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List of research database titles, descriptions and links
Academic Search Premier database
Academic Search Premier

Scholarly collection covering nearly every area of academic study; peer-reviewed full-text articles as well as indexed and abstracted articles, and searchable cited references.

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

Provides in-depth coverage of complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990. Includes full-text for many peer-reviewed journals.

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Access America's News through Newsbank. Find reliable information on any topic.
America's News (NewsBank)

Stay informed on local and national topics from news sources spanning the U.S. including regional papers such as Columbus Dispatch and Akron Beacon Journal, national news magazines like Newsweek, National Review, and The Atlantic, plus transcripts of popular TV and radio news programs.

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American and English Literature

E-books of American and English literature--poetry, drama, fiction, and the Bible. Search for a word or phrase across all the literature, or browse collections.

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Search Ancestry
Ancestry (In-Library Edition)

Ancestry.com delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. (Not accessible outside the Library.)

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Search Antiques Prices
Antiques Pricing Reference

Antiques Reference Prices4Antiques helps you determine the value of antiques, collectibles, and fine art with the images and pricing information provided from leading auction houses

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Biography Reference Source
Biography Reference Bank

Combines numerous biographical resources to provide biographies, obituaries, and photographs of thousands of individuals – both living and deceased.

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Visit Black Freedom Struggle database
Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S. (ProQuest)

Open primary source documents from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom. Find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more.

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Search about:books
Books & Authors about:books

Information about books and authors.

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Use Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier

Company and industry profiles, country and market research reports, and full-text articles from more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.

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Chilton Library

Step-by-step repair procedures, maintenance schedules, photographs, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for cars and trucks.

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Search Cochrane Library
Cochrane Library

A collection of databases containing different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making; whether you are a doctor or nurse, patient or caregiver, researcher or funder, Cochrane evidence provides a powerful tool to enhance your healthcare knowledge and decision making.

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Access Computer Source
Computer Source

The latest information and current trends in high technology, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software.

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Consumer Health Complete

Full text journals, magazines, and reference books dealing with health, wellness, fitness, and nutrition – coverage includes a focus on the complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health and wellness.

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Access ConsumerReports.org online
Consumer Reports

Access product reviews, ratings, and safety information based on impartial testing from an independent, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.

CR Archive Search archived articles from CR magazine.

For access to current reviews and recommendations on ConsumerReports.org:

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CultureGrams

Concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries of the world. Beyond the facts and figures, find an insider's perspective on the history, daily life, and customs. Also covers US states and Canadian provinces.

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Search the Dayton Daily News collection through NewsBank
Dayton Daily News (NewsBank)

Explore Dayton history through local news, events and people with the Dayton Daily News Collection. Search current and archived issues (1990-present) with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

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Dictionary of Literary Biography
Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures, plus thousands of images.
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Driver's Practice Tests

Take practice tests for the Ohio BMV permit test, written driver's license test, and the senior citizens refresher test. Includes tests for car, motorcycle, and commercial driver's licenses.

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Search all EBSCO databases
EBSCO All Database search

Search across ​all databases which Wright Library and the Ohio Web Library purchase from EBSCOhost.

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Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

Beginning-level Spanish World Book encyclopedia site with an easy-to-use, bilingual interface.

Este es un sitio de la enciclopedia Spanish World Book de nivel inicial, con miles de artículos, ilustraciones y mapas, y una interfaz bilingüe fácil de usar.
 

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Search ERIC database
ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)

More than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

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Use Explora for Primary grades
Explora Primary School

GRADES K-5
Topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research, designed specifically for Primary School (K-5) students and teachers.

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Explora for Public Libraries
Explora Public Libraries

Includes topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research; articles, essays, and primary source documents to help students feel successful in their research; and reading level indicators (Lexile® Measures) to simplify discovery of grade-appropriate content

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Explora grades 6-12
Explora Secondary School

GRADES 6-12
Topic overviews that provide students with a starting point for research, designed specifically for Secondary School (6-12) students and teachers.

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Visit Family Search website
Family Search

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides FamilySearch free of charge to everyone, regardless of tradition, culture, or religious affiliation. FamilySearch is dedicated to preserving important family records and making them freely accessible online, introducing individuals to their ancestors through the widespread access to records.

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Access Fold3
Fold3

A collection of historical U.S. military records that brings to life the details of America's military veterans with stories, photos, and personal documents.

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Health Source Consumer Edition
Health Source (Consumer Edition)

Consumer information on many health topics including medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health; access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.

