Library at your Fingertips
Session I
Exploring iconn.org
Presenter: Shelley Roseman
Reference Librarians: Janet Swift and Sheila Lafferty
March 20, 2009
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TODAY’S AGENDA
TODAY’S AGENDA…
-- INTRODUCING:
-- EXPLORE ITS DATABASES
-- HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITY
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Internet Trends
•184 Million U.S. adults are online from their
homes, offices, schools or other locations (2008)
• users are online approximately 14 hours per week
http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/SeniorStats/2008/20081118-SenCitPopulationMayBe.htm
•Americans age 55+ go online daily to send e-mail, research
hobbies and stay in touch with their family and friends
•older Americans feel that access to the Internet has
improved their lives; with 90 percent saying it has made life
\"easier.\" http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2004/feb04/02-16seniorspoll.mspx
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What is www.iconn.org
• A “virtual library” that offers thousands of
free online resources to CT residents
• A gateway to view the holdings, policies,
and addresses of all CT libraries.
A joint project of the CT State Library and the Dept. of
Higher Education. The project is administered by the
CT State Library.
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Who can use iCONN?
You can!
• From your personal computer in CT
• Without any sign-in (in CT)
• From any public library, public, and
private school in CT
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What does iCONN have that you
can’t find on Google?
•Free resources from private databases
•Access to copyrighted material that can’t be
found through search engines
•Private Web: Restricted to specific users
iCONN exposes material
From the…
“The Invisible Web”
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iCONN Main Page
Enter your library card #
or sign in as a GUEST
or click TRY THIS!

iConn Toolbar
KEYWORD reQUEST E-JOURNAL
PATRON
MENU
What CT
What are Is a certain
Are there
library owns
the library magazine
articles
a certain
hours on…? online?
book/video?
today?
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From the Patron Menu
{

Finding Library Home Pages
Library
Home
Pages

Library Home Pages

Finding Books
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ReQuest Menu
Search terms
Search options
x herman melville
Number of
titles available
{ Books by and
about …

Available Books
title,
author, etc.
Specify
Some your zip
libraries code and
offer the find the
option to nearest
“request library
this item”
Library Listing

Interlibrary Loan
{ Fill out
form

Finding Articles
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Searching
Type in
your
search
search
term(s)
reiki
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Database Results History & Science-related
Newspapers
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Options to
Citation print, email, s
Click here for ave, etc.
full text
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More Options to Explore

Select iConn Resources
Biographical/Primary sources
History References
Genealogy Master Index
Health & Science
Medline
Consumer Health Info
CT Physicians Profiles
Business & Company Info.
LegalTrac
Online Books (E-Reference)
Student/Children’s sources
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Specialized Sources
includes articles from some 875 titles law reviews, legal
newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals
Draws from biographical dictionaries and
who's whos, and subject encyclopedias.
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More Specialized Sources
Connecticut Resources
E-Reference Books
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Information Overload?
http://www.rkrk.net.au/images/thumb/3/35/Information_overload.jpg/300px-Information_overload.jpg
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Thank you!
Shelley.roseman@uconn.edu
203. 236.9908
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