Research Databases
- Research Databases: A-D
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- Research Databases: I-L
- Research Databases: M-P
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- Research Databases: U-Z
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Research Databases: A-D
ABI INFORM
(©OCLC) Covers nearly every aspect of business, including company histories and new product development. Citations include abstracts and indexes of significant articles from nearly 1,000 current business and management periodicals. Provides access to the ASCII full text of articles from 570 journals.
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.
Advocate, The 2002-
(NewsBank) The Advocate newspaper from Newark, Ohio.
African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920
Sources include manuscript collections, newspaper articles, serials, photographs, and pamphlets. (Ohio Historical Society)
African-American History Online
(Facts on File) Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history. Includes primary sources such as documents, photographs, video clips and maps. AgeLine selected coverage 1966-1977, 1978-present
From AARP, indexes books, journals, and research reports about older adults and aging. Includes detailed summaries of more than 90,000 publication about again and the 50+ population.
Agricola 1970-
(Compiled by the National Agricultural Library) -- The database covers materials dating from the 16th century to the present. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition. Akron Beacon Journal 1985-
(NewsBank) Akron Beacon Journal newspaper.
AllData Online

Online resource for automotive diagnostic and car repair information. It supplies detailed manufacturer information for both basic and complex automobile systems and components. It contains information such as diagrams and exploded views, parts and labor, service and maintenance, system and component diagnostic trouble codes, Technical Service Bulletins, tools and equipment,
and vehicle specifications.
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.
Alternative Press Index 1991-
(©OCLC) Highly recommended comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary. Provides in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences. Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. Updated quarterly.
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 .
America's Newspapers

Ohio Newpapers - Including: The Advocate, Akron Bean Journal, The Blade, The Chillcothe Gazette, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Cincinnati Post, Coshocton Tribune, Dayton Daily News, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, The Lima News, The Marion Star, The News Herald, News Journal, The News-Messenger, The Plain Dealer, Telegraph-Forum and Times Recorder.
National Newspapers - Including: The Buffalo News, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition, The Courier-Journal, The Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, The Herald-Dispatch, The Indianpolis Star, The Kentucky Post, Lexington Herald-Leader, Los Angeles Times: LATNWP News Service, The Miami Herald, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post.
America's Obituraries & Death Notices some 1980's, most 1990-

(NewsBank) A collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices, mostly 1990s to date, but a few newspapers date to the 1980s. Easily searchable by name of the deceased and date range. Full text is also searchable for information such as residence, occupation, hobbies, schools attended and family members.
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 History Online
(Facts on File) Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience. Includes primary sources such as documents, photographs, video clips and maps.
American Indian History Online
(Facts on File) Offers thorough access to more than 15,000 years of Native American culture, history, and heritage. Includes primary sources such as documents, photographs, video clips and maps.
American Memory
Created by the Library of Congress, a multimedia collection of primary source materials on the history and culture of the U.S.
American Women's History Online

Covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to the study of women's history in the United States. Includes primary sources such as documents, photographs, video clips and maps.
Ancestry Library Edition


Ancestry Plus has been replaced by the publisher with Ancestry Library Edition (Proquest). The Passenger & Immigration Lists (P.I.L.I.) are no longer included in this database. New content includes: the Immigration Collection, which features New York and San Francisco passenger lists and the New York Petitions for Naturalization Index. Ancestry Library Edition features more than 1.2 billion records of interest to genealogy researchers, including digitized images of the U.S. Census from 1790 forward and the Social Security Death Index.
Ancient and Medieval History Online

(Facts on File) Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
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.
ArticleFirst 1990-
(©OCLC) Contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Each record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item. Updated daily.
Arts & Humanities Search 1980-

(©OCLC) The online equivalent of ISI's Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Provides complete access to articles from more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals and to relevant articles in over 5,000 social science and science journals. Updated weekly.
Auto Repair Reference Center
Database to be cancelled 10-30-08

Auto Repair Reference Center includes more than 31,660 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs; approximately 75,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; over 130,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules; Labor Time Guide & Estimator; AutoIQ; Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance; unlimited remote access and much more. New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously. All of the content in Auto Repair Reference Center has been created by ASE certified technicians.
Baby Talk 1999-

(NewsBank)
BasicBIOSIS 4 years, plus current year

Index and abstracts for over 350 core life-science journals in every life science discipline including biology, botany, medicine, and nutrition. Updated monthly.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Index to biographies on over 4 million people from the beginning of time through the present.
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.
Biography Resource Center
(© 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.
Biology Digest 1989-

Detailed, nontechnical abstracts for students and interested nonscientists in the subjects of botany, health, life science, environmental science, and zoology. Covers articles written from 1989 to the present. Updated 9 times per year.
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 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.
Buffalo News, The 1989-
(NewsBank) Access to The Buffalo New newspaper.
Business 2.0 2002-

(NewsBank)
Business and Industry Index 1994-

An index to important facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries. Indexes over 1,300 sources. Updated daily.
Business and Management Practices 1995-

Indexes management issues and business practices articles from almost 800 journals. Topics include business plans, quality control, and technology. Focuses on practical aspects and approaches to business. Updated weekly.
Business Dateline 1985-

(© UMI) -- Provides access to fulltext articles from more than 530 newspapers, city business magazines, wire services in the United States and Canada. An essential business information tool for monitoring the latest trends in industry, health, environmental issues, education, and much more. Updated weekly.
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 Organizations, Agencies & Publications Directory
current year

Abstracts describing business organizations' products and services including information such as founding date, membership size, and publications. Covers over 40,000 business organizations and trade associations. Updated annually.
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.
Chicago Tribune 1985-

(NewsBank) Chicago Tribune Newspaper.
Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition 2002-
(NewsBank) Access to Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition newspaper.
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.
Chillicothe Gazette, The 2003-
(NewsBank) Access to The Chillicothe Gazette newspaper from Chillicothe, Ohio.
Cincinnati Enquirer, The 1999-
(NewsBank) The Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper.
Cincinnati Post, The 1990-2007
(NewsBank) The Cincinnati Post newspaper.
Clase and Periodica Clase: 1975- ; Periodica: 1978-

(©OCLC) Contain information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues. Updated quarterly.
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.
Consumer Health Complete
(EBSCOhost) Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
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.
Coshocton Tribune 2002-

(NewsBank) Access to Coshocton Tribune newspaper of Coshocton, Ohio.
Courier-Journal, The 1999-
(NewsBank) Access to The Courier-Journal newspaper of Louisville, Kentucky.
Dayton Daily News 1990-
(NewsBank) Access to the Dayton Daily News of Dayton, Ohio.
Detroit Free Press 1982-
(NewsBank) Detroit Free Press newspaper.
Detriot News, The 1999-

(NewsBank) The Detriot News newspaper.
Disclosure Corporate Snapshots 1986-
(© Disclosure Inc.) -- Contains information about more than 12,000 corporations whose shares are traded in the U.S. Includes address, phone, SIC codes, ticker symbols and brief descriptions. Coverage is from 1986 - present. Updated weekly.
Discovering Collection

Database to be cancelled 2-26-09

(© 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.
Dissertation Abstracts Online 1861-

Represents original academic research from over 1,000 universities throughout the world. It is the most comprehensive information resource covering doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Updated monthly.


