Research Databases

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 3,100 journals, including full text for nearly 2,700 peer-reviewed titles.

Search records, books, serials, and other historical records specific to African Americans to trace your genealogy or to do research.

Alt HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Access electronic books of American and English literature: poetry, drama, fiction, biographies and autobiographies, and the Bible.

Trace your genealogy using historical records. U. S.

Access biographical information on more than 335,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines.

The library's digital archive collection includes yearbooks, newspapers, and local history.

Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles.

Fix your car, truck, van, or SUV with these diagnostics, maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, and step-by-step repair procedures.

Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology.

Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content designed to support patients' health-related information needs.

Consumer Reportspresents articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics and the judicial & regulatory actions that affect consumers.

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research.

Fold3 is a premier collection of historical U.S. military records that brings to life the details of America’s military veterans with stories, photos, and personal documents.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides access to full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to full-text consumer health magazines and reference books. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets.

Search HeritageQuest Online for census records, books, serials, and other historical records to trace your genealogy.

Search Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center for "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast.

Home Improvement Reference Center features full-text content from leading home improvement magazines, images not found anywhere else online, and videos of popular home repair projects.

INFOhio supports teaching and learning by providing equitable access to quality resources for Ohio's PreK-12 community of students, educators and parents.

Research an author, novel, or poem for school or personal interest. Learn more about a literary movement for book discussions.

Designed specifically for high school libraries, the MAS Ultra – School Edition database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines.

This multidisciplinary database provides full text for periodicals, reference books, and primary source documents on a range of subject areas, as well as large collection of photos, maps, and flags.

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.

Middle Search Plus provides full text articles for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines as well as thousands of biographies and historical essays.

Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 U.S. and international newspapers, as well as selective full text for 389 regional U.S. newspapers.

Ohio Legal Help provides plain language legal help information, interactive self-help tools, and connections to local legal and community resources to help Ohioans resolve their legal issues.

The Ohio Means Jobs website helps employers find great employees, provides resources to help job seekers find great careers, and provides resources for students to plan for their futures.

The Ohio Web Library is an evolving collection of thousands of online publications and research resources provided by Ohio libraries to all Ohio residents.

Oxford University Press provides new comprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics in the humanities, social sciences, and science.

Points of View Reference Center is a full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

Designed for professional educators, Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.

Regional Business News incorporates comprehensive full text coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Topics include world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center features the Ohio Obituary Index and more from the 1810s to the present day.

Find large scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1867 to 1970.

Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources.

Exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, videos, a help and advice section, and details on how to create business plans.

Browsing Very Short Introductions is an excellent way to get a quick authoritative and accessible overview of a subject.

Vocational & Career Collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals.

World Book Advanced is a powerful reference tool for students in grades 8 and up and adults.

Early Learning by World Book is the premier online resource for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades.

This dedicated Spanish-language database contains videos, compare-and-contrast features, selected articles, and a visual dictionary.

The World Book Kids online encyclopedia features thousands of colorful illustrations, diagrams, and maps that enrich thousands of easy-to-read articles developed for elementary students.

L'Encyclopédie Découverte is a full-featured, reference site for French-language beginners that is written at basic French reading levels.

World Book Student includes thousands of articles, learning resources, and research tools to meet the research needs of middle school students.

World Book Timelines offers hundreds of pre-generated timelines and also allows users to create their own timelines from scratch.