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Newark, OH 43055 |
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Monday-Thursday:
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9:00a.m. - 5:30p.m.
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Phone:
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Antiques & Collectibles
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Expanded to over 18,000 listings, Maloney's massive directory is the primary reference tool trusted by experienced and novice collectors alike. In addition to providing valuable information on specific collectibles, Maloney's keeps collectors in touch with experts, buyers, clubs, and publications, listing 4,700 Web sites and 6,250 e-mail addresses
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Art
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With over 16 million items in its continually growing collections, the Archives is the world’s largest and most widely used resource dedicated to collecting and preserving the papers and primary records of the visual arts in America.
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Thousands of digital images of works of art from museums around the world.
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Atlases & Maps
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Coverage includes visual dictionary, world maps and flags.
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Large scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. from 1867 to 1970 showing building outlines, street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, house and block numbers.
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Resources available include historical and present-day state and country maps.
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Automotive and Small Engine Repair
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Repair information for lawnmowers, water craft, ATVs, motorcycles, tractors, snowmobiles and more. Available from home: log in with your 14-digit library card number and scroll down database list.
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Biography
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Contains author biographies, book reviews, literary criticisms.
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Books/Literature
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Everything you want to know about books and authors. find read-alikes, author biographies, plot summaries, specific settings, specific genres, book publishing, and purchasing, series information, book reviews, and more. From the State Library of Ohio.
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An online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Critical interpretations of Shakespeare's plays and poetry.
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In-depth critical discussions of her life and works - Plus complimentary, unlimited online access to the full content of this great literary reference. CLICK ON THE "CRITICAL INSIGHTS: AUTHORS" LINK AND SELECT "JANE AUSTEN."
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Designed for the general reader, this set presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Designed for the general reader, this set presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.
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Provides critical overviews on the most frequently studied nonfiction essays, books, biographies, and memoirs. Includes discussions of literary format, themes, and structure.
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Classics of American and English literature
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contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images.
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100 subject dictionaries and reference books in a single cross-searchable database with extensive coverage of the classics and literature
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Business
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AtoZdatabases is the Premier Job Search, Reference & Mailing List Database including 30 million business profiles & 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more!
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Offers investment research. Covers stocks, funds and college savings plans. Please note: This database is limited to one user at a time. If you are not able to login, please try again in a short while.
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A Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Actual business plans compiled by small business entrepreneurs.
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Find full-text business articles. Additional content includes market research reports, industry reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
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A searchable database of 14 million businesses and 89 million U.S. households.
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Incorporates over 60 business journals, newspapers, and newswires. Covers metropolitan and rural areas in the U.S. (Click on "All EbscoHost Databases" and then scroll down list.).
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Careers
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Provides information on training and education needed; earnings; expected job prospects; what workers do on the job; working conditions for hundreds of jobs. In addition, the Handbook gives you job search tips, links to information about the job market in each State, and more
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Access over 500 online continuing education classes on a wide range of subjects, including: business, office skills, career training, homeschooling, entrepreneurship, self-help, crafts and hobbies, and health and medicine.
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Personalized search assistance for all levels of job seekers.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Looks at numerous career opportunities, and describes the skills employers are looking for and the type of qualifications and training needed in order to succeed in a chosen career path.
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Gale Virtual Reference e-Book.Provides information for job seekers on various career areas. Each profile includes a job summary chart, a job description, and up-to-date salary information.
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Interactive online platform of practice tests and tutorials.
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Designed for vocational and technical research needs. The collection provides index, abstracts, and full text for 350 trade and industry related periodicals
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Consumer Information
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Find full-text articles from Consumer Reports Magazine (1991-present) and Consumer Reports Buying Guides (1999 to present). Enter your search terms in the Search box at the top of the MasterFILE Premier screen and enter Consumer Reports in the Publication box.
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Countries
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Social, economic, political, and national-security systems are examined.
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Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues and maps and flags for 267 world entities
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook.Explores the issues surrounding China by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
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Directories
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Online grant seeking research tool providing information on 80,000 grant making entities and their grants. Provided by the Foundation Center
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Directory of U.S. and Canadian businesses, healthcare providers, and U.S. residences.
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E-Book Reference
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Includes a variety of career and academic test preparation and skill-building titles, designed for lifelong learning.
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Over 30 encyclopedias and reference books on a variety of topics for adults and students. Topics include history, medicine, nursing, science.
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Education
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U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resource Information Center database. Citations and abstracts from educational and education-related journals.
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Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 550 education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. Full text information dates as far back as 1965.
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Access over 500 online continuing education classes on a wide range of subjects, including: business, office skills, career training, homeschooling, entrepreneurship, self-help, crafts and hobbies, and health and medicine.
