A to Z Maps Online
Is the world's largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.
Remote users: Please ignore the upper right login & password and enter your library card without the A in the 3 blank.
About Books | OPLIN
What is it? Everything you want to know about books & authors. For more information, view this Ten Minute Tutor from the State Library of Ohio.
Why use it? It is THE place to find read-alikes, author biographies, plot summaries, specific settings, specific genres, book publishing, and purchasing, series information, book reviews, and more!
Academic Search Premier 1975-
(EBSCOhost) The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, 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 more than 1,000 titles. This database is updated on a daily basis.
African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920
Sources include manuscript collections, newspaper articles, serials, photographs, and pamphlets. (Ohio Historical Society)
African American History & Culture - Library of Congress
The Manuscript Division has one of the nation's most valuable collections for the study of African-American history and culture. The Library's holdings include information about slavery and the slave trade as well as other aspects of plantation life. Papers of slaveholders provide one view of slavery, and slave narratives give another. Diaries and journals further illuminate lives spent in slavery and freedom.
African American History & Culture - Smithsonian
Learn about African American history and culture.
Akron Beacon Journal 1985-
(EBSCO) Akron Beacon Journal newspaper.
Alt HealthWatch 1990-
(EBSCOhost) This alternative health database provides full text for more than 140 publications in the collection, including full text for many peer-reviewed journals. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.
America's News Magazine
Includes Baby Talk, Business 2.0, Entertainment Weekly, Essence, Family Life, Foreign Affairs, Fortune, Fortune International, FSB: Fortune Small Business, In Style, Life Money, Newsweek, ON Magazine, Parenting, People Weekly, Popular Science, Real Simple, Slate, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Sports Illustrated Women, Stateline.org, Teen People, Time, Time for Kids, Time International, and U.S. News & World Report .
American and English Literature Collections
(© Chadwyck-Healey Ltd.) -- A fully searchable library of more than 260,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key secondary sources.
American Memory
Created by the Library of Congress, a multimedia collection of primary source materials on the history and culture of the U.S.
Ancestry Library Edition (In-Library Use Only)
Ancestry Library Edition provides easy access to more than 4,000 genealogy databases with a single search. Coverage focuses primarily on the United States and the United Kingdom, although other areas are covered. Databases include the complete U.S. Census & Index (1790-1930), vital, church, court, and immigration records. The Map Center contains more than 1,000 historical maps. Other notable collections include Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. Databases are updated continuously as new information becomes available.
Art Collection
The OhioLINK Art and Architecture images database is a collection of digital images from AMICO (the Art Museum Image Consortium) as well as contributions from OhioLINK institutions. Some AMICO images are accompanied by audio or video files, such as an audio tour.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Indexes nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
Biography Reference Bank
Biography Reference Bank provides biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images. BRB offers substantive narrative profiles, each about 2,000 words long, from H.W. Wilson publications and other respected publishers.
The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images. Daily updates provide up-to-the-minute coverage of newsmakers.
Full-text articles, abstracts, and images gleaned from thousands of magazines and journals cover new names and expand on existing profiles. Book review excerpts and full text reviews help users find and select print biographies.
Biography in Context
(© The Gale Group) -- A database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Searchable by person, birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.
Biography Resource Center: African Americans
(© The Gale Group) -- A database of biographical information on more than 25,000 people from more than 60 volumes of 6 respected Gale Group sources such as Contemporary Black Biography, Notable Black American Men, Notable Black American Scientists, and Who's Who among African Americans, with over 42,000 full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines including American History, Essence, Jet, and U.S. News & World Report.
Black History Month Resource Center
Includes over 75 biographies, a four-century-long historical timeline, excerpts from the Schomburg Center Guide to Black Literature and an assortment of activities like the Black History Month quiz.
Blade, The 1996-
(NewsBank) The Blade from Toledo, Ohio.
