Resources

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Questions?

Contact Kate Gorczynski, Library Assistant for Reference (kateg at thompsonpubliclibrary dot org)

Databases

Available in the Library or at home. To access from home, you will need your library card.

iCONN is a collection of databases for patrons of all ages -- great for students, general interest, and researchers. Some of the databases include: InfoTrac Junior Edition, Expanded Academic ASAP, HeritageQuest, Connecticut Consumer Health Information, Connecticut Physician Profiles and Newspapers - including Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post.

Due to cuts to the Library's funding, this database is no longer available effective July 1, 2007.

  • MasterFILE Premier Designed specifically for public libraries, this database contains nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.

  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
  • EBSCO Animals
  • Health Source - Consumer Edition

Due to cuts to the Library's funding, this database is no longer available effective July 1, 2007.

Novelist is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on teaching with fiction.


Internet Links

A collection of websites we've gathered for you to use, with such catagories as business & finance, education & children, government, medical & health, search engines, taxes, travel and more!

Reader's Resources -- How we can help you find the next great read...

  • The Library subscribes to the magazine Bookmarks
  • Check out this database... What do I read next? (Library card required)
  • Pick up one of our Read-alike bookmarks
  • See the Reader's Resources Tab in our Online Catalog
  • Visit the websites below (links checked 9/07)


Awards

  • National Book Award
  • Nobel Prize for Literature
  • The Quills

    Various Genres
  • The Edgars ~ Mystery
  • Spurs ~ Western
  • RITA ~ Romance

    Other Countries
  • U.K. --Dagger Awards
  • Ireland --The Mann Booker Prize

    • Bestseller lists

    Children & Young Adult

    General

    Media Spotlight

    Favorite authors

  • Susan Wittig Albert
  • Dan Brown
  • Patricia Cornwell
  • Catherine Coulter
  • Sue Grafton
  • Debbie Macomber
  • Robert B. Parker
  • James Patterson
  • Jodi Picoult
  • Nicholas Sparks

    • Mystery

    Romance

    Science Fiction
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    Date last modified: September 17, 2007
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