Darien High School Library Online Databases
Online Databases and Research Web Pages Listed Alphabetically
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ABC-CLIO's - World Geography- Current and historical information on countries from around the world.
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Access Newspaper Archive - Historical newspaper database from 1759 to 1977. Must be accessed from school IP
- American Memory - Library of Congress historical photo archives
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Bartleby- Online Books
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CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online
- The Commons - Library of Congress and Flickr pair up to bring you these non-copyrighted photos
- Country Studies - Library of Congress website that contains the online versions of books previously published (1988-98) in hard copy by the Federal Research Division
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Dialog - ASR students only
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Discovery Education Streaming - Previously United Streaming. Provides videos and video clips on curriculum related topics.
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Encyclopedia Britannica- Online encyclopedia for detailed information on all subjects.
- Eyewitness To History - "History through the eyes of those who lived it"
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- GreenFILE - 300,000 scholarly indexes, general interest titles, government publications and more, containing information on environmental concerns.
iCONN - The Connecticut Digital LibraryLiterature Resource Center - Includes: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary BiographyNovelist: 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.One Look Dictionary Search - Search a word or phrase for meaningPerry-Castañeda Library Map Collection- Online Maps Both Historic and ModernPro/ConOnline - Supreme Court Debates, International Debates, Congressional Digest.ProQuest - Search in newspapers, magazines, journals and reference works on all topics.ReQuest - Find books throughout ConnecticutThomson Gale Search - Cross Searchable DatabasesResources for Science
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- United Streaming - (Curriculum related streaming videos.)
- Thomson Gale Search - Cross Searchable Databases
- ProQuest - (Search over 900 Magazines and Newspapers)
- Dialog - (ASR students only)
- Facts on File Science Online
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- ReQuest - (Find books throughout Connecticut)
- Access Newspaper Archive - (Historical newspapers from 1759 to 1977. Must be accessed from school IP)
Resources for History & Social Studies
- iCONN -
- United Streaming - (Curriculum related streaming videos.)
- Thomson Gale Search - Cross Searchable Databases
- ProQuest - (Search over 900 Magazines and Newspapers)
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- ReQuest - (Find books throughout Connecticut)
- Access Newspaper Archive - (Historical newspaper database from 1759 to 1977. Must be accessed from school IP)
- CQ Electronic Library - Includes CQ Supreme Court Decisions and CQ Researcher
- Pro/ConOnline - Supreme Court Debates, International Debates, Congressional Digest.
- Facts on File Modern World History - Biographies, events, and timelines from the Renaissance to the present
- Facts on File Ancient and Medieval History Online - Biographies, events, and timelines from the Ancient world through the Middle Ages
- CIAO - (Columbia International Affairs Online)
- ABC-CLIO's - World Geography
Resources for English
- iCONN -
- United Streaming - (Curriculum related streaming videos.)
- Thomson Gale Search - Cross Searchable Databases
- ProQuest - (Search over 900 Magazines and Newspapers)
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- ReQuest - (Find books throughout Connecticut)
- Access Newspaper Archive - (Historical newspaper database from 1759 to 1977. Must be accessed from school IP)
- Literature Resource Center - (Includes: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography)
- LitFinder - (Formerly World's Best Poetry, Story Finder, Essay Finder, Play Finder, Speech Finder)
Proquest Historical Newspapers