A combination of 21 databases that includes information on science and world culture, as well as thousands of overview essays, timelines and critical analyses in the areas of history, literature, and social studies.  An iCONN database. 

"Biography and Genealogy Master Index enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor." (description from Gale Thompson)

Includes brief biographies, biographies and magazine articles of famous people from antiquity to the present with hotlinks to related current full-text articles. An iCONN database.

A combination of 21 databases that includes more than 11,500 biographies, as well as thousands of overview essays, timelines and critical analyses in the areas of history, literature, science and social studies.  An iCONN database.

Comprehensive company and industry information that includes profiles, rankings, statistics, stock prices, and business journal news and analysis. An iCONN database.

The library's subscription to Duns Million Dollar Database will end September 2013.
Premier directory of all U.S. companies with sales of at least $1 million or at least 20 employees.  Excellent source for biographies of company officers. 

Get expert assistance for every step of the job search process with this online chat resource. Help includes review of resumes and practice interviewing. Your Fairfield Public Library barcode number is required for access.

Three job and career course series are included in our subscription: Business Writing Skills Success, Job Search & Success Skills, and Resume & Interviewing Skills. Enter your own information in these interactive diagnostic tools to help with every step of the career process.

Provides interactive online practice tests and tutorial courses for academic and licensing tests. Tests include Advanced Placement, Basic Skills Success(grammar, math, comprehension), Business Writing, Civil Service (including Postal Workers), College Preparation (including SAT), Cosmetology, EMS, ESL(Spanish), Firefighter, GED, Job & Career, Military, Nurse Aide, Skills Improvement, Technical and Career College, and US Citizenship.

Note: users must sign in with user name and password. If you will also be using this database from home, please use your FPL library barcode number (no spaces, no letters) as your user name.

This includes Morningstar analysts' independent opinion on 1,700 stocks, 2,200 mutual funds, and 300 exchange rated funds. Morningstar Investment Research Center also offers accurate, up-to-date data on 35,000 stocks and funds, along with industry and market data. The database lets users build and test portfolio ideas online, and provides financial education through its Investing Classroom.

From American Business Information - a directory of over 12,000,000 businesses in the U.S. that can be sorted by geography, size, and type of business. Access to this database may be hampered by your computer's browser, firewall, or security software. If you are having problems, please see the Reference USA help files.

The premier independent source for investment research and market commentary. With NetAdvantage, you have ready access to our most popular research products including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund/ETF Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, and The Outlook, among others.

Provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles, and offers a family of no-load mutual funds.

Get product ratings from world-famous test labs and sort them based on your priorities. Find out which products are best buys and worst performers.

A downloadable music collection of popular music in MP3, DRM-free format. Download and keep up to 3 songs a week.

Best-selling and classic audiobooks, eBooks, eAudiobooks, and video available 24/7.

Access to our collection of 275,000 books, magazines, newspapers, videos, compact discs, local documents and CD-ROM’s in the main library, the Fairfield Woods branch, and the Pequot Library (Southport).

Visit our calendar of library scheduled events and save time by using the calendar to register online for the programs of your choice.

Email us a reference question. Please be as specific as possible.

Fairfield residents may use our online form to request to borrow a book or to request a magazine article from another library if the Fairfield Public Library doesn't own the requested item.

Your Library barcode number (no spaces, no letters) is required at the user identification prompt.  You can check to see which books you currently have out, what the due dates are, what your fines are, etc.  When you have finished using "My Account,"  please be sure to exit by using the "logout" button.

Your Library barcode number (no spaces, no letters) is required at the user identification prompt. If an item was not renewed, you will get a message explaining why.

The holdings of other Connecticut libraries, including university libraries.

Use our online form to suggest books, cds, dvds, and videos for the library to purchase.

"Biography and Genealogy Master Index enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor." (description from Gale Thompson)

Includes access to US Federal Census Records from 1790-1930 as well as information on people and places described in over 25,000 family and local histories. Enter your fourteen digit Fairfield Public Library barcode number (no spaces, no letters) at the prompt. An iCONN Database.

Information for U.S. States and Territories. Includes U.S. country data, state, county and city information, maps, flags, photos and facts about the 50 states and 5 U.S. territories.

Information for countries around the world. Get full data for each country, including culture, demographics, climate, holidays, maps, flags, travel information and much more.

Information for cities around the world. Get full data for each city, including culture, demographics, climate, holidays, maps, flags, travel information and much more. Visit this before you travel!

Credo Reference is an easy-to-use tool for research projects and homework. This data base is a giant online collection that searches hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as 200,000+ images and audio files.  

A combination of 21 databases that includes thousands of overview essays, timelines and critical analyses in the areas of history, literature, science, biography and social studies. An iCONN database.  

Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators. An iCONN database.

