Wooster School - John D. Verdery Library

In-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies.

Full-text Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals. Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.

Magazine Databases:

Complete magazine coverage



Student Edition - Upper School
Junior Edition - Middle School

- Lower School

Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

Multi-source general interest reference tool.

Biographical profiles and images of individuals from antiquity to the present.

Medical information for health professionals and general readers.

Health Reference Center Academic
Articles on: Fitness, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc.

Covers nearly 5 million people and points to books and other publications that contain their biographies.

Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators. Start searching this collection.

Featuring company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. The Newsletters ASAP database is fully integrated in this database. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

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History Resource Center - U.S.

History Resource Center - World

Science Resource Center

Connecticut History Online

What Do I Read Next?

The Hartford Courant - Historical (1764 - 1922)

The Hartford Courant (1992 - current)

ProQuest Newspapers
Full-text coverage of leading newspapers.

Grolier Resources

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• Grolier Multimedia
• Land & Peoples
• Amazing Animals of the World
• Popular Science

Encyclopedia Britannica On-line

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• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Compton's Encyclopedia
• Britannica Elementary
• Web Site Links
• Videos
• Timelines

Fast Facts: Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools

FactMonster from Information Please

The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.

Congressional Research Reports for the People - "A project of the Center for Democracy & Technology, Open CRS provides citizens access to CRS Reports that are already in the public domain and encourages Congress to provide public access to all CRS Reports."

Jewish Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Mythica

US Census Bureau

GPO Access Databases - federal government and legislative related information and publication

Mathematical Constants Database

Miscellaneous Databases:

• ERIC (The Educational Resources Information Center, a service of the National Library of Education)
• Government Resources on the Web (comprehensive) (University of Michigan Documents Center)
• Internet Movie Database
• Television News Archive (searchable database) (Vanderbilt University)
• The Wall Street Research Network
• Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
• Index of Native American Language Resources on the Internet
• The Old Farmer's Almanac