Research Databases

An award-winning online curriculum for young children from Age of Learning, Inc. Free at our library.

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.

Explore family history using sources specific to African American genealogy. 

A full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Search for the text of poetry, drama and prose from American and English authors.

Ancestry Library Edition allows users to search billions of genealogy records and offers charts to record family information. 

Find biographical information written about thousands of influential people. 

Read the most current information in business research. 

Repair your own car with resources on many makes and models. 

The Cleveland Necrology File was produced from a microfilmed copy of an alphabetical card file containing local cemetery records and newspaper death notices gathered by the staff of the Cleveland Public Library.

A full-text database covering computing, technology and engineering disciplines.

Find practical health information.

Product information written for consumers, including reviews, product descriptions and new articles. 

Search for peer-reviewed and professionally cited articles on thousands of topics. This database is a great place to begin your research. 

ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

Teachers may search for articles to support their lesson plans. 

Learn about new things with articles written for those patrons in elementary school - grades kindergarten through fifth grade. 

A searchable database providing thousands of entries on a general range of topics. 

Students in grades six through twelve may search articles written specifically for their age group. 

Find military records and veteran information in this database by Ancestry.com.

Find articles, news, videos and photos on many topics, written for elementary kids. 

Thousands of legal forms available with more forms being added daily. Official, State Specific, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate and General forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.

Search for articles about health, written for the consumer. 

Search for articles about health, written for professionals and medical students. 

Discover your family history.

Find information on arts and crafts or learn a new hobby. 

Home Improvement Reference Center features full-text content from leading home improvement magazines, images not found anywhere else online and videos of popular home repair projects.

Choose from more that 12,000 expert-led courses designed for any skill level. 

Analysis and reviews of literature in expertly written articles. 

Mango prepares learners for realistic conversations and communication in over70 world languages.

Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Ultra – School Edition is a full-text database of popular magazines, reference books and primary sources covering many subjects, including history, science and health. It also includes and over a million photos, maps and flags. 

Designed specifically for public libraries, this database provides full-text magazines, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.

MEDLINE is the leading full-text database of biomedical and health journals. It is the largest companion to the MEDLINE index, providing full text for thousands of top medical journals with cover-to-cover indexing. It is an essential research tool for doctors, nurses, health professionals and researchers.

Designed for middle school libraries, Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such as history, current events, science and sports, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.

Independent research, ratings, and tools written to help people across the investing ecosystem write their own financial futures.

Find cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks. 

Find new books to read, author or book read-a-like lists or reviews and analysis of novels.

Long-form overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars. Each of the encyclopedias cover both foundational and cutting-edge topics.

Find articles supporting differing viewpoints on current topics.

A highly specialized database of full-text electronic information especially for educators, professional librarians and education researchers. 

An essential full-text database for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students. It provides hundreds of full-text psychology journals, including many indexed in APA PsycInfo. It offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and counseling.

Full-text database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.

A searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company including over 40,000 detailed maps of Ohio cities drawn between 1882 and 1962.

Full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books and a vast collection of images. 

Full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.

Discover a new topic or subject with these intelligent and serious introductions written by authors who are experts in their field.

Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this database provides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals for high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public.

Identify a tree by leaf or fruit.

Identify snakes or read more about snakes located in Ohio.

Learn more about flints, arrowheads and native residents of Ohio.

A comprehensive suite of e-learning resources designed for all ages and abilities with articles, videos, educator tools, eBooks, research guides and more.

The Early World of Learning is the premier online learning resources for preschoolers and children in early grades.

Online encyclopedia includes eBooks, videos, activities, read-aloud, and translation features. Lexile reading levels included. 

Spanish language encyclopedia containing 2,200 articles and more than 600 illustrations.