The Williams School Library
- Williams' library has over 9,000 books, and subscribes to over 40 magazines and four daily newspapers.
- All Williams students may use Connecticut College's Shain Library outside of school hours. Students who need to take books out of Shain should see Mr. Bliss.
- Juniors and seniors may get cards from Mr. Bliss to check books out of the college library.
- Library hours are 7:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Williams' After School program is in the library from 3:45-5:30 pm.
- Williams' library catalog is accessible online at http://library.williamsschool.org from any computer on The Williams School network.
- Senior Parent Gifts from the classes of 2004 and 2005 funded renovations to the Williams School Library to improve lighting and ventilation, creating an ideal space for research and pleasure reading.
REFERENCE DATABASES
ICONN: The Connecticut Digital Library. Williams students have direct access on campus. For off campus access students need a library card from a Connecticut public library.
http://www.iconn.org
SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES
Williams students have direct access to these from school, but need to sign in when off campus. Our Username for all is: thewilliams12. Passwords are available from Williams teachers or the librarian.
Encyclopaedia Britannica:
http://new.school.eb.com/
ABC-CLIO Databases: More than just History & Geography, great for the English reseach paper, Classics projects, and current events.
http://www.socialstudies.abc-clio.com/
HISTORY REFERENCE ONLINE: Also more than History, a collection of over 500 reference and other electronic books available to your computer anywhere. These are also available through the library catalog.
http://historyreferenceonline.abc-clio.com/
OXFORD AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES CENTER
http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/
USEFUL INFORMATION
Connecticut College Library Catalog
http://www.conncoll.edu/Libraries/booksandmore.html
National Center for Biotechnology Information
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Medline
http://www.medlineplus.gov
MLA citation guide
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/mlagd.html
State of Connecticut homepage
http://www.ct.gov/
FirstGov-First stop to find US Government information
http://www.firstgov.gov/
The Whitehouse
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
HANDY LINKS
Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
Weather in New London
http://uswx.com/us/wx/ct/06320/
Universal Currency Converter-what's it worth elsewhere?
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
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