Books and Authors
Books & Authors offers ways to discover new books and authors. You can search by your favorite genre (mystery, romance, and more) or author. You can also find out what's new and what's coming soon. Review recommended books picked by librarians and write your own reviews and assign ratings.
Books in Print 1979-
Information about in-print, forthcoming and out-of-print titles from U.S. publishers. Includes the Fiction Connection, a service to help readers locate books to enjoy. Updated weekly.
Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Coverage from 1980 to the present.
Business Leader Profiles for Students
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Covers 350 prominent individuals who have made significant contributions to business and industry. Profiles range from 1,250 to 2,500 words in length.
Business Source Premier 1965-
(EBSCOhost) This is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for more than 8,800 serials. Business Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. Updated daily.
Byki Online Language Learning NEW NAME see Transparent Language Online
Cancer
(Salem Health) Coverage includes diseases, conditions, medications, procedures, specialists, social issues, personal coping tips, print and online academic resources, and support resources. Remote users click here.
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
The Central Intelligence Agency publishes and updates this directory. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States. Regimes with which the United States has no diplomatic exchanges are indicated by the initials NDE. Updated weekly.
Chilton's Library Car Repair
Chilton Library provides photographs, diagnostics, step-by-step repair procedures, OEM maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks.
Cincinnati Post, The 1990-2007
(NewsBank) The Cincinnati Post newspaper.
Cleveland Necrology File 1833, 1847-1848, 1850-1975
The Cleveland Necrology File contains local cemetery records and newspaper death notices for the following years: 1833, 1847-1848, 1850-1975. A more complete description of the file’s contents can be found in the “About” section of the database. For necrology information after 1975, please use the Cleveland News Index.
Cleveland News Index (citations only) 1976-
(© Cleveland Public Library) -- The online Cleveland News Index lists citation information for local news stories, feature articles and reviews from The Plain Dealer (1983-June 1999), Cleveland Magazine (1983-present), Northern Ohio Live (Sept. 1990-present), and Ohio Magazine (Oct.1990 -present). Obituaries from the Plain Dealer and the Cleveland Press are included from 1976 to the present. Please note that this index does not provide full text access to these sources.
CLEVNET Digital Library Catalog
The digital online catalog of the holdings of the CLEVNET Libraries.
CLEVNET Library Catalog
The online catalog of the holdings of the CLEVNET Libraries.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Provides quality research in areas related to communication and mass media with full test for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional resources.
Computer Source
(EBSCOhost) 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.
Contemporary Novelists
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Contains biographical/critical essays on the most important living novelists writing in English worldwide.
Contemporary Poets
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Provides biographical and bibliographical information on 789 of the world's most important contemporary English-language poets, including 120 new to this edition. Entries include personal and career information, addresses, a detailed bibliography, a list of further reading sources, and more. Each entry also includes a signed critical essay covering each poet's career and works, written by an expert in the field.
CultureGrams
CultureGrams Online Database links you to all CultureGrams editions, including World, Kids, Provinces, adn States material. This resource includes: worldwide photo gallery, slideshows, video clips, famous people collection, and a recipe collection that offers five homegrown recipes from all countries in the database. Plus, sortable (create-your-own) data tables help put dozens of facts into perspective.
Dayton Daily News 1990-
(NewsBank) Access to the Dayton Daily News of Dayton, Ohio.
Decades
Includes the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. Salem's critically acclaimed American history series. Remote users click here.
Discovering Collection (Grades K - 12)
(© The Gale Group) -- This cross-curricular reference resource combines thousands of biographies, topical overviews, and critical analyses in the subjects of History, Science and Literature in a single database that supports classroom learning.
e-Sequels : A Reader's Guide to Novels in Series
eSequels is current and complete so you can find the newest title by your favorite author or spot a title that you may have missed.
