Research Databases

Information about books & authors

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

Provides billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. You MUST be in the library to access this database.

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

Provides full text and searchable cited references for top journals covering a variety of business disciplines.

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

Browse medical, health-related and drug reference books. Read articles on health and fitness. Find sources for alternative health information

Three interactive learning environments for preschoolers and children in early grades.

Search thousands of magazines, academic journals, newspapers, reference books, photos and maps on millions of topics.

A trustworthy environment for students and educators in grades K through 5 to look up facts for class projects or homework.

Grades 6-12: A far better alternative to websites and search engines for students to look up articles and facts for research papers or homework.

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.

Gale In Context: Elementary (formerly Kids Infobits) is an easy-to-use digital resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of educational topics.

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

Features full-text content from leading home improvement magazines, images not found anywhere else online and videos of popular home repair projects.

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

Reference content in humanities, social sciences, and science

Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this resource provides the basis from which students can realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

Over 40,000 detailed maps of Ohio cities drawn between 1882 and 1962. 

Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources.

Offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. Includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.

Over 100 foreign language courses are available that can help you learn languages including French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. There's also an ESL component that provides English language learning to speakers of over 25 different languages.

An excellent way to get a quick authoritative and accessible overview of a subject.

Ohio tree identification guide.

Ohio snake identification guide

Identifying flint artifacts.

Thousands of colorful illustrations, diagrams, and maps enrich thousands of articles, with teacher guides.

Information resources for pre-school through college