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Health Source Nursing Edition
Health Source (Nursing/Academic Edition)

Scholarly full text journals as well as indexing and abstracts focusing on many medical disciplines with coverage of nursing and allied health being particularly strong.

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Help!

Wondering how to get started using some of these great library resources? Tutorials in our Help Guides library can explain what these resources can be used for, and help walk you through getting started. You can also access them from the "Help Guides" tab at the right edge of the database homepage. 

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Search HeritageQuest
HeritageQuest

Includes Census records (1790-1940), book and article searches, Revolutionary War records, and Freedman's Bank.

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Search Hobbies and Crafts Source from EBSCO
Hobbies and Crafts Source (EBSCO)

Find "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast.

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Search Home Improvement Source from EBSCO
Home Improvement Source (EBSCO)

Content from leading home improvement magazines, images not found anywhere else online and videos of popular home, DIY repair projects.

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Get Ohio Legal Forms
Legal Forms (Gale)- Ohio

Choose Ohio specific, professionally drafted, specialized documents in legal subject areas including: bankruptcy, bill of sale, contracts, divorce, employment, incorporate, LLC, landlord/tenant, living wills, name change, power of attorney, real estate, taxes, and last will.

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Visit Linkedin Job Searc
LinkedIn Job Search

Free resource for finding job opportunities. No LinkedIn account/profile required. However, having a LinkedIn profile helps you identify personal connections in each job posting, know if a company has hired people like you, and find out who you will work with if you get the job.

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Library access to LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning

Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Professional development, web design, marketing, coding and software skills, audio recording and editing, photography, and more.

Formerly Lynda.com

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Literary Reference Source
Literary Reference Source

Full-text literary journals, literary reference works, plot summaries, literary criticism, author biographies and interviews, and the full-text of thousands of poems and short stories.

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Access Literature Criticism Online from Gale
Literature Criticism Online

Access to popular literary criticism series, covering authors who lived from 1800 through 2009. Citations are provided for all entries.

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LinkedIn Learning- formerly Lynda.com
Lynda.com- see LinkedIn Learning

Lynda.com has changed to LinkedIn Learning. 

 

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Try Mango: Language is an Adventure
Mango Languages

A personalized, adaptive language-learning experience that provides tools and guidance to expand your language skills wherever and however you learn best.

  1. Remote access will require your library card and PIN.
  2. Try guest mode, or select "Use this resource" to create/log into a profile that saves your progress over time. (On Mango's login page, select Sign Up to create a profile the first time.)

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MAS Ultra School Edition
MAS Ultra (School Edition)

Full-text articles from more than 700 popular, high school magazines.

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MasterFILE Premier
MasterFILE Premier

Multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.

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Medline
MEDLINE

Authoritative research-level medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.

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Visit Medline Plus
MedlinePlus

This website, a service the National Library of Medicine, provides plain-language information to answer health related questions. 

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Visit Merck Databases
Merck Manuals

One of the world’s most widely used medical information resources, the Merck Manuals provide current medical information for a wide cross-section of users, including consumers, medical professionals and students, veterinarians and veterinary students.

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Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus

Full text articles from popular magazines for middle and junior high school research. Includes biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection.

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Access Morningstar
Morningstar Investment Research Center

A comprehensive investing tool that features financial information, reliable portfolio analysis, information about investment options, and up-to-date financial news and commentary; provides data on over 50,000 stocks, 250,000 open-end mutual funds, over 17,000 exchange-traded funds, and over 13,000 closedend funds.

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New York Times
New York Times Online

At the library, sign in or create an account HERE.*

Outside the library, use button below and click "Redeem" button on the next page. Sign in or create an account.* Access code is good for 24 hours.

* You must either create a free nytimes.com account, log in to an existing account, or log in with your Facebook or Google credentials.
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Visit Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source

Selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers 200 regional newspapers, plus television & radio news transcripts.

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Access Northstar Digital Literacy
Northstar Digital Literacy

Northstar Digital Literacy is a self-directed assessment and learning tool that covers a variety of technology scenarios for anyone looking to improve their skills with computers, software, or technology. It comes complete with short lessons and practice exercises to improve skills on a number of common computer topics.

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NoveList
NoveList

Book, series, and author information, reviews, read-a-likes, and much more for thousands fiction titles.

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NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8

Database of young adult, children's and easy titles with a student-focused interface, designed for PreK through Middle School ages

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Visit Ohio.gov website
Ohio Government Information and Services

The official State of Ohio government site is full of resources for citizens and businesses.

