Research Databases

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

A good place for romance readers to find the perfect match.

Electronic books of American and English literature: poetry, drama, fiction, and the Bible. For more information, see the Basic Search and Advanced Search tutorial videos.

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Trace your genealogy using historical records. U. S. Census records; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; petitions for naturalization; passenger lists and more. You must be in the library to access this database..

Biography Reference Source helps patrons access biographical information on more than a half-million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines.

Boost your business knowledge by researching company and industry profiles, country and market research reports, and magazine articles.

Chilton Library represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. Become your own mechanic and save money. Do it yourself with access to repair manuals for your car, truck, van or SUV. Domestic and imported models from 1940 to present available.

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

CultureGrams® is your source for 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.

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

Reliable content from the world's leading magazines and reference books grouped into easy-to-browse categories.

Search for a deceased ancestor in historical records to uncover vital information from their life.  

The page for each author separates books by series, stand-alone novels, or collected works.

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.

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

Find "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, the Information Network for Ohio Schools, provides a core collection of electronic resources for Ohio K-12 students and teachers.

Information on thousands of authors and their works.

Mango is the only personalized, adaptive language-learning experience that provides the tools and guidance you need to expand your language skills wherever and however you learn best with over 70 world languages and more than 20 English courses. 

 A medical resource with information in professional and consumer versions.

Ohio Biography collects and displays unique images from Ohio's past and present. The focus of this project includes people, places, and events. Some of them will be famous or even infamous, but many of them will not. They all have something of value to offer.

Search the records of more than 230,000 items in the Society's library, newspaper, manuscript, audiovisual, state archives, history, natural history, and archaeology collections.

Answer some basic question to guide Ohioans to local legal and community resources and forms to help them solve legal problems.

The state's site for employers to post jobs and job-seekers for look for employment.

Ohio History Connection provides free access to over 1,000,000 full-text searchable pages of Ohio newspapers through Ohio Memory and the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America. 

Search all Ohio laws as well as the Ohio Administrative Code.

Comprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics

Essays on controversial subjects

The comprehensive database for psychology and behavioral sciences.

The comprehensive database for religion and philosophy.

An index to almost 700,000 obituaries, death and marriage notices, and other sources from Ohio from the 1830's to the present day.

Our library with print reference content included in Salem's health, history, literature and science fields is entitled to online access to that same content.

Historical maps of Ohio cities.

Science encyclopedias and reference books.

Small Business Source provides up to date information on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business.

An excellent resource for mystery readers.

Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas

Ohio tree identification guide.

Ohio snake identification guide.

Identifying flint artifacts.

Helps you search series fiction.  A series is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.

Allows for setting levels on several "gauges" (happy-sad, gentle-violent, conventional-unusual, etc.) and finding books that exhibit those characteristics.

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

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

Information resources for pre-school through college.

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