EBSCOhost Databases (All)
Academic Search Premier, Alt Health Watch, Animals, Business Source Premier, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Computer Source: Consumer Edition, ERIC, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, GreenFILE, Health Source: Consumer Edition, Health Source: Nursing & Academic, Humanities Internation Index, Lexi-PALS Drug Guide, MAS FullTEXT Ultra, MasterFILE Premier, MEDLINE, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, Primary Search, Professional Development Collection, Psychology & Behavioral Science Collection, Regional Business News, Religion & Philosophy Collection, Sociological Collection, TOPICsearch and Vocational Search & Career Collection.
EBSCOhost Masterfile Premier 1984-
Full text articles from nearly 1,800 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural periodicals. It also offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,700 periodicals. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstracts backfiles go as far back as January of 1984. Updated daily.
Eighties in America
The Eighties in America provides a comprehensive look at the decade in which most of the voting favored Ronald Reagan.
ERIC 1966-
(EBSCOhost) (Educational Resources Information Center) -- Over 800,000 references to thousands of educational topics. Includes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines.
Estudiantil Hallazhgos en Linea (World Book Spanish)
Spanish speakers and students of Spanish can benefit from the clear, concise information in Estudiantil Hallazgos, World Book's intermediate Spanish-language encyclopedia.
European Business ASAP
European Business ASAP is a full text database with over 130 journals covering business and management, accounting, marketing, finance and economics, and is an excellent source for company information. It is European based but includes a number of leading American journals. Available through the internet, it is updated daily and provides an easy way to search for information which can be delivered electronically direct to the searcher.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Expanded Academic ASAP includes journals and periodicals covering a wide variety of disciplines, from social science, humanities and politics to medicine, general interest and science.
Explore Ohio | OPLIN
What is it? OPLIN's ever-expanding directory of Ohio-specific websites and links.
Why use it? Find Ohio-focused websites by category or by county.
Food Environment Atlas
Published by the USDA’s Economics Research Service, the Food Environment Atlas provides food, health, and demographic information down to the county level.
The Atlas assembles statistics on three broad categories of food environment factors:
- Food Choices—Indicators of the community’s access to and acquisition of healthy, affordable food, such as: access and proximity to a grocery store; number of foodstores and restaurants; expenditures on fast foods; food and nutrition assistance program participation; quantities of foods eaten; food prices; food taxes; and availability of local foods
- Health and Well-Being—Indicators of the community’s success in maintaining healthy diets, such as: food insecurity; diabetes and obesity rates; and physical activity levels
- Community Characteristics—Indicators of community characteristics that might influence the food environment, such as: demographic composition; income and poverty; population loss; metro-nonmetro status; natural amenities; and recreation and fitness centers
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
(EBSCOhost) This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Updated weekly.
Gale | General Reference Center Gold 1980-
General interest database of full-text articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers.
Genetics & Inherited Conditions
(Salem Press) This A-Z encyclopedia arranged 455 essays on all aspects of genetics-- diseases, biology, techniques and methodologies, genetic engineering, biotechnology, ethics, and social issues.
General Reference Center Gold 1980-
General interest database of full-text articles from magazines, reference books, and newspapers.
GreenFILE
(EBSCOhost) GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
This database is an in-depth, user-friendly resource that provides access to health and wellness information from authoritative medical sources. It is designed to be a one-stop resource for health research and includes information from magazines, pamphlets, journals, and Web sites. There are 879 indexed sources, of which 662 are full text.
Health Information - National Institutes of Health
The nation's medical agency provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition 1984-
(EBSCOhost) This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Updated daily.
HeritageQuest Online 1790-
HeritageQuest features the U. S. Census, 1790-1930 (1850-60 Slave Census Schedules not included), The Periodical Source Index (PERSI), A digitized collection of more than 25,000 family and local history books, Records from the Revolutionary War Era Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files and Freedman’s Bank Records (1865-1874).
Humanities International Index
Humanities International Index is a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), Humanities International Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 journals and contains more than 1.6 million records.
2 - 1 - 1 | InfoLINK
United Way's InfoLINK is the only comprehensive information and referral service in Wayne and Holmes Counties. Call 211 for information.
