Embedded Files
Online Databases:
Online Databases:
researchIT CT - Offers free online resources as a service of the CT State Library. Here you will find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles for Connecticut public, K12, and academic libraries and their users. There is also a collection of downloadable eAudios and eBooks for Connecticut residents with valid CT public library card numbers.
Bloom’s Literary Reference Online – Read about writers, and study works of world literature—from influential novels, poems, and plays to important works of nonfiction. Also includes videos of works and of professor Harold Bloom discussing important authors, great works, and literary themes.
Email Mrs. Cook, cooktr@danbury.k12.ct.us & Mr. McNiff, mcnifm@danbury.k12.ct.us for the username and password.
Points of View – Points of View assists researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Use as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing papers, and more. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.
Email Mrs. Cook, cooktr@danbury.k12.ct.us & Mr. McNiff, mcnifm@danbury.k12.ct.us for the username and password.
APS Journals - Danbury HS has joined the American Physical Society (APS) public access program, which allows users to access its journals.
DHS ebooks:
DHS ebooks:
Follett Shelf - Provides access to fiction and nonfiction ebook owned by DHS. Use your normal computer login to access these books.
Email Mrs. Cook, cooktr@danbury.k12.ct.us & Mr. McNiff, mcnifm@danbury.k12.ct.us if you have questions.
Gale Virtual Reference ebooks - This link will take you to the login page for the Reference ebooks. Type in the password given to you by the teacher or librarian.
Email Mrs. Cook, cooktr@danbury.k12.ct.us & Mr. McNiff, mcnifm@danbury.k12.ct.us for the username and password.
Educator-approved Web Search Engine:
Educator-approved Web Search Engine:
SweetSearch is a search engine for students. Use this search engine to find results that experts, librarians, and teachers have evaluated and approved.
Online Encyclopedias/Libraries:
Online Encyclopedias/Libraries:
Encyclopedia.com – This free encyclopedia from Electric Library, a subscription reference resource, offers articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition, 1994. Users can search the encyclopedia from the main page or browse articles by clicking on the appropriate letter noted in the volumes of the encyclopedia set.
Infoplease Encyclopedia – This online encyclopedia includes approximately 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. - This online encyclopedia allows for a limited number of free searches.
Encyclopedia of Earth - An electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The EoE is a free, expert-reviewed collection of content contributed by scholars, professionals, educators, practitioners and other experts.
The New York Public Library -Explore 672,002 items digitized from the NYPL collection. This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
National Geographic Resource Library - Search by grade level, subject or topic. Entries include teacher resources & multimedia.
Library of Congress - Use the largest library in the world online.
The World Digital Library - The WDL makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
Smithsonian Education - Select a topic on this website to discover featured Smithsonian collections and stories, OR search millions of digital records.
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