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Connecticut Digital Library

Connecticut Digital Library. What is it?. Connecticut Digital Library. It’s free It’s on the Web It’s available 24 x 7 It’s accessible from home. Need News?. Access the full text of any article from: Christian Science Monitor – 1988 to the present

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Connecticut Digital Library

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  1. Connecticut Digital Library What is it?

  2. Connecticut Digital Library It’s free It’s on the Web It’s available 24 x 7 It’s accessible from home

  3. Need News? Access the full text of any article from: • Christian Science Monitor – 1988 to the present • The Hartford Courant – 1992 to the present • The Los Angeles Times – 1985 to the present • The New York Times – 1995 to the present • The Wall Street Journal – 1984 to the present • The Washington Post – 1987 to the present

  4. The Hartford Courant

  5. Need a Book? Search over 300 library catalogs in CT simultaneously over the Web • Request the item you want • Track the status of your request Search any other library catalog • In Connecticut • In the world

  6. reQuest Statewide Library Catalog

  7. Need a Biography? • Choose from over 120,000 biographies • Linked to full-text articles, book review excerpts, images and much more • From antiquity to the present

  8. Wilson Biographies Plus

  9. Need an article? • Search 3,100 magazine titles simultaneously • 1980 to the present • Search hundreds of magazine titles appropriate for students at: • Elementary schools • Middle schools • High schools • Colleges

  10. Articles for Elementary Schools

  11. Articles for High Schools

  12. Articles for Colleges

  13. Articles for Adults

  14. Need Information in Spanish? • Choose articles from 50 popular Spanish-language and bilingual magazines • El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL) Spanish-language newspaper • Search interface in English and Spanish • Presents titles in both Spanish and English

  15. Informe

  16. Need Business Information? • Accurate, current information on more than 450,000 companies • Company profiles, inc. parent/sibling relationships • Industry rankings • Products and brands • Company performance ratings • Industry statistics

  17. Need Business Information? • Investment reports • Current investment ratings • Pricing momentum and key ratio measures • Financial ratios • Coverage of major business events and trends from 1983 to present • And much more …

  18. Business and Company Resource Center

  19. Need Health Information? • Search nearly 400 health/medical journals • 800 pamphlets • 2,100 general interest publications • Encyclopedias of medicine, childhood & adolescence • Alternative health module • PDR Family Guide to Health and Nutrition • And much more …

  20. Health and WellnessResource Center

  21. Search 750,000+ photos (international) Associated Press Photo Archive 500 new photos added each day Earliest photo dates from 1840 Search thousands of graphics,diagrams, maps,charts, logos Need Photos?

  22. Associated Press Photo Archive

  23. A collection of over 25,000 family and local history books (every word searchable) Complete U.S. Federal Census (1790 –1930) Search by name, place of birth, age, ethnicity, etc 1.5 million citations to 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals published since 1800 Detailed records of 80,000+ individuals who served in the Revolutionary War Freedman's Savings & Trust Company (primary bank for America's freed slaves and others from 1865-1874) records of more than 70,000 bank depositors and nearly 480,000 of their dependants and heirs. Need Genealogy Research?

  24. HeritageQuest Online

  25. Try It! www.iconn.org

  26. Why? Provide equitable access to a substantial, core level of information resources for • every resident - all ages • every school - students and teachers; all grades • every library – regardless of community size or wealth Provide access anytime and anywhere

  27. Dollars and Sense • It costs the state $2 million per year to provide these electronic information databases • It would cost libraries, schools and colleges more than $20 million per year to purchase the same databases individually • Value of investment accrues directly to its intended users - Connecticut residents

  28. Users Want It! From July 2001 through June 2004: • 19 million + searches in iCONN databases • 2.3 million+ searches in reQuest statewide library catalog

  29. Brought to you by Connecticut General Assembly

  30. At the recommendation of Then-Lieutenant Governor M. Jodi Rell

  31. Administered by Connecticut State Library in conjunction with State Department of Higher Education

  32. Certificate of Commendation • The Connecticut Digital Library was awarded a Certificate of Commendation from the Affiliate Assembly of the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association. The Certificate was awarded “in recognition of valuable contributions to the field of school librarianship.” The accompanying letter further stated: “By providing an online database of reference materials and journals free to every school and home in the state, you are giving everyone equal access to a wealth of materials. With school districts struggling with budget constraints, this service means that no matter the socioeconomic status of a locality, quality information is available to all.”

  33. For further information • Contact your local library • Contact the Connecticut Digital Library office: (888) 256-1222 (toll-free in CT) (860) 344-2475

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