A colorful site for elementary school students that includes EbscoAnimals, Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia, and Primary Search, a database that has the full-text of over 65 children’s magazines and 300 children’s pamphlets.

Designed for research in all academic concentrations, including social sciences, humanities, science and technology,  with coverage from more than 1,400 journals.  An iCONN database.

Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.

Brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news (1940-present) from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print. .

Provides interactive online practice tests and tutorial courses for academic and licensing tests. Tests include Advanced Placement, Basic Skills Success(grammar, math, comprehension), Business Writing, Civil Service (including Postal Workers), College Preparation (including SAT), Cosmetology, EMS, ESL(Spanish), Firefighter, GED, Job & Career, Military, Nurse Aide, Skills Improvement, Technical and Career College, and US Citizenship.

Note: users must sign in with user name and password. If you will also be using this database from home, please use your FPL library barcode number (no spaces, no letters) as your user name.

120,000,000 nationwide residential and business telephone listings; it can also do “reverse” look-ups (when you have a phone number or address and want the name of the occupant).  Access to this database may be hampered by your computer's browser, firewall, or security software. If you are having problems, please see the Reference USA help files.

The holdings of other Connecticut libraries, including university libraries.

Medical information for health professionals and general readers from hundreds of journals, approximately 800 pamphlets, and many encyclopedias.  An iCONN database.

Credo Reference is an easy-to-use tool for research projects and homework. This data base is a giant online collection that searches hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as 200,000+ images and audio files.  

The historical Hartford Courant covers the time period from 1764 to 1922. The digitized archive is fully searchable.

"History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series." (description from Gale) an ) iCONN database.

"History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals." (description from Gale) an ) iCONN database.

A unique, authoritative reference website designed to foster a more informed understanding of the Islamic world. Oxford Islamic Studies Online provides a number of learning tools for students, scholars, community groups, government officials, and librarians. The site is, first and foremost, a reference center, with over 5,000 articles from a number of sources. Among these is The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, the definitive reference work on the topic that continues to grow in the form of spinoff titles, including The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law.

Includes brief biographies, biographies and magazine articles of famous people from antiquity to the present with hotlinks to related current full-text articles. An iCONN database.

Credo Reference is an easy-to-use tool for research projects and homework. This data base is a giant online collection that searches hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as 200,000+ images and audio files.  

A combination of 21 databases that includes thousands of overview essays, timelines and critical analyses in the areas of history, literature, science, biography and social studies.  An iCONN database.  

Includes a colorful site for elementary school students that features EbscoAnimals, Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia, and Primary Search, a database that has the full-text of over 65 children’s magazines and 300 children’s pamphlets.

Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.

Brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news (1940-present) from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print. .

The historical Hartford Courant covers the time period from 1764 to 1922. The digitized archive is fully searchable.

Multi-source, curriculum based reference tool for junior high and middle school students. An iCONN database.

Multi-source, curriculum based reference tool for high school students.  An iCONN database.

For children from kindergarten through grade 5; includes full-text age appropriate magazines, images, encyclopedias, maps, etc. An iCONN database.

Provides interactive online practice tests and tutorial courses for academic and licensing tests. Tests include Advanced Placement, Basic Skills Success(grammar, math, comprehension), Business Writing, Civil Service (including Postal Workers), College Preparation (including SAT), Cosmetology, EMS, ESL(Spanish), Firefighter, GED, Job & Career, Military, Nurse Aide, Skills Improvement, Technical and Career College, and US Citizenship.

Note: users must sign in with user name and password. If you will also be using this database from home, please use your FPL library barcode number (no spaces, no letters) as your user name.

Provides articles from leading journals and reference sources. Covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other academic subjects .

"Biography and Genealogy Master Index enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor." (description from Gale Thompson)

Includes brief biographies, biographies and magazine articles of famous people from antiquity to the present with hotlinks to related current full-text articles. An iCONN database.

Comprehensive company and industry information that includes profiles, rankings, statistics, stock prices, and business journal news and analysis.

A combination of 21 databases that includes thousands of overview essays, timelines and critical analyses in the areas of history, literature, science, biography and social studies.  

Contents include reference books and encyclopedias from the following categories: arts, biography, business, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultral studies, nation & the world, religion, science and social science.

Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators. An iCONN database
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Did you ever want to know whether iCONN has a particular magazine, journal or newspaper in full text? Now, there is a quick way to find that out without having to check the individual title lists of every database in iCONN... use E-Journal Finder!

Designed for research in all academic concentrations, including social sciences, humanities, science and technology,  with coverage from more than 1,400 journals.

General interest, business and academic periodicals, including nearly 3,000 full-text titles; five newspaper indexes including the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post-- a total of more than 6,000 titles in all with 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present.

Multi-source general interest reference that includes more than 700 full-text magazines plus 2 months of the Christian Science Monitor, and the New York Times. 

