iCONN is part of the Connecticut Education Network which provides all
students, faculty and residents with online access to essential library and
information resources. Administered by the Connecticut State Library in conjunction with local libraries, iCONN
offers a core level of information resources including secured access to accurate,
reliable databases.
Logging on to www.iconn.org, one can find magazine articles, reference books,
newspaper articles, images and more.
iCONN serves a variety of needs including student homework, business and
consumer health research, and genealogy.
Magazine and newspaper databases targeting different age groups and
needs make iCONN a valuable and useful resource for students of all ages from kindergarten
through college, as well as the general public.
Among the resources are: the
full-text of The Hartford Courant back to 1992, The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal, and biography, science and history
databases. There are also dictionaries
and encyclopedias, subject guides to Internet resources, a large collection of
primary source materials, and a statewide catalog of library holdings.
Try exploring this free resource available to you and
your children. All you need is a
Connecticut library card number to use this rich information source from
school, the Ridgefield Library or your home computer with Internet access.
Submitted by Victoria Carlquist, Head of Information Services
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