Remote access to Ferguson Library databases requires the use of a Ferguson Library card. These databases are marked with a (green bullet).

Connecticut state residents may use their local library card number to access ICONN.org databases. These databases are marked with a (blue bullet).

Literary Criticism

Expanded Academic ASAP
Multidisciplinary journal database with strong coverage in the humanities. Mainly scholarly articles, with over 50% in full-text, and many that are peer-reviewed.

InfoTrac Student Edition
Designed for the high school level, this popular database includes a wide variety of articles from magazines and reference books.

JSTOR
A digitalized archive of important academic journals in various disciplines. Provides access to 461 American and international publications.

Literature Resource Center
Biographies, bibliographies, and full-text literary criticism of works by prominent authors. For high school level and up.

¡Informe! Revistas y Periodicos
Articles in Spanish, primarily from mainstream periodicals, but with some scholarly content.

Suggestions for Reading

Novelist
Fiction database with annotated booklists, author “read-alike” suggestions, and discussion questions for book groups.

Fiction Connection
A new reader’s advisory tool from Books In Print. Includes hundreds of topical categories to help you find the perfect novel.

Search for Books & Other Materials

Ferguson Library Online Catalog
Check our Catalog first to see if the Ferguson Library has what you need. Items not owned by Ferguson may be available through Interlibrary Loan; For ILL policies and online request forms, please click here.

ReQuest
Materials owned by public, academic, and special libraries in the state of Connecticut.

WorldCat
An international library database of print and non-print materials.

Patron Books In Print
Determine the in-print status of published books. Also includes book reviews and other helpful resources for readers.

Electronic Books

Hundreds of recent, printed books that you can download at home are available through the Ferguson Library’s webpage. To search or browse the Library’s e-book collections, use the NetLibrary and OverDrive webpage links. Digital audiobooks by contemporary and classic authors are also available. If you need assistance in downloading, please contact the Library staff at 351-8231.

Great Books Online From Bartleby.Com
In addition to the full-text of classic fiction, non-fiction, and verse, this free website includes dictionaries, thesauri, quotation books, Strunk’s Elements of Style, and other reference tools for writers.

Project Gutenberg Digitally Re-Published Literature
A collection of over six thousand older books and historical documents that are freely available to the public. In English and a variety of world languages, with some titles also accessible as audiobooks.

The Perseus Digital Library
Comprehensive source of works from the Classical world, in the original Greek and Latin, as well as in English translations. Also features Renaissance literature, and early American books and primary documents.

Other Helpful Resources

Pink Monkey Literature Summaries
Free guides to the most commonly taught books in high schools and colleges, with plot synopses and study questions.

Ferguson Library Literature Research Page
Other suggestions for online research, as well as a number of useful print resources that are available on-site at the Main Library..