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GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

The historical Hartford Courant covers the time period from 1764 to 1922. The digitized archive is fully searchable.

Medical information for health professionals and general readers from hundreds of journals, approximately 800 pamphlets, and many encyclopedias.

Includes access to US Federal Census Records from 1790-1930 as well as information on people and places described in over 25,000 family and local histories.

"History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series." (Gale description) iCONN database.

"History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals." (description from Gale) an ) iCONN database.
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Full-text coverage of the Hartford Courant (1992 to present) and Hartford Courant (Historical 1764-1922). (Find articles from the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post in the General One File database)

Full-text Spanish language and bilingual periodicals including a thesaurus and an interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users.

Multi-source, curriculum based reference tool for junior high and middle school students.

Multi-source, curriculum based reference tool for high school students.

For children from kindergarten through grade 5; includes full-text age appropriate magazines, images, encyclopedias, maps, etc.

Indexes law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Also contains law-related articles from business and general interest titles.  

PowerSearch is iCONN's largest collection of articles from magazines, newspapers, academic journals and trade publications.

The holdings of other Connecticut libraries, including university libraries.

"Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science Resource Center, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards." (description from Gale) an ) iCONN database.
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Search the collections of libraries from around the U.S. and the world for books, periodicals, sound recordings, and much more.

Mango is an online language learning system that teaches real conversation skills for practical communication. Through fun and engaging interactive lessons, Mango makes learning a new language fast, easy and incredibly effective.

Indexes law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Also contains law-related articles from business and general interest titles.

A combination of 21 databases that includes information on authors, poetry and short stories, as well as thousands of overview essays, timelines and critical analyses in the areas of history, science and social studies. An iCONN database.

Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive full-text literary reference database. It contains information from over 1,000 monographs and books, reference works, encyclopedias, and literary journals.

A database of 135,000 fiction titles that allows readers to find authors similar to their favorites, to explore genres such as thriller, romance, detective-mystery, and to create lists of prize-winning books.

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Search the collections of libraries from around the U.S. and the world for books, periodicals, sound recordings, and much more.

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Three job and career course series are included in our subscription: Business Writing Skills Success, Job Search & Success Skills, and Resume & Interviewing Skills. Enter your own information in these interactive diagnostic tools to help with every step of the career process.

Provides interactive online practice tests and tutorial courses for academic and licensing tests. Tests include Advanced Placement, Basic Skills Success(grammar, math, comprehension), Business Writing, Civil Service (including Postal Workers), College Preparation (including SAT), Cosmetology, EMS, ESL(Spanish), Firefighter, GED, Job & Career, Military, Nurse Aide, Skills Improvement, Technical and Career College, and US Citizenship.

Note: users must sign in with user name and password. If you will also be using this database from home, please use your FPL library barcode number (no spaces, no letters) as your user name.

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The K-12 Student Center, College Center and Adult Career Center from Tutor.com includes live, one-to-one tutoring, a real-time writing center and 24/7 access to worksheets, videos and tutorials in just about any subject. A live, online tutoring and resume writing service is also available.

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UniversalClass™ offers hundreds of affordable online classes taught by dedicated instructors sharing their knowledge on almost any imaginable topic.

Note: Users will be required to sign up for the program and will be asked to create a user name and password.

Provides articles from leading journals and reference sources. Covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other academic subjects.

Over 3,000 general interest current periodicals, half of which are full text.  It also includes 5,000 Magill's Book Reviews, over 1,000 primary source documents in U.S. history, an image collection and a dictionary.

Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators. An iCONN database.

Designed for research in all academic concentrations, including social sciences, humanities, science and technology,  with coverage from more than 1,400 journals.  An iCONN database.

The Fairfield Citizen News provides local news from south-western Connecticut. This database provides full-text articles from 2001 to present including obituaries.

General interest, business and academic periodicals, including nearly 3,000 full-text titles; five newspaper indexes including the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post-- a total of more than 6,000 titles in all with 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present.

Multi-source general interest reference that includes more than 700 full-text magazines plus 2 months of the Christian Science Monitor, and the New York Times.  An iCONN database.

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GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

The historical Hartford Courant covers the time period from 1764 to 1922. The digitized archive is fully searchable.

Full text of the New York Times from 1851.

  
Full-text coverage of the Hartford Courant (1992 to present) and Hartford Courant (Historical 1764-1922). (Find articles from the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post in the General One File database)

Full-text Spanish language and bilingual periodicals including a thesaurus and an interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users. An iCONN database.

Credo Reference is an easy-to-use tool for research projects and homework. This data base is a giant online collection that searches hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as 200,000+ images and audio files.  

"Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science Resource Center, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards." (description from Gale) an ) iCONN database.

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---access via mobile device---

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
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