The Connecticut State Library will be closed Monday, October 13, 2025 for the state holiday.

History Day - Frontiers in History

History Day theme for: 2023, 2001

Suggested Databases

These are a few suggested databases - many of which will require a card specifically from the Connecticut State Library (CSL) (they will have an icon of a blue library card). See also our complete list of databases.

Click the info icon (black circle with an "i") for a description of the database. Contact us if you need help with databases - best to get your CSL card first.

A Few Suggestions:

Newspapers

Tip:

  • Try various spellings and language of the time. 
  • Names can have abbreviations
  • Newspapers usually use OCR (optical character recognition) for searching. Older newspapers are hard for OCR software to read. Again, try various spellings or alternative keywords.

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