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Visit Ohio History Central from Ohio History Connection
Ohio History Central Encyclopedia

An evolving, dynamic online encyclopedia that includes information about Ohio's natural history, prehistory and history. Each section contains written information, maps, timelines, and images.

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Visit Ohio History Connection website
Ohio History Connection

This website provides access to numerous Ohio history resources.

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Visit Ohio Means Jobs website
Ohio Means Jobs

Take practice tests, search for jobs, post your resume.

Practice tests for licensing exams (Civil Service, Allied Health, ASVAB, etc.) and academics (SAT, ACT, GRE, MCAT, etc) are found in the Assessment and Training section. You can use access practice tests anonymously, or register/sign in to save your progress and results.

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Visit Ohio Memory website
Ohio Memory

A digital collection of Ohio historical artifacts.

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Ohio Obituary Index from the R. B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museum
Ohio Obituary Index

Index of 2,850,000 obituaries, death & marriage notices, and other Ohio sources, from 1810s to present.
Actual obits may be ordered from over 60 partner libraries; only Hayes Library has online ordering.

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Visit Ohio Legal Help
OhioLegalHelp.org

Ohio Legal Help is a nonprofit organization founded to help all Ohioans access the civil justice system, providing plain language legal help information, interactive self-help tools and connections to local legal and community resources that can help people resolve their legal issues.

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Visit OhioLine OSU extension website
Ohioline (OSU Extension Office)

Ohio State University Extension Office provides a wealth of information on subjects such as agriculture, natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community development, and 4-H.

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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)

Covering today’s hottest social issues, Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations, and more.

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Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Oxford Research Encyclopedias

Authoritative reference content exploring topics in humanities, social sciences, and science. 

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Points of View Reference Source
Points of View Reference Source

Presents multiple sides of issues; content to help students develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

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Primary Search from EBSCO
Primary Search

Full text for nearly 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator.

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Professional Development Collection
Professional Development Collection

For professional educators, this database provides a specialized collection of high quality education journals and educational reports.

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Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Database covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

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Nonfiction Core Collection for Public Libraries
Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction

Nonfiction book reviews; collection development resource for librarians

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Readers' Guide Retrospective search from EBSCO
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982

Track down older magazine articles with this database, which indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 through 1982.
Article citations can be used to obtain a copy of the article. Request through Interlibrary Loan or Contact Us and a Librarian can help track it down.

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Access Reference Solutions from Data Axel
Reference Solutions (Data Axel)

Find addresses, phone numbers, toll free numbers, Web site URLs, financial information, median household income, median home value, and more.

Formerly Reference USA

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Religion and Philosophy Collection
Religion and Philosophy Collection

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

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

The Sanborn Maps are large scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1867 to 1970.  Use these maps to locate and identify buildings and neighborhoods, to study the growth of towns and cities, and to study the impact of new developments.

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Science Reference Source
Science Reference Source

Covers topics including biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

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Access Small Business Source from EBSCO
Small Business Source (EBSCO)

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.

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Sociological Collection from EBSCO
Sociological Collection

Offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.

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TOPIC Search from EBSCO
TOPIC Search

This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.

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Very Short Introductions
Very Short Introductions

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

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Vocational and Career Collection
Vocational and Career Collection

Provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.

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Wall Street Journal Online
Wall Street Journal

3-day pass to Wall Street Journal online. Click the button below, enter your library card number and PIN*, and create a free WSJ account or sign into an existing WSJ account.**

After 3 days, simply come back and activate another pass using the same WSJ account.

*Access is for Wright Library cardholders only; sign-on credentials may not be shared.
** You must either create a wsj.com account or log in to your existing account.

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Visit What Tree Is It?
What Tree Is It?

Identify and learn about common Ohio trees. By only knowing one part of a tree (leaf, fruit, etc.), you can follow the samples given until you can identify your tree.

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Visit What's That Snake- a guide to the snakes of Ohio
What's That Snake?

Includes 30 species and subspecies of snakes that are found in Ohio. Learn about Ohio snakes or use the program to identify one you have seen.

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Visit What's the Point- Identifying flint artifacts
What's the Point?

This resource is designed to help users identify flint artifacts, which are some of the most enduring legacies of prehistoric peoples. 

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World Book Online
World Book Online

Information resources for pre-school through college

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Visit Banco de contenidos from World Book
World Book: Banco de contenidos

Spanish-language World Book encyclopedia that includes over 100,000 articles as well as images, maps, videos, animations, and sounds.

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