Resources

Middle Search Plus contains primary source documents and reference books such as the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Animals. Full-text magazines include Sports Illustrated Kids, Scholastic News, National Geographic and dozens more

This newspaper database includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts. Access to this database is provided as a service of the Connecticut State Library provided by the State of Connecticut and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Novelist is an independent readers advisory service that lets users search for read-a-likes, reading recommendations, and offers genre-focused browsing. Looking for the next title in a series? Novelist has that too! When you find what you are looking for, search the New Canaan Library catalog to see if it’s part of our collection.

In addition to a daily digital issue of The New York Times, the Library provides access to digital issues of this newspaper from 1851-1922 and 1981- present. This database provides high resolution PDFs of all original articles and images.

Provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Access to this database is provided as a service of the Connecticut State Library provided by the State of Connecticut and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Professional Development Collection includes full text for high-quality education journals including Booklist, Education, Education Digest, Education Week, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal and more.

PubMed comprises more than 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Information provided by the US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.

Reference Solutions has vital information on every business & consumer in the United States & Canada. It assists business executives in finding valuable sales leads, conducting market research or competitive analysis, and provides an avenue for businesses to do effective marketing & outreach. 

This comprehensive database offers content from a variety of sources, including an inclusive collection of images, health reports, and full text for reference books and general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas.

A comprehensive research database that provides easy full text access to science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Provides many subjects for teachers needs, including: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School AdministrationScience & MathematicsTeacher Education.

This database provides digital access to The Washington Post issues from 1987-present. The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. It is the most widely circulated newspaper published in Washington, D.C., and was founded on December 6, 1877.

Contains full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO’s collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. Access to this database is provided as a service of the Connecticut State Library provided by the State of Connecticut and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Value Line is an investment research tool covering 3,500 stocks across 100 industries. It is a powerful database with a Stock Screener, hundreds of data fields for analysis, model portfolios, and printable PDF reports. You can create custom reports and build a robust screener with access to data, news, and analysis.

This database provides access to digital issues of the Wall Street Journal from 1984-present. The Wall Street Journal is a business-focused, English-language international newspaper based in New York City. The Journal, along with its Asian and European editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.