The Harwinton Library can help you in your job search.   Just by clicking on the live link, any Harwinton Public Library cardholder can access JobNow! seven days a week and connect for a one-to-one session with a carefully-selected and fully-qualified job coach.  Spanish-speaking coaches are available during the same hours.    Patrons of all ages can access JobNow! from computers in the library or from home.  We are pleased to offer this resource to our community during these difficult economic times.    NEW!!  Recently added to the JobNow website is an Adult Learning Center where you'll find  links to help pass the GED, prepare for the US Citizenship Test, write a winning resume, plus find live help with MS Word (including Word 2007), Excel, and PowerPoint.

America's Job Bank - Search for a job anywhere in the State of Connecticut.
 

iCONN.org - Connecticut's Digital Library. Search for magazine & newspaper articles, almanacs, maps and more!  For example, to search for  Popular Science magazine, please go to the Magazines & Journals, General / Info Trac Onefile link. Next, go to the Publication Search tab on the menu bar and type in Popular Science, scroll down  and select your issue.  There is a "Search Within This Publication" bar on the left of the screen.

  going2college.org -- features information about finding a college, paying for college, career planning, and  planning for postsecondary education.

    ATTENTION HARWINTON RESIDENTS!

To download and listen to an eAudiobook, you will first need to come to the Library to create a free NetLibrary account.  Once you've created an account, you can log into your library's collection from any computer with internet access--home, school, or work.  “Basic Search” lets you quickly find eAudiobook titles available from our homepage.
For those of you with ipods,  click on the “Advanced Search” from the NetLibrary homepage, then scroll down to “Format” and choose “eAudiobooks.”  From there, select MP3 and click on “Search” to bring up a list of ipod compatible titles.

Microsoft users now have the option to download and install the NetLibrary Media Center.  This will enable you to download an eAudiobook and transfer it to your device in one click.  To access the Media Center, just click on “Learn More” at the bottom of the NetLibrary screen.  Apple and Mac users please go to this link http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/tutorials/netlibrary/listen/mac.htm

Please note: downloading the Media Center may take up to 45 minutes – practice patience, as you will only have to download the software once! 

   MedlinePlus -- Trusted health information for you.  Get information about diseases, health conditions, and staying well.  Find out about your prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, herbs, and supplements.  Read the latest news stories about research that affects your health.  Medical encyclopedia has pictures and diagrams to help you understand medical words, tests and procedures. 

HealthNet Resources - Link from here to multiple internet reference resources pages and search engines.

   Magill's Medical Guide.  An up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers.  The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.  You will need your Harwinton Public Library barcode number to access this site.

   U.S. Department of State.  Background Notes.  These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus.

Internet Public Library  Link from here to a wide variety of topic specific reference materials.

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Statistical Resources - Link from here to statistical resources on the web regarding agriculture, weather, business, government, health, and much more.

 

Additional iCONN Resources -

Of LOCAL Interest                                                                                               

  Town of Harwinton Homepage - Link from here for Town information.

 

  Region 10 School District  - Link from here to the four schools in the Region 10 district, and the Board of Education. 

 

State of Connecticut Home Page   Link from here to find information about our State as well as the individual town homepages in Connecticut.

 

   Harwinton History -- Roger Plaskett is the town's third Official Historian. Roger was appointed on June 20th, 2006 after the passing of Lloyd Shanley, Jr. who served in this capacity for many years. Lloyd was preceded by Raymond Bentley who also served as Historian for many years. This web site is created and maintained by Roger Plaskett and is proudly dedicated to the memory of Raymond Bentley and Lloyd T. Shanley Jr., who have paved the road to the past, by working so hard to preserve that road for the future.  All Harwintonians and anyone interested in local history will enjoy browsing this site.

Stories from the past - Here you can read stories pertaining to some of Harwinton's first settlers.  (courtesy of Camp's Greenhouses.)

Map of the original homelots laid out to the settlers of East Harwinton.

  Connecticut History Online - Photographs, drawings and prints about Connecticut history, as well as a virtual tour through photo essays.

 

    HYSA (Harwinton Youth Sports Association) --   All the information you need to stay in tune with HYSA.....calendars, meeting notices, by-laws, downloadable forms such as registration forms, game schedules and results, monthly newsletters, accident and injury forms, medical information forms,  and much, much more! 

Connecticut Explorer's Guide -- An outdoor adventure resource!  Connecticut Explorer's Guide is a comprehensive outdoor adventure resource featuring free online maps and guides. 

 

   The Connecticut Mirror   is an on-line publication covering the state’s news.  It is written by some of the best of reporters from the heyday of the Hartford Courant and other newspapers. 

Torrington Area Health District -- Access current information and printed materials about the flu at this site or calling the hotline at 860-626-6640.

• Ask for Kids - Similar to the adult version of Ask.com.  Lets you search using plain English.  Database is not very large, but it tries to enhance visitors' chances of a successful search by providing matches from meta-search partners.

• KidsClick! -- Young surfers can search by keyword or browse through categories.  Roughly designed in Dewey style without the Dewey decimal numbers, each site contains a synopsis, reading level, and a numerical count of illustrations.

• OneKey -- This "kid safe search engine" filters out sites that do not meet U.S. Network TV Standards for decency.  More than 500 categories provide hours of safe surfing.  

• Yahooligans! -- Yahoo! for the younger set.  Children can also access or conduct keyword searches in a wide range of reference tools.  Parents and teachers will appreciate the site's guides on family surfing and teaching Internet literacy, along with sample lesson plans.

Other Search Engines

• AltaVista -    You can search for images, sounds, and video as well as Web pages.  Altavista even offers computerized translation that can translate a Portuguese Web site into English, for example (although you shouldn't expect perfect English grammar).
• Ask.com - Don't know how to phrase your search?  Just type in your question in plain English, and Jeeves will try to find the answer.
• Clusty -- This is a clustering search engine that searches the web for matches and groups what it finds into concepts.  This allows you to see the results organized by subtopics. 
• DogPile - "Arfie", Dogpile's robot, fetches results from 18 search engines and quickly returns the top 10 results from each one.
• Google - This meta-engine provides very fast, relevancy ranked searches.  

• InfoSeek - One of the most popular Internet search engines.  You can search for e-mail addresses, company profiles, and FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), right from the main Infoseek search form.

• Lycos - One of the oldest Internet search engines,  its mission is to take the confusion and chaos out of the Internet.  18 topic guides and very simple search form.

• MetaCrawler - This one searches other search engines.  Your search may be customized to either include  or exclude.  
• WebCrawler - A favorite tool of experts, but beginners will find searching very easy as well.
• Yahoo - A great starting point for beginners, but it's also a good engine for general searches.