A-Z Resources

Explore news articles from The New York Times’ historical archives. (Covers 1851 to 2020)

Newspaper Source Plus - Full-text coverage from more than 1,200 major newspapers around the world. Also features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts. (If prompted for a patron ID, enter your Ferguson Library card number)

Sample collection from the Connecticut State Library of historical newspapers covering the various regions, perspectives and topics of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Connecticut. (1821-1929)

Learn how to access digital media on Hoopla, Libby (OverDrive) and Kanopy. There are also tutorials for Consumer Reports, Tutor.com, Ancestry.com and many more online resources.

Novelist Plus contains reviews of both fiction and nonfiction, plot summaries, book discussion guides, and recommendations.

Occupational Outlook Handbook - The Federal government’s premier source of career guidance featuring hundreds of jobs as wide-ranging as carpenter, teacher, and veterinarian. Revised every 2 years, the latest version contains employment projections for the 2012-22 decade.

OnlineU  helps potential students find affordable online colleges options. OnlineU provide resources and easy access to tuition rates and in-depth content to over 40,000 online college degrees. 

PressReader gives access to over 6,000 newspapers and magazines from around the world in 60+ languages on your smartphone, tablet, and computer

Professional Development Collection - Comprehensive collection of full-text education journals. Provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high-quality education journals and more than 200 educational reports. (If prompted for a patron ID, enter your Ferguson Library card number)

Pronunciator - comprehensive & personalized language learning software supports learning of 164 languages including ASL and ESL.

Public Library of Science (PLoS) Journals - Peer-reviewed, open-access scientific and medical journals that include original research as well as timely feature articles.

PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Referencia Latina - This extensive database offers content from a variety of sources including an inclusive collection of images, health reports, and full text for reference books and general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas and current articles from a dozen prominent newspapers from 10 Latin American countries.

Electronic repository of current Connecticut regulations, including those pertaining to banking, environmental protection, elections, taxation, criminal procedure, and many other subjects.

ResearchIT CT Newsstand - List of online newspaper databases provided by ResearchIT CT. Includes The Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more.

ResearchIT CT OneSearch - Search all the online resources provided by Connecticut’s statewide library service from one place. (If prompted for a patron ID, enter your Ferguson Library card number)

Science Reference Center - Full-text source from nearly 200 science periodicals, 700 science reference books and encyclopedias covering topics such as biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmemental science, health and medicine, life science, mathematics, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology, and wildlife.

Small Business Reference Center (EBSCO) - Offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.