Job & Career Accelerator
The LearningExpress Job & Career Accelerator™ provides personalized, step-by-step job search assistance for all levels of job seekers. Job seekers can explore suitable occupations from over 1,000 detailed occupation profiles and find available jobs in their area from a database of over 5 million up-to-date job postings. With Job & Career Accelerator, users can easily create professional targeted resumes, master interviewing techniques, improve work related skills and prepare for occupation-related exams. In addition, it helps job seekers plan, tailor, and track multiple job searches at the same time while providing expert advice and tips each step of the way.
Kids Search
(EBSCOhost) Kids Search is designed especially for youth in grades K-8. Kids Search makes it easier for students to look for their subjects of interest by automatically searching across all applicable databases simultaneously. Important features and functionality of Kids Search include a completely new, visually appealing look and feel; the ability to search by topic, subtopic, or keywords; simultaneous searching across all subscribed databases; the ability to sort results by relevance, as well as by date; the option of filtering search results by source type; and the ability to add search results, images, or persistent links to searches to the Folder.
LearningExpress Library
LearningExpress Library provides an interactive online collection of practice tests and tutorial courses to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Tests include: GED Prep, College Prep including SAT and ACT, Grad School Entrance, Military, Nursing, Allied Healthcare, Commercial Driver's License, Real Estate, Law Enforcement, US Citizenship, Civil Service and much more! First time users click on the New User button to register. Returning users click on Returning User button.
LegalTrac 1980-
(Cengage Learning - Gale) Index to more than 1,400 legal titles. Includes law reviews, legal newspapers, and law-related articles. Also contain law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.
Library, Information Science & Technology (LISTA) 1965-
(EBSCOhost) -- This abstract database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes nearly 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings.
Library of Congress - Thomas
the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include the features and content listed below.
Literature Resource Center coverage varies
(Cengage Learning - Gale) Access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary dicipline. Covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers. Coverage of 2,000 of the most studied authors. Searchable by author name, title, genre, literary movement or literary theme. Combines Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and more.
Literature On-Line
Includes the following collections: 20th Century African Poetry Collection -- 20th Century American Poetry Collection -- 20th Century English Poetry Collection -- African American Poetry Collection -- American Drama Collection -- American Poetry Collection -- Bible in English -- Bibliography of American Literature -- Early American Fiction -- Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare -- Eighteenth-Century Fiction -- English Poetry Collection -- English Prose Drama -- English Verse Drama -- W.B. Yeats Collection
Magill's Medical Guide
Magill’s Medical Guide have been glowingly reviewed by every major reference reviewer. It is a staple in high school, college, public and medical school libraries.
The Guide is a perfect mix of accessibility and depth, providing general readers with an authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professionals and popular self-help guides. It is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers.
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MANGO Languages
Self-directed language instruction in 9 languages is available through Mango Languages. Instruction focuses on everyday conversational skills. Languages offered include Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. Also includes English instruction tailored to speakers of Brazilian, Portuguese, Polish, and Spanish.
MAS Ultra - School Edition
(EBSOhost) Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
MasterFILE Premier | EBSCOhost 1984-
Full text articles from nearly 1,800 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural periodicals. It also offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,700 periodicals. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstracts backfiles go as far back as January of 1984. Updated daily
MEDLINE 1966-
(® U.S. National Library of Medicine) -- The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Contains bibliographic citations (e.g., authors, title, and journal reference) and author abstracts from over 3,900 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 foreign countries during the current four years. Contains over 9 million records dating back to 1966.
Medline Plus Current
MedlinePlus provides authoritative information fromt he National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies and health-related organizations. This database includes extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and the latest health news. Updated daily.
