Library Databases
Databases provide students with resources previewed and organized by information specialists. Using these skillfully will save students time and improve the quality of their research. Click on the icon to the left of the description to access.
Provides users with pictures, videos, magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, an online dictionary and encyclopedia, film & video. Allows user to filter by reading level.
User can search the Connecticut State Library, Connecticut History Online, Newspapers of Connecticut and Treasures of Connecticut Libraries.
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A comprehensive periodical resource that includes 5,156 full-text titles with more than 39 million databases records. It includes both popular magazines, specialized journals, newspapers, and wireservices.
Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards.
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Access ID – fhslibrary
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Covers contemporary social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration-offers more than 14,000 pro/con viewpoint essays and 5,000+ topic overviews
Provides thorough coverage of world history from prehistory through the mid-1500s, with special Topic.
US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal.
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The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, and country-and industry-focused reports.
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Provides top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and primary sources.
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Google for the academic world. Database used by most universities. Allows user to search ALL EBSCO databases including academic journals, news,
If you need to limit your searches on EBSCO Discovery, use one of the following Databases.
Articles from journals and reference sources. Covers all academic areas - the arts and sciences, theology, literature, etc.
Provides full-text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, and universities.
ERIC is an internet-based digital library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
Biographical profiles and images of individuals from antiquity to the present.
An assortment full text newspapers.
Provides full text for tens of thousands of biographies and primary source documents, hundreds of reference books and provides full test for top magazines
MEDLINE Database provides indexing of the top nursing and allied health literature available including nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association.
SPORTDiscus is the leading bibliographic database for sports and sports medicine research. It includes records from leading sports medicine journals, books, dissertations and more.
CINAHL Database provides indexing of the top nursing and allied health literature available including nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association.