Genealogy and History Research
The Library has Ancestry.com Library Edition and New England Ancestors available for inhouse use only.
History Resource Center: U.S.
Remote Access database covering U.S. history from colonial times to the present, this is an integrated collection of articles from journals, magazines and newspapers; reference works; primary source documents; timelines; historical maps and atlases, and audio and video clips of historic speeches and events.
History Resource Center: World
Remote Access database with extensive coverage of the 20th century, and also covers the Ancient Mediterranean, Ancient Near East and Asia as well as the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the modern Middle East and Latin America.
Heritage Quest
Remote Access database which includes Census and Historical Books including the PERSI Revolutionary War collection. (The library subscribes to Ancestry.com and New England Ancestors which can be accessed from within the library.
Historic New York Times
Full-text and full-image articles from 1851-1999. Great for historic stock quotes.
Historic Hartford Courant
Full-page coverage from 1764-1984.
Biography Reference Center
Biographical profiles and images of individuals from antiquity to the present.
Hartford Courant (1992 - )
New York Times (1980 - )
