Note: Some of our databases require special login credentials to access off campus. Use your Google school log-in to view the password list here.
Britannica Online- On-line encyclopedia
Early College Experience: UConn- UConn/ECE student access to UConn library databases.
Gale- Access to multiple databases including history, biography, and literature as well as e-books
JSTOR- An extensive warehouse of scholarly articles, primary sources, and beyond
PROQUEST- ELibrary- massive collection of multidisciplinary periodical and digital media content, for beginning and intermediate researchers.
Primary Source Databases
American Presidency Project- the core of the APP document collection is based on published collections of presidential documents.
Chronicling America- is a website providing access to information about historic newspapers. Searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages.
FBI Vault- The Vault is FOIA Library, containing 6,700 documents and other media that have been scanned from paper into digital copies.
Google News Archive- Thousands of newspaper articles archived. Click to see how to use.
Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub- Minnesota Historical Society historical newspaper archive.
National Archives- the U.S. Government's collection of documents that records important events in American history
National Archives Presidential Archives- archives and museums, bringing together the documents and artifacts of a President.
NYPL Digital Collection- living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
ProQuest- Black Freedom Struggle- Primary sources by subject
Smithsonian National Museum of History Archives- virtual archives of history
The Connecticut State Library resource page. Choose "for high schools," then use either the "one search" button or choose a specific database below. For off-campus access information, please click here.