A-Z Resources

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GCFGlobal.org

Learn the essential skills they need to live and work in the 21st century. From Microsoft Office and email, to reading, math, and more—GCFGlobal.org offers more than 300 topics, including more than 6,000 lessons, more than 2,000 videos, and more than 50 interactives and games, completely free.

Glassdoor logo

In addition to listing the latest jobs, Glassdoor provides company ratings and reviews, salary and benefits reports, and vocational guidance.

globalEDGE logo

globalEDGE - A knowledge portal that connects international business professionals to a wealth of learning resources. Includes detailed, up-to-date commerce and trade information on countries around the world, and online courses for exporters and other business people.

GovInfo.gov logo

GovInfo.gov - Official publications from all three branches of the federal government. Search or browse the Federal Register, Congressional Record, Economic Indicators, the U.S. Code, bills, reports, opinions, and regulations.

GreenFile logo

GreenFile - Research database of journal articles and books, covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Content ranges from the scholarly to general interest, and subjects include climate change, pollution, renewable energy, recycling, and sustainable agriculture.

ProQuest logo

Hartford Courant Historical - Digitized archive of the Hartford, Connecticut newspaper, with full-text issues from 1764 to 1922.

Health Source: Consumer Edition logo

Health Source: Consumer Edition - Reference books, pamphlets, and consumer health magazines, with more than 18,800 Clinical Reference Systems reports.

ct.gov logo

Health and wellness for every stage of life, right at your fingertips.

Our mission is to help you stay healthy and informed while giving you every opportunity to succeed.

At Health.CT.gov, you’ll find:

HealthPocket logo

HealthPocket - Search and compare health insurance plans in Connecticut and around the country.

Newsbank logo

HeritageHub provides access to hundreds of years of obituaries and death notices from thousands of newspapers across the United States. This one-of-a-kind collection helps patrons and family historians uncover new family members and understand family relationships on a deeper level than ever before.

History Reference Center logo

History Reference Center - Full-text database of U.S. and world history, featuring books, journals, biographies, primary source documents, and historical videos.

hoopla logo

Learn English with hoopla's collection of language learning books and audiobooks that you can download for free with your Ferguson Library card.

indeed

A worldwide employment website that offers access to millions of job listings. Their site pulls millions of job listings from various sources such as websites, job boards, staffing firms, associations and company career pages. 

Brainfuse JobNow logo

JobNow - Practical job search and vocational guidance tools for help in interview preparation, resume writing, applying for unemployment insurance, GED and college entrance test prep, and skills assessment. Also includes a live online job coach .

JSTOR logo

JSTOR - Search for articles in academic journals, images, letters, and primary sources.

Provides access to more than 12 million digitized scholarly journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 different disciplines.