Middle Search Plus 1984-
(EBSCOhost) Middle Search Plus provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
Milestone Documents of American History
Conceived and produced by an expert group of teachers, librarians, and historians, Milestone Documents in American History represents a unique and innovative approach to history reference. Each entry offers the full text of the document in question as well as an in-depth, analytical essay that places the document in its historical context. With content aligned with the National History Standards and signed essays written by a team of nearly 100 esteemed historians, Milestone Documents in American History offers an unparalleled reference tool for students conducting primary source research.
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Morningstar Investment Research Center
Investment Research Center enables users to get data and guidance on mutual funds, stocks, and exchange-traded funds; determine how their investments fit into a portfolio; or obtain data on a particular industry.
NOTE: Remote users click here. You will be asked to enter the first 5 digits of your Wayne County Public Library Card.
National Museum of American History - (Smithsonian)
The Museum collects and preserves more than 3 million artifacts—all true national treasures. We take care of everything from the original Star-Spangled Banner and Abraham Lincoln’s top hat to Dizzy Gillespie’s angled trumpet and Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz.” Our collections form a fascinating mosaic of American life and comprise the greatest single collection of American history.
NEO CANDO Online Database
NEO CANDO is an information sharing network providing a comprehensive collection of demographic data describing the 17 county Northeast Ohio region, or for specific neighborhoods within the region. Data regarding population trends, poverty, employment, educational attainment, housing and crime statistics are available.
NetWellness
(© University of Cincinnati) -- Includes periodicals (indexing to over 150 titles with selective indexing and full text of health-related articles from over 2500 general interest periodicals), pamphlets (full text coverage of over 500 medical education pamphlets) and reference books (full text coverage of Mosby's Medical Dictionary, The People's Book of Medical Texts, Oryx Press Consumer Health Information Source Book, USPDI Drug Information in Lay Language, and Columbia University Complete Home Medical Guide.
New England Ancestors 1847-1994
Resources and databases of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Offers full text access to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register from 1847 to 1994, genealogies, vital records of many New England towns, military records, and church records. Updated weekly.
NewsBank Newspapers & Current Events
Access to several national newspapers including the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Akron Beacon Journal, and lot more.
Newspaper Source 1997-
(EBSCOhost) Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. Updated daily.
Nonfiction Classics for Students
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Provides in-depth literary and historical background on the most commonly studied nonfiction essays, books, biographies, and memoirs in a streamlined, easy-to-use format. Covering 15-20 works per volume, this reference series gives high-school and undergraduate students an ideal starting point for class assignments, term papers, and special projects.
Ohio Battle Flags: Fight for the Colors
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Death Certificate Index
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio.gov
The Official State of Ohio website.
Ohio Historical Society Searchable Databases
Includes the following databases: Death Certificate Index, 1913-1937, Newspaper Index, and Ohio Historical Society's Online Collection Catalog.
Ohio History Central Encyclopedia
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio History Online
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Memory
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Military Rosters
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Newpapers
-Ohio Newspapers -- Includes Blade, Cincinnati Post, Columbus Dispatch, Dayton Daily News, and the Plain Dealer
Ohio School Websites
Ohio State University Extension
No matter which county you visit, you can find people who are helped by the four major OSU Extension program areas: family and consumer sciences, 4-H youth development, community development, and agriculture and natural resources. These program areas – and many other special topics – are continuously being evaluated and updated to meet the changing needs and issues facing each community.
Extension provides practical advice, sensible solutions, and realistic down-to-earth answers for ALL Ohioans.
Ohioline
Online Texts Collection
(IPL) A catalog of over 20,000 texts freely available through the Internet. Can be browsed by author, by title, or by Dewey Decimal Classification.
OPLIN About Books
Search for anything about books.
Oxford Reference Online coverage varies
Oxford Reference Online brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource.
Plain Dealer 1991-Current
(NewsBanks) Access to the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper.
Primary Search (Grades K-6) 1989-
(EBSCOhost) Elementary school students should click here to go to Searchasaurus, a research tool from EBSCOhost.
Professional Development Collection 1995-
(EBSCOhost) Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
(EBSCOhost) This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. Updated monthly.
