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Online Research Databases

General Sources

http://www.iconn.org  At school you will not need to enter a password.  At home you may have to enter a valid library card number.  iCONN provides all citizens of Connecticut with access to licensed, fee-based databases.  It does so through state-sponsored funding.  These databases include access to newspaper and magazine articles for research.  Here are some of the databases available through iCONN in the order they may be of most use to you.

CLICK HEREfor a list of iCONN databases that include the following:

·      Academic Search Premier

iConn’s largest collection of articles from magazines and journals.as well as

newspapers.  These articles are not available for free anywhere else on the web. 

·      History Reference Center 

  • Biography Reference Center  
·      Science Reference Center

  • Hartford Courant Historical (1764-1922)
  • Downloadable Audio Books
Durham Public Library http://www.durhamlibrary.lioninc.org/

Search Durham and other area libraries all from one site.  With your library card,

you can have books forwarded to your local library for you to pick up.  Ask us in the library to use our library card and we can get books sent directly to CRHS.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://www.school.eb.com/eb  

(username: cog     password:  cog)

 

            This subscription provides more information than free on-line encyclopedias.  The

site also provides a collegiate dictionary, thesaurus and atlas.

Issues and Controversies http://www.2facts.com (username: cogcog    password:

            cogcog)

This database is a great source of articles and essays both for and against many

controversial issues.

 

Grove Art Online. http://www.oxfordartonline.com (username: cog  password: cog)

            Grove Art Online features over 45,000 signed articles, 5,500 images, 40,000

            image links, and timelines of world art.

 

Ebooks from Facts on File. http://ebooks.infobasepublishing.com/default.aspx?InstID=1447

            (username: coginchauglib  password: coginchauglib)

An E-book, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English, is "an electronic

version of a printed book which can be read on a personal computer or hand-held

device designed specifically for this purpose".

Day by Day: The Twenties, Day by Day: The Thirties, The Facts on File Dictionary

of Allusions, The New Complete Book of Food

History

The New York Times Historical Database http://www.proquestk12.com 

(At school, enter username:  49-2648 and password: bigchalk  At home, enter

username:  49-2648REMOTE and password: bigchalk)

            The complete New York Times archive from 1857 to 2002 is the ultimate

resource for national and international events during these years.  Articles are in

original newspaper format with pictures and headlines.

Issues and Controversies in American History http://www.2facts.com (username: cogcog  password: cogcog)

This database is a great source of articles and essays both for and against many

controversial issues in history.

 

World and Its Peoples http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com (username: cog 

            password: cog)

Detailed information on countries around the world including color photos, maps, and diagrams.

 

Great Events from History:  The 17th Century

Great Events from History:  The 18th Century

http://history.salempress.com (Click Remote Access Login and enter “crhsdevils”) 

A great world history resource for this time period.

 

Electronic Enlightenment. http://www.e-enlightenment.com (username: cog 

      password: cog)

Your online gateway to the eighteenth century.

 

English

Literary Reference Center http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?auth,uid&profile=lrc

(username: cog password: cog)

Your one stop for all things literary—nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary

criticism, nearly 140,000 author biographies, more than 60,000 classic and

contemporary poems, more than 15,000 classic and contemporary short stories.

   

Oxford English Dictionary Online.  http://www.oed.com              (username: cog   

            password:  cog)

Smarter than your average unabridged dictionary, the OED is

also the place to get word etymologies. (word origins)

 

Science

Animal and Plant Anatomy

Diseases and Disorders

Drugs and Society

http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com (username: cog  password: cog)

 

            Great databases which include outstanding color photos, maps, and

            diagrams.

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