Resources
This page will give you detail about the databases that are listed on the right side of the home page of our website.
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JobNow provides live interactive online help combined with online resources to guide patrons through the necessary tasks to get a job.
On the home page, patrons have three services to choose from:
1. Find a Job: Informative, easy-to-use, and free Internet resources for job seekers; including personality and career assessments.
2. Write the Resume: Featuring "Resume Lab," Resume Builder provides the resources patrons need to craft a winning resume.
o Resume Lab: Patrons can send their resume to a JobNow expert, and receive expert analysis within 24 hours.
o Resume Templates: To help patrons get started, JobNow includes downloadable templates for four of the most common resume types.
o Internet Resources for Resumes: Search carefully selected sites for more information on resume writing.
3. Ace the Interview: Featuring JobNow's Interview Coach service, this section provides resources to help patrons prepare for an interview.
o Live Interview Coaching: Connect with a live interview coach to brush up on interview skills.
o Interview Tips: Offers tips and common interview questions to help patrons prepare for an interview.
o Internet Resources for Interviewing: Use carefully selected sites to help prepare for an interview.
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The Connecticut State Library provides you free online access to multiple databases through iConn.org.
Articles - from magazines, journals, newswire services...
Newspapers - Hartford Courant, New York Times...
Health and Science - including consumer and alternative health...
Business - including company information, Wall Street Journal...
History and Genealogy - HeritageQuest, Hartford Courant-Historical...
Photographs - AP Images.
Informe! - articles in Spanish.
eReference books
reQuest - the statewide library catalog.
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NewsBank provides Web-based access to tens of millions of articles and video clips from local, state, regional, national and international newspapers and other news sources.
NewsBank's full-text, fully searchable databases are consistently updated with the current content patrons require to research issues and events. NewsBank resources also include years of archives, enabling patrons to research subjects from the past and track trends or developments from their origins.
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When you use this link, you go directly to the New Haven Register without having to search for it the way you do with the other NewsBank link.
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MyiLibrary Audio is a system for finding and checking out audiobooks. Your library purchases audiobooks for you to download and listen to. You check out audiobooks from MyiLibrary Audio just like you check out printed books at your library. You will need to have your library account information to download audiobooks.
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The Magill Medical Guide is a perfect mix of accessibility and depth, providing general readers with an authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professionals and popular self-help guides. It is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers.
The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. To gain access to this database, please enter our 5 digit zip code when prompted for a password.
