Cony Middle and High School Library

AMERICAN FACTFINER - US CENSUS Access to data from several censuses and surveys (population, housing, economic and community) from the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.

ANCESTRY CLASSROOM for student use. Access at school only. No remote access.

This collection holds billions of records in census data, photos, directories, vital records, and more. Video tutorial from Niche Academy.

BANGOR DAILY NEWS Access to the Bangor Daily News 2003 to present

BEN'S GUIDE TO US GOVERNMENT FOR KIDS A resource to help inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government through publications and information distributed by the Gov't. Publishing Office (GPO).

BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN THE UNITED STATES Over 2,000 curated primary-source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.

CONGRESS.GOV Provides full-text access to the Congressional Record, bills, public and private laws, roll call votes, and schedules of both houses.

DIGITAL MAINE LIBRARY Databases and other resources available to all Maine residents.

DIGITALMAINE REPOSITORY is working to make digital collections from all Maine cultural institutions freely accessible to the world.

DOCSTEACH WORLD WAR I Primary sources from the National Archives

EBSCOHOST EBOOKS A comprehensive, aggregated collection of Open Access books covering business, history, language arts, law and more.

EXPLORA FOR COLLEGE PREP A collection of databases containing journals, books, magazines and more in an easy-to-use interface with simple search and browse capabilities. Content is tailored to fit the needs of students in college prep courses.

EXPLORA FOR HIGH SCHOOLS A collection of databases containing journals, books, magazines and more in an easy-to-use interface with simple search and browse capabilities. Content is tailored to fit the needs of high school students.

EXPLORA FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS A collection of databases containing journals, books, magazines and more in an easy-to-use interface with simple search and browse capabilities. Content is tailored to fit the needs of grades 6-8 students.

EXPLORING RACE IN SOCIETY Free research resource offers essential content covering important issues related to race in society today through essays, articles, reports and other reliable sources.

FOLD3 Access to historical military records. For use with Ancestry Classroom. Must be used at school. No remote access.

FUNK & WAGNALL's NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA This K-8 resource includes thousands of encyclopedic records with images, brief biographies and information in a variety of subject areas.

HISTORY REFERENCE SOURCE Covering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century, this research database contains full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents.

HUMANITIES SOURCE A valuable full-text database covering literary, scholarly and creative thought providing full text, indexing and abstracts for the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities.

KENNEBEC JOURNAL Access to the Kennebec Journal 2003-present through EBSCO Host Newspaper Source Plus

KHAN ACADEMY Provides a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

A project of the Maine Historical Society, provides access to thousands of historical items belonging to over 260 organizations from across Maine.

Information for K-12 on the State of Maine as well as links to other student programs from the Secretary of State's Office.

MAINECAT Catalog containing Minerva libraries, the Maine State Library, Portland Public and the University of Maine system.

MASTERFILE COMPLETE The highest quality collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, videos and other sources covering virtually every subject area. Titles include Consumer Reports, The Atlantic, U.S. News & World Report, People, TIME, Scientific American and more.

MINERVA Find books in the library

MORNING SENTINEL Access to Maine's Morning Sentinel Newspaper 2004-present through EBSCO Host Newspaper Source Plus

NEWSPAPER SOURCE PLUS A full-text digital collection of millions of articles from newspapers and newswires and offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.

NEWSPAPERS.COM Access to historical newspapers used in conjunction with Ancestry Classroom. Access in school only. No remote access available.

An award winning online learning platform that includes quick video tutorials for many of the resources you ll find in the Digital Maine Library.

POINTS OF VIEW REFERENCE SOURCE Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database of rich content can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD Access to the Portland Press Herald through EBSCO Host Newspaper Source Plus from 2002 to present.

PROCON.ORG Sourced pros and cons of debatable issues, as well as a host of reference information relevant to those issues, thoroughly researched and compiled by research staff and editors.

PURDUE OWL MLA Citation Style Guide

SUN JOURNAL Access to Maine's Sun Journal from 2009 to present through EBSCO Host Newspaper Source Plus

SWEET SEARCH A search engine for students.

US NEWSSTREAM Enables users to search current U.S. and regional newspapers as well as archives back to the 1980s. Delivers full-text news sources including newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and digital-only websites.

Produced by the CIA, the World Factbook summarizes information about countries and other international entities, such as demographics, geography, communications, government, and economy.