Research Help

We can can help you to answer almost any question,  direct you to the library's resources and provide basic instruction in how they are used. Please know that you are welcome to ask in person, by phone at 203/924-1580, by e-mail, or 24/7 by using InfoAnytime.

Online Resources

Available at each library location and online.  More than just websites, these links connect you to online versions of newspaper, magazine, journal and book articles (for free!) To explore the online world beyond Google, have your library barcode number ready to use as a password.

• AutoRepair Reference Center (change your own oil and more!)

• Literature Resource Center

• Tell Me More Language Learning

• ReferenceUSA (business information & listings)

• WOWbrary

• Book Letters

• Learning Express Library  (practice for the SAT, ASVAB, TOEFL, Civil Service exams, and many more)

• PrepMe SAT Prep

• iconn.org (Connecticut's digital library)

• Huntington Herald and Connecticut Post Online (Huntington Herald 11/30//2006-current/CT Post 9/15/2001-current)

• Tax Forms:  Federal & Connecticut

• Online Medical Resources recommended by Healthnet (Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network)

eBooks

The library has subscriptions to the following ebooks.  You can click on the links to access the content.  You will need to enter your library barcode number first.

• American Decades Primary Sources

• Encyclopedia of Small Business

• College Blue Book

• Beacham's Guide to Endangered Species of North America

• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion

• Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security

• Fashion, Costume and Culture throughout the Ages

• Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History

• Renaissance: an Encyclopedia for Students

• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

• Crime and Punishment in America Reference Library

• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

• Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

• Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders

• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

• Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers

• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

• Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States

• Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World

• Encyclopedia of Religion

• Animal Sciences

• Biology

• Mathematics

• World of Earth Science

• Encyclopedia of Population

Newspaper Subscriptions

A list of the library's current newspaper subscriptions is posted here. You may also access current and back issues of many more newspapers at www.iconn.org. Link to individual resources, and look for iconn Newsstand on the left.

Local history collection

The Plumb Memorial Library houses a collection of books related to Shelton and Connecticut history.  Other resources include Shelton High School yearbooks, newspapers on microfilm, a Shelton newspaper clippings file, and more.

Newspapers-Historic

The following newspapers covering Shelton from November, 1950-present are available at the Plumb Memorial Library:

• Evening Sentinel* November 1950-December 1965 (bound copies)

• Evening Sentinel January 1966-December 1992 (microfilm)

• Suburban News/October 1963-July 1985 (microfilm & bound copies)

• Huntington Herald 1981-present (microfilm) (1981-2006 PDF)

*The Evening Sentinel issues from 1896-1992 are available on microfilm at the Seymour Public Library.

Historic Periodicals Collection

These magazines are available at the Plumb Memorial Library.  They do not circulate;  photocopies are available for .10 per page.

Cemetery Lists

Lists for Coram, East Village, Long Hill, Lower White Hills, and White Hills cemeteries have been transcribed and posted here.

Online Collections

• Whitcomb Metallic Bedstead Company

• Sterling Piano Factory

• Library Scrapbook from 1923-1930

• Servicemen's Scrapbook of Shelton Men & Women Serving in World War II

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