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Encyclopedias
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Offers students and researchers comprehensive information on 12 of the Earth's major biomes and its many component ecosystems.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Details current geographical, social, and political data, historical narrative, and statistical information on the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Caribbean and Pacific dependencies of the U.S. Each entry consistently contains data on 50 rubrics. Maps, tables, flags and official state seals included.
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Evolving Encyclopedia compiling all known data about every living species.
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For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
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Contains multiple reference resources including access to the World Encyclopedia with more than 11,500 entries.
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Online access to all articles from the 22-volume print World Book Encyclopedia set, and much more.
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La Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
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Genealogy & Local History
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Information available at the Newark Library for local history buffs.
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With access to two billion names, Ancestry Library Edition is one of the most comprehensive online sources of genealogical information. The databases include digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Military records, Vital Records, plus much more.
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HeritageQuest Online is a digital resource that combines searchable images of U.S. federal genealogical census records with digitized books containing family and local histories from around the country.
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A genealogical resource from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) which contains over 300 million names in two indices.
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Index to Granville Times & local church records from the Granville Historical Society.
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From the Licking County Genealogical Society
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1913-1937 - Ohio Historical Society
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The Social Security Death Index (SSDI) is a searchable database of over 68 million records created from SSA payment records.
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Online scrapbook of Ohio History. Includes digital collection from the Newark Public Library.
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Grants and Nonprofits
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The Foundation Center’s free website for grantseekers. A user can search the knowledge base, listen to podcasts, view video, take tutorials, find sample documents, and interact with other grant seekers. Basic directory information on grantmakers is available.
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Information about grant makers and their giving interests.
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Database of more than 6,000 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grant seekers.
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An interactive mapping tool designed for grantmakers, policymakers and researchers interested in the impact of philanthropy around the world today. In/Sight combines the Foundation Center’s rich data on grantmakers and their grants with Google maps. Users can quickly create maps that reveal patterns of giving and funding relationships overlaying grant data with their choice of over 150 demographic, socio-economic, and other data sets to show where philanthropy has made an impact and where opportunities exist to fill critical needs.
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Health & Medicine
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Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness
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Provides access to 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, including strong coverage of nursing & allied health.
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Nearly 1,500 medication and natural product Patient Advisory Leaflets in easy-to-follow question-and-answer format. Includes 600 Spanish language leaflets on commonly used medications.
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MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles and extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Comprehensive survey of 120 cancers, cancer drugs, traditional and alternative treatments, side effects and diagnostic procedures.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook Comprehensive survey of 120 cancers, cancer drugs, traditional and alternative treatments, side effects and diagnostic procedures..
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Provides in-depth coverage of pediatric diseases and disorders, with issues related to physical and cognitive and behavioral development. Covers every major body system. There is a distinct emphasis on health issues affecting children under the age of four.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Covers topics such as dieting and popular diets, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and the effects of a person's dietary choices on one's health. Topics are organized around the development and history of a diet, its basic principles, any key figures that influence the trend, and any public or regulatory concerns associated with the practice. Provides information across all age groups from infants to the elderly.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook Provides detailed information on mental disorders and conditions. Also features entries for prescription, alternative and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook.on: Provides in-depth coverage of neurological diseases and disorders, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, Tourette Syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, vertigo, amnesia, and epilepsy, targeted to patients, their families and allied health students. Related topics include communication aids, electric personal assistive mobility devices, medications, and the needs of Alzheimer patient caregivers among others.
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Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience with an authoritative tone.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. This 5-vol. set provides more than 850 entries covering topics in nursing and allied health written for students and professionals in the field. Alphabetically arranged entries cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment.
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Developed at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, NetWellness offers the world´s largest database of medical experts to provide on-line consumer health information as well as identifying the best of what is available on the World Wide Web.
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History
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Covers over 1000 years of history with topics on daily life, art and architecture, philosophy, science, religion, statesmen, military leaders, emperors, and more.
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Comprehensive resource on a pre-modern pandemic-- the widespread outbreak of bubonic plague in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa from 1347 to 1352.
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This is the first comprehensive study of the venomous act of poisoning as it was conceived, executed, and prosecuted in the Middle Ages.
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ABC-CLIO eBook. A vivid introduction to the medieval world, providing a general understanding of everyday living with detailed portraits of specific settings.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Cross-disciplinary source for junior and high school students and teachers, public librarians and general researchers who need to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Cross-disciplinary source spanning the 20th century. Each volume in the set includes full or excerpted primary sources.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Designed for the general reader, this set presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Designed for the general reader, this set presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. The first comprehensive revision of this classic reference source, originally published in 1940, features updated and revised entries from previous editions, as well as more than 800 new entries covering recent events and topics not covered previously. This authoritative work serves students, scholars, and general readers interested in a wide range of topics in American history, from the well studied and familiar to the obscure.
