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Comprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries covering a variety of disciplines.
Information about Germanic immigration to North America.
A regional German-American genealogical organization.
Provides eligible customers with low-cost computers and affordable internet access.
Multiple perspectives on current issues presented in overview essays and journal articles.
Points of View Reference Source is a full-text database that provides a series of comprehensive essays with point and counterpoint arguments related to current issues in the news.
Access more than 7,000 newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times.
Choose from a huge selection of newspapers and magazines on business, technology, news, science, design, sport, travel, and more.
Biomedical literature citations from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books.
Search Franklin County Municipal Court Records by name, case number, or ticket number.
Directory information for 11 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S. households.
Reference Solutions helps users search for jobs, research U.S. businesses, create marketing and small business plans, locate specific people and more.
Get the tools you need to learn your home’s history.
A searchable interface for locating historical maps of Ohio towns and cities.
Includes over 40,000 detailed maps of Ohio cities drawn between 1882 and 1962. Each map includes detailed information regarding towns and buildings.
Unlimited online access to classroom-tested printables and teaching materials.
Scholastic Teachables provides access to more than 30,000 resources for Pre-K - Grade 6. It includes activity sheets, lesson plans, and more, covering all subjects and themes.
Provides full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books and high-quality videos.
Science Reference Source allows users to conduct keyword searches or browse topics by branch of science. In addition to full-text periodicals, books, biographies, and essays, it includes science experiments, videos, and high-quality images.
Provides resources and loan information to help you launch and grow your small business.
Offers full text small business periodicals, eBooks, and industry and market research reports.
Small Business Source offers exclusive 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.
Links to social service assistance to the community in partnership with other organizations.
Special census records, military rosters, and other documents related to the state of Ohio.
Provides industry and demographic information for businesses specific to the Columbus area.
Find articles, 2002 to present, from suburban Columbus newspapers.
Directory of American manufacturing companies and their products.
Bring school projects to life with videos, first-person accounts, digital books, games, and more.
TrueFlix uses the award-winning True Books content to help students build literacy skills as they learn about a variety of subjects. Science and Social Science content comes alive through dynamic videos, interactive eBooks, engaging meaningful activities and project ideas that enhance the learning and teaching experience.
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