If you are a Mansfield resident and would like to use BookFlix or Rocket Languages, click here to apply for a Mansfield Library card.
All additional resources listed are available for anyone to use.
Ancestry.com
Discover your family history and start your family tree. Search billions of genealogy records including Census, SSDI & Military records.
Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to library cardholders working remotely, courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry.
Rocket Languages
Rocket Languages gives you the chance to learn a new language at your own pace, for free!
BookFlix
Watch animated storybooks, read books online, play educational games, and more!
ResearchIT CT and RBdigital
ResearchIT CT offers free online resources as a service of the CT State Library. Here you will find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles for Connecticut residents with valid CT public library card numbers.
Students and patrons who don’t have a library card can still access the Connecticut State Library’s eBook and eAudibook collection through RBdigital. Visit iconnct.rbdigital.com and select the register option on the right side of the page. Create a user name and password and use ctstatelib20 for the access code. Provide first name, last name, e-mail, and postal code. Check the box to accept the terms of service and privacy policy and click on the register button.
iConn Newsstand
Full-text coverage of major newspapers including: The Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, New York Times, The Wall Street journal, and The Washington Post.
History Reference Center
Offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Legal Reference Center
Providing exclusive online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, Legal Information Reference Center contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms, with more content being added on a regular basis.
Science Reference Center
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text, science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student researchers needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources
Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Connecticut History.org
ConnecticutHistory.org is your home for stories about the people, traditions, innovations, and events that make up the rich history of the Nutmeg State.
Other online learning resources:
CodeAcademy
Learn to code interactively, for free.
Coursera
”Take the World’s Best Courses, Online, For Free.” Take free online classes from 80+ top universities and organizations.
GCFLearnFree.org
From Microsoft Office and email to reading, math, and more, GCFLearnFree.org offers 125 tutorials, including more than 1,100 lessons, videos, and interactives, completely free.
Khan Academy
Self-paces learning that covers math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history.
