Find current auction prices for antiques and collectibles with this easy to use database. Price information from over 50 major regional auction houses is reported.

Over 750,000 photos and graphics from the Associated Press. An iCONN database.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

Vault is the world’s leading source of career information. It will make your efforts at researching employers, industries, and career subjects infinitely easier and more efficient. This new online resource contains: Downloadable Vault Guides, 3,500+ Company Profiles, 1,100+ Vault Career Advice Articles, Industry and Occupational Profiles, Access to over 2,500,000 message postings on the Electronic Watercooler for insider information and much more.

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.

Use our online form to ask a reference question.

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.

Over 750,000 photos and grahics from the Associated Press. An iCONN database.

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.

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.

Over 750,000 photos and grahics from the Associated Press. An iCONN database. 

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 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.

Ideal homework resource for K-12 students that includes hundreds of books, magazines, newspapers, TV and radio transcripts, pictures and maps.

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 .

Over 750,000 photos and grahics from the Associated Press.

"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 -- 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, New York Times and Wall Street Journal. 

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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 Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post

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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"What Do I Read Next? includes over 134,300 recommended titles, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month." (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.

Tell Me More®, by Auralog, offers more than 2000 hours of content per language, and covers reading, speaking, writing, and listening. All you need to access this database is a Fairfield Public Library card and an internet connection to access instruction in seven different languages*: English, Dutch, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, French, Italian, and German.

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

Provides information on books published in the U.S. from over 46,000 publishers. 

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.

"What Do I Read Next? includes over 134,300 recommended titles, more than 74,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month." (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.

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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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Use PrepMe to prepare for the SAT. The PrepMe program is an intensive online SAT course which begins with a diagnostic that will tailor the course based on each student's strengths and the areas where more work is required. From that analysis, each student will be directed through a series of exercises and tests to improve performance and the course will constantly re-evaluate each student as progress is made. This database course is free to everyone who has a valid Fairfield Library Card. Your Fairfield Public Library barcode number is required to access this database.

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

Tell Me More®, by Auralog, offers more than 2000 hours of content per language, and covers reading, speaking, writing, and listening. All you need to access this database is a Fairfield Public Library card and an internet connection to access instruction in seven different languages*: English, Dutch, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, French, Italian, and German.

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.

Ideal homework resource for K-12 students that includes hundreds of books, magazines, newspapers, TV and radio transcripts, pictures and maps.

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 -- 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, New York Times and Wall Street Journal.  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 Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. An iCONN database. 

General interest, business and academic periodicals, including nearly 3,000 full-text titles; five newspaper indexes -- a total of more than 6,000 titles in all with 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present. An iCONN 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.

"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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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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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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Use PrepMe to prepare for the SAT. The PrepMe program is an intensive online SAT course which begins with a diagnostic that will tailor the course based on each student's strengths and the areas where more work is required. From that analysis, each student will be directed through a series of exercises and tests to improve performance and the course will constantly re-evaluate each student as progress is made. This database course is free to everyone who has a valid Fairfield Library Card. Your Fairfield Public Library barcode number is required to access this database.

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

July 1, 2009