Psychology & Mental Health
(Salem Health) The new encyclopedia covers not only the history of the field and the core aspects of behaviorism, cognitive psychology, and psychoanalytic but also diagnoses, disorders, treatments, tests, notable people, and issues, including many popular concept. Entries range from one to eight pages in length.
Reference USA current
Directory information for 11 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S. households. Search for businesses by SIC code, sales volume number of employees and more. Search for residence directory information by name, location or phone number.
Regional Business News 2002-
(EBSCOhost) This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily.
Religion & Philosophy Collection 1975- (coverage varies by title)
(EBSCOhost) This database provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. Updated daily.
Salem Health -
Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1867-1970 1867-1970's
A treasure trove of information, detailed maps at building level for more than 400 Ohio communities from 1867 to the 1970s. Negotiating the site may require some practice. Try the 1024 x 768 pixel size.Use a city and street name or city and building's name where possible to search in keyword or limit your search by date.
Science Online
The award-winning Science Online offers a comprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines in a variety of useful formats. An ideal science solution for schools, libraries and homework assignments. For more information, see this INFOhio video overview.
Searchasurus
(EBSCOhost) Research tool for elementary age students.
Signing Savvy | Your Sign Language Resource
Signing Savvy is an ideal resource to use while you learn sign language. It includes the ability to view large sign videos, build your own word lists and share them with others, create virtual flash cards and quizzes, print signs, build sign phrases, and more. LOGIN NOTE: Users will need to logon using your barcode.
Sociological Collection
(EBSCOhost) This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. Updated daily.
State Academies of Science Abstracts
A source of records on new species, range extensions, and threatened and endangered species. From agriculture to medicine, chemistry to zoology, the service indexes more than 50 years of journals for most states.
State of Ohio
State of Ohio government website.
Statesmans Year Book
This site contains the full text of the current edition of The Statesman's Yearbook, regularly updated by our editorial team to reflect recent world events, with extensive search and browse facilities.
Student Research Center
(EBSCOhost) -- EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
Teacher Resource Center
(EBSCOhost) -- An index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
Toledo Blade 1997-
Access to the Toledo Blade newspaper.
TOPICsearch
(EBSCOhost) This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 102,800 articles from more than 2,500 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full text periodicals.
Transparent Language Online with Byki | (formerly Byki)
Transparent Language Online allows library patrons to follow a simple, linear, learning progression, or jump right in and explore the many, exciting language and culture resources. With 80+ languages to choose from, there is something for every language learner.
Those familiar with Byki™ Online can rest assured; Transparent Language Online contains the entire collection of Byki material and much more. The NEW Essentials courses provide a fully guided learning experience that is sure to get every learner off on the right foot. When combined with the new video-based grammar mini-lessons, the rich social media resources, and advanced learning technology (including iPhone® and Android® mobile applications), the NEW Transparent Language Online delivers more than any other language-learning system.
United States House of Representatives
(EBSCOhost) -- An index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
United States Senate
(EBSCOhost) -- An index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
Universal Class
Over 500 online continuing education courses, free!
Available subjects include:
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Vocational and Career Collection
(EBSCOhost) Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.
What Do I Read Next
A source for recommendations to read based on what you have read previously. You can search for other titles by your favorite author, or for similar reads to one you have already read.
Wilson's Biography Reference Bank
(© H. W. Wilson) -- More than 72,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 20,000 photographs of the subjects. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.
Win Way Resume Deluxe [software]
Software is loaded on the Wayne County Public Library computers. Use Win Way to create your cover letter and resume. Save your files to multiple formats.
Worldbook (Several editions to choose from)
Age appropriate editions that include resources include encyclopedic content, e-books, multimedia, a vast collection of primary source documents, and a wealth of research tools that allow students to customize and save their work and more.
WorldCat 1000 A.D. to present
(© OCLC) -- The world's most comprehensive bibliography with 40 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes holdings information from the world's libraries.