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OHS online collection.
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Homework Resources
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Science Online contains scientific information for students in all areas of science. Use this resource to find science experiments, videos, diagrams, articles, and biographies of famous scientists.
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Specifically designed for high school students incudes full text for nearly 500 popular high school magazines, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, more than 360 reference books, and an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs.
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Middle Search Plus contains full text for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets
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Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary 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.
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Searchasaurus is designed for young children, who can search by topics such as animals, art, health, history, stories, sports, and science & math. A Fun Fact on the home page stimulates interest in varying subjects. Kids and the adults who help them can search journals, books and magazines as well as an image gallery that includes photos and maps.
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Research tool for elementary and middle school students.
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Student research tools for grades 6-12.
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A collection of reference eBooks on a wide variety of topics. Portions of the books can be downloaded onto eReader devices.
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Articles with colorful illustrations, diagrams, and maps.
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Languages
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Self-directed language instruction in over 30 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
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Law
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Law Library of Congress guide to Ohio legal resources.
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Thousands of Ohio-specific and national legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, landlord tenant and business related forms. (For Licking County Domestic Relations Court forms, please go to the court's website at www. lcounty.com/DC/default.aspx" and click on "Domestic Court Links" and "Pro Se Forms.")
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Magazines
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CMMC offers indexing and abstracts for more than 640 titles and full text for 326 journals in the field of communications and mass media.
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Provides full text for more than 1,950 general reference, business, consumer, health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals.
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A collection of thousands of scholarly, full-text journals covering nearly all academic areas of study.
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Resources for high school students including full-text articles from over 25 national and international newspapers, 500 popular magazines.
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Collection of full-text databases, including MasterFILE Premier, Business Source Premier, Newspaper Source and Professional Development Collection. Updated daily.
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Newspapers
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Search through the Johnstown (Oh.) Independent and Johnstown Weekly Independent, June 14, 1884 - December 2007. The material is the property of The Dispatch Printing Company; This material cannot be reprinted without written permission of The Dispatch Printing Company. We reserve the right to deny any request for any reason.
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Full-text articles and obituaries, Nov. 20, 2002 - present.
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Full electronic coverage of five major Ohio newspapers, including the Columbus Dispatch and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Searchable newspaper pages, including many Ohio newspapers, as far back as the 1700s, with coverage of Newark newspapers from 1882-1977. IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY
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The database provides full text to 35 national & international newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, and The (London) Times. As well, the database contains selected full text for more than 375 regional U.S. newspapers (including The Akron Beacon Journal, The Columbus Dispatch, and The Dayton Daily News) and television & radio news transcripts from CBS, FOX, and NPR
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Resources for high school students including full-text articles from over 25 national and international newspapers, 500 popular magazines.
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Ohio
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Links to information about Ohio arts, business, education, history, government, travel, attractions, jobs, science, sports, and much more
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Online encyclopedia of Ohio's natural history, prehistory, and history with maps & illustrations.
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Official State of Ohio website
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Science, Environment & Technology
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Offers students and researchers comprehensive information on 12 of the Earth's major biomes and its many component ecosystems. Includes entries on land and water biomes, and covers climate, vegetation, animal life, food web, plant and animal adaptations, endangered species, human effects on the biome, and more.
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Gale Virtual Reference eBook. Explores the issue of garbage and recycling by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic
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Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. A completely revised and updated version of the original work published in Germany in 1960, this edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.
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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.
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100 subject dictionaries and reference books in a single cross-searchable database with subject coverage of biological, earth & physical sciences and mathematics.
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Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
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Science Online contains scientific information for students in all areas of science. Use this resource to find science experiments, videos, diagrams, articles, and biographies of famous scientists.
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Get online help with your science project
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Society & Culture
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Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Explores the issues surrounding poverty by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
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Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Explores the issues surrounding birth control by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
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Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Explores the issue of health care by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic
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Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Examines the issue of immigration from a variety of international perspectives.
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Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Examines the issues surrounding immigration and provides an overview of the topic.
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Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Explores the issues surrounding welfare by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
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Gale Virtual Reference e-Book. Explores the issue of stem cell research by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
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Test Preparation/Exams
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Skill-building and test preparation materials for standardized tests. Interactive practice exams based on official exams. Scoring and analysis of practice test responses. Basic skills, college preparatory, civil service, GED, and some specific careers.
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