Reference Research
Academic Search Premier This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Access Science . . . is The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology on the Web. In addition to its learning resources, study guides and illustrations, it offers late-breaking science and technology news, updated every weekday. (This database is provided to WPL by OPLIN.)
African-American Experience in Ohio This digital collection illuminates specific moments in the history of Ohio's African-Americans and provides an overview of their experiences during
American National Biography ... The landmark American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation. More than a decade in preparation, the American National Biography is the first biographical resource of this scope to be published in more than sixty years.
Annals of American History Online . . . contains thousands of entries from 1493 to the present, including original source documents such as speeches, essays, biographies, editorials written by contributors like Madeleine Albright, Henry Ford, John Hancock, Malcolm X and Edgar Allen Poe. From Encyclopaedia Britannica. (This database is provided to WPL by OPLIN.)
Art Collection . . . is a growing collection of digital multimedia documenting works of art in the collections of dozens of art museums, representing works from cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times. (This database is provided to WPL by OPLIN.)
Biographies Plus Illustrated...H.W. Wilson's collection of 95,000+ biographies from over 50 reference titles, thousands of biographical magazine articles, and over 20,000 printable images. Search by name, profession, ethnic background, place of birth and more.
Census.Gov The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy. We honor privacy, protect confidentiality, share our expertise globally, and conduct our work openly. We are guided on this mission by our strong and capable workforce, our readiness to innovate, and our abiding commitment to our customers.
Computer Source Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
EBSCO Animals Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
EBSCOHOST - Multiple Subject Search...EBSCOhost is a subscription-only, Internet-based collection of periodical and pamphlet databases. It provides abstracts and indexing for more than 3,600 periodicals and includes searchable full text for more than 1,700 periodicals and pamphlets. (This database is provided to WPL by OPLIN)
eLibrary... Designed for the novice user, but powerful enough for an experienced researcher to use this full-text database of magazines, newspapers, photos, and more. (This database is provided to WPL by OPLIN)
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Encyclopedia Americana...The Encyclopedia Americana Online is published by Grolier Publishing Company from the Encyclopedia Americana database, a 25,000,000-word repository of text and images maintained by the encyclopedia's editorial staff.
Encyclopedia Britannica...includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. This database includes more that 130,000 links to Web sites, more than 72,000 articles, 10,000 illustrations, and more than 75,000 definitions including pronunciation guides and work histories. (This database is provided to WPL by OPLIN)
Enciclopedia Universal en Espanñol...The most comprehensive encyclopedia in the Spanish language, from Encyclopædia Brittanica, with over 47,000 articles; 8300 photos, tables, maps, flags, and images; a dictionary with 65,000 entries; a world atlas detaling countries, maps, statistics, major world cities, and distribution of languages and religions; timelines that show the events of the past in rich graphical form.
Ethnic NewsWatch...is a subscription-only database of news, culture and history from 200+ publications of the ethnic, minority and native press. The search interface is available in both English and Spanish.
Facts.com... A digest of world news from the year 1940 up to the present day. It covers events, issues, statistics, people, maps and photographs of the last 60+ years. Facts.com is updated every week. In addition, headline news stories from Reuters are updated every hour.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
GreenFILE Comprised of scholarly and general interest journals & magazines, as well as government documents & reports, GreenFILE is a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia...is based on the text of the Academic American Encyclopedia, an 11-million-word repository of text and images. It contains thousands of new and expanded articles, extensive hyperlinking, bibliographies and links to other sources of information on the Web.
Grove Music ...Comprising the full text of the printed edition, grovemusic.com also includes advanced search capabilities, which enable you to make concept, pattern and "Boolean" searches to pinpoint precise queries, a 'browse' option inviting you to browse entries at will and over 3000 links to related sites, including sound archives and illustrations. A programme of quarterly and annual updates from the Grove Editorial Team will keep the site fresh and up to date, and grovemusic.com now includes the complete New Grove Dictionary of Opera as an extra value-added feature.
Haines Criss + Cross Contains updated listings of all residents and businesses in Franklin and Delaware Counties.
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Learn a Test (new users create an account)...This interactive online database features more than 300 practice tests based on official school and career exams, including the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, and Real Estate Sales Agent & Broker Exams, among others.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) This database provides information on librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Sources include nearly 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus...The full text of Merriam-Webster`s Collegiate Dictionary has more than 215,000 definitions, and Merriam-Webster`s Collegiate Thesaurus offers 340,000 synonyms, antonyms, and more.
New Book of Knowledge Online....The New Book of Knowledge Online is a 7 million-word repository of text and images for children. Features Wonder Questions, facts and figures, projects and experiments, literary selections, and internet links. Includes a current event site and weekly news stories designed to stimulate classroom discussion.
OCLC WorldCat...Contains the merged catalogs of libraries around the world, making it the world's largest and richest database of bibliographic information with a total of over 47 million records. A typical record in WorldCat contains a physical description of a library item, information about its content and the names of libraries that own the item.
Ohio Historical Society Online Databases...Online collection of Historical Databases including on-line full text documents and research tools. Includes Death Certificate Index, Manuscript and audiovisual finding aids, Newspaper index, Online Collection Catalog, White Castle System, Inc. finding aid, Directory of Historical Organizations, National Register of Historic Homes, and Primary Resources for Teachers. (This database is provided to WPL by OPLIN)
Oxford Reference Online . . . is a fully indexed database of the complete texts of over 100 Oxford reference titles including dictionaries of languages, sciences, business, art, philosophy, religion, mythology and more. (This database is provided to WPL by OPLIN.)
*This database is accessible only while in the library.
PriceIt! Antiques and Collectibles . . . Buying an antique? Selling a collectible? Insuring your valuable antiques or collectibles? PriceIt! uses information from GoAntiques, eBay, TIAS, and dozens of auction houses to determine an item’s current realistic market value. It also provides an InfoCenter with articles on how to appraise anything from jewelry to toys.
Professional Development Collection
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Religion and Philosophy Collection
SIRS...provides thousands of full-text articles on a variety of social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues. Articles are selected from around 1500 newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications. Includes Today's News, Maps of the World, World Almanac Excerpts, Spotlight of the Month, and Directory of Publications.
UMI / Proquest Direct...Proquest Direct from UMI is a subscription-only, Internet-based collection of magazine and newspaper databases. It includes summaries of aricles from over 8,000 publications, with many in full text, full image format.
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Teacher Reference Center (TRC) An index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. Provides coverage on education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.