Discovering Collection: ICONN database containing information about People, Places, and Events–history, biography, literature, social studies, and science. Audience: Middle School and up. [Available to all Connecticut residents with current public library cards.]
EBSCO MasterFILE Elite: EBSCO general magazine index. Contains full text for more than 350 periodicals covering general reference, health, science, and more. Also offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 500 periodicals. Includes over 3,000 charts, tables, and graphs, coverage of the CIA World Factbook, and Essential Documents in American History. Periodicals include, Advertising Age, American Economist, American Family Physician, American Fitness, Black Enterprise, Business Week, Canadian Banker, Canadian Geographic, Christianity Today, ComputerWorld, Discover, Economist, Forbes, Foreign Affairs, Good Housekeeping, Guitar Player, Hispanic Times Magazine, and more. Full text files go back to January, 1985; indexing and abstracts go back to January of 1984. [Available to Wilton residents with current Wilton Library cards--if you are a Wilton resident in need of a card, stop by the library.]
Expanded Academic ASAP: ICONN’s database containing articles aimed primarily high school students and up. Offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration–from advertising and microbiology to history and women’s studies. Contains 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times, and more. More than 1,400 journals are peer reviewed, and more than 20 years of backfile are covered. [Available to all Connecticut residents with current public library cards.]
InfoTrac Junior Edition: ICONN’S database of specially selected resources for students in grades 6-8. Designed for junior high and middle school students, InfoTrac Junior Edition features the titles most critical to their curriculum. [Available to all Connecticut residents with current public library cards.]
InfoTrac Junior Edition PowerSearch Interface: ICONN’S database of specially selected resources for students in grades 6-8. Designed for junior high and middle school students, InfoTrac Junior Edition PowerSearch Interface features the titles most critical to their curriculum. [Available to all Connecticut residents with current public library cards.]
InfoTrac Student Edition: ICONN’S database of specially selected resources for high school students. Contains a variety of full-text sources that include the leading magazines, newspapers and reference books that librarians prefer and students enjoy. [Available to all Connecticut residents with current public library cards.]
Kids InfoBits: ICONN’S database that targets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate and visual graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine and reference content. [Available to all Connecticut residents with current public library cards.]
OpenThesis is a free repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents, coupled with powerful search, organization, and collaboration tools.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Divided by topic, this database includes essays from the Opposing Viewpoints books, news stories, links to pertinent web sites, discussion topics, images, and primary documents for many of today’s “hot button” issues from abortion to youth. [Available to Wilton residents with current Wilton Library cards -- if you are a Wilton resident in need of a card, stop by the library.]
Science In Context: ICONN’s database from Gale that is an in-depth, curriculum-oriented science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs. It reflects curriculum trends and focuses on key concepts taught in school classrooms, including biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, math, environmental science, life science, medicine, space science, computer science, technology, history of science, science and society, science as inquiry, science-related biographies and more. [Available to all Connecticut residents with current public library cards.]
Students doing research for school projects might also want to check out our school project pages for K-5 and 6-12.
