's of videos from The Great Courses. TV series from A&E, History Channel, PBS, and PBS Masterpiece are available. Enjoy unlimited access to Kanopy Kids, programming and educational videos for children of all ages.

Learning Express

Learning Express provides interactive online practice tests and tutorial courses for academic and licensing tests. Note: Users must sign in with user name and password. If using this database from home, your Simsbury Public Library barcode number is your user name.

Libby

Access the Library's OverDrive collection of ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines on your mobile devices with the Libby App. Enjoy offline reading, send ebooks to your Kindle, listen on-the-go, and more. Enjoy Extras in the Libby app, like Classica, Craftsy, and The Great Courses in audio.

Library Speakers Bureau

Watch recorded author talks on-demand. Enjoy a range of talks anytime, anywhere, including previously recorded events from bestselling authors and thought leaders. Check the Library's Event Calendar, too, for upcoming live, virtual author events courtesy of Library Speakers Bureau.

Mango Languages

Mango Languages is an online language learning resource. Mango Languages offers 71 language courses. Additionally, the service offers English lessons in 17 languages and specialty courses to teach cultural differences.

Morningstar Investments

Includes comprehensive information on more than 260,000 securities. The depth of information on each security is extensive.

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The New York Times

Understand the world. Navigate life. Enjoy complimentary access to NYTimes.com via your browser or The New York Times app. How to access nytimes.com from home and at the Library.

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NoveList Plus

Discover your next great read with Novelist. Find new fiction and non-fiction with author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book reviews, and suggested reading lists for all ages.
Look at NoveList K-8 for reading suggestions for Children and Teens!

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The Palace Project

Explore thousands of free eBooks and audiobooks with the easy-to-use Palace app. Search, browse, download, and read nearly all of the Library's downloadables, in one seamless experience.

Reference Solutions

Reference Solutions, formerly ReferenceUSA, contains detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 95 K High Tech companies. Use the database in the library or access this database from home with a valid Simsbury Public Library card.

researchIT OneSearch

Simultaneously search multiple reference and research databases., or select one of the State's many free offerings, like major U.S. Newspapers, Academic Search Premier, Medline Plus, ERIC, and more. Enter your current & valid Simsbury Library card number at the password prompt.

researchIT ProQuest

Search the Hartford Courant, major daily newspapers, publicly available content, and the ABI/INFORM collection. Enter your current & valid Simsbury Library card number at the password prompt.

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Value Line Investment Survey

On-line access to Value Line’s Investment Survey covering Large, Small & Mid Cap stocks. Access the database in the library or from home using using your Simsbury Library card number.