OPLIN Research Database List

Academic Search Premier

For scholarly research and information needs, explore this collection of academic and professional journals from EBSCOhost.

Access Science

The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology on the Web. Full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates — in all areas of science and technology — updated daily.

African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920

This digital collection illuminates specific moments in the history of Ohio's African-Americans and provides an overview of their experiences during the time period 1850 to 1920 in the words of the people that lived them.

Annals of American History Online

2,100 entries from 1493 to the present, including original source documents such as speeches, essays, biographies, editorials written by contributors like Madeleine Albright, Henry Ford, John Hancock, Malcolm X, and Edgar Allen Poe. From Encyclopędia Britannica.

ART Collection

The ART Collection provides high-quality, digital images of works of art from museums around the world. Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works.

Biographies Plus Illustrated

. W. Wilson's collection of 95,000+ biographies from over 50 reference titles, thousands of biographical magazine articles, and over 20,000 printable images. Search by name, profession, ethnic background, place of birth, and more.

Literary criticism articles are also accessible from the author's biography. Users must click the box next to the database name before searching.

Business Source Premier

If you're looking for information on business or career-related topics, check out this collection of databases from EBSCOhost.

Enciclopedia Universal en Espańol

The most comprehensive encyclopedia in the Spanish language, from Encyclopedia Britannica, with over 47,000 articles; 8300 photos, tables, maps, flags, and images; a dictionary with 65,000 entries; a world atlas detailing countries, maps, statistics, major world cities, and distribution of languages and religions; timelines that show the events of the past in rich graphical form.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Includes all of the text of the print set, plus thousands of additional articles, digital images, Internet links tied directly to the articles, statistics for over 190 nations, Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus (including pronunciation guides and word histories), and special multi-media databases. Allows natural language or Boolean search methods, as well as alphabetic topic browsing.

Health and Medical Databases from EBSCOhost - Home Access Availab

If you're looking for health or medical-related information or articles, check out this collection of databases from EBSCOhost. 

Literature Databases - Home Access Available!

Full-text, searchable works available online to supplement your library's print collections. Poetry, drama and fiction are included.

Current resources include:

Middle Search (Grades 4-10) from EBSCOhost - Home Access Availabl

Late elementary and middle school students should look here for their research needs.

netLibrary - Home Access Available!

Access any of the 2800 eBook titles in the OPLIN collection at netLibrary. eBooks are full-text electronic versions of published books that library patrons can search, borrow, read, and return over the Internet.

netLibrary is the leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content management services for the institutional library market. netLibrary develops, archives, hosts, and maintains eBook collections for academic, corporate, public, and school libraries.

NetWellness 2000 - Home Access Available!

A non-profit consumer health Web site that provides high-quality information created and evaluated by medical and health professional faculty at the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University, and The Ohio State University. Includes health news, extensive health reference works, health topics, and Ask an Expert. This area features nearly 200 health professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, dentists, genetics counselors, optometrists, athletic trainers, and social workers who answer all legitimate questions, usually within 2 to 3 days. Updated daily.

NewsBank - Home Access Available!

Ohio Papers

Non-Ohio Papers

 

NoveList - Home Access Available!

Anyone looking for a new fiction title to read should try NoveList. NoveList allows readers of all ages to use a favorite author or title to discover new books to read. You can also search NoveList's 96,000 title database by subject or genre. With NoveList's Explore Fiction feature, you can browse through 350 different categories of science fiction, romance, mysteries, fantasy, horror, westerns, and adventure.

Ohio Capitol Connection

Search and retrieve the full text of all House and Senate bills introduced or passed in the Ohio General Assembly from 1987 to the present. A table of contents provides a site overview. Other features include GovLinks, a descriptive list of government-oriented Web links; How Do I?, a list of frequently asked questions and answers; the Library, a documents database, and an extensive search capability.

Ohio Historical Society Searchable Databases - Home Access Availa

This collection of searchable databases (many of which were created under the Ohio Vital Information for Libraries Center, a grant-funded project of OHS supported by the State Library of Ohio and OPLIN) includes:

Online Documents: Full text documents mounted on the web for your use.

  1. African American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920
  2. Civil War
  3. Fundamental Documents
  4. Military Rosters

Online Research Tools: Applications created to help you find actual documents held at the Ohio Historical Society Archives Library.

  1. Death Certificate Index
  2. Newspaper index
  3. Ohio History Central (encyclopedia of Ohio History)
  4. Online Collection Catalog
  5. White Castle System, Inc. finding aid

Online Services: These databases are offered as general services to online patrons.

  1. National Register of Historic Places
  2. Primary Resources for Teachers

On-location Services: The following is a list of departments that provide services from one or more of our locations throughout the state of Ohio.

  1. Archives/Library
  2. Education Services
  3. Historic Preservation
  4. Local History
  5. State Archives

Oxford Reference Online

Oxford Reference Online: The Core Collection is a huge and comprehensive resource that contains over 100 dictionaries and reference titles covering the complete subject spectrum: from General Reference and Language to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional.

Primary Search (Grades K-6) from EBSCOhost - Home Access Availabl

Elementary school students should click here to go to Searchasaurus, a research tool from EBSCOhost. 

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - Home Access Available!

The Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps provides a searchable interface for locating historical Maps of Ohio towns and cities. These maps were digitized from microfilm copies by Chadwyck-Healey, a Bell & Howell Information and Learning company. The searchable database is a joint project of OPLIN and OhioLINK.

From 1876 to 1970, the Sanborn Insurance Company created more than 40,035 maps of Ohio towns and cities. Originally used for fire insurance records, these detailed maps identify individual buildings on each block. Detailed information on the maps includes a given building’s occupant status (e.g., hotel or state capitol), the building’s height, and building’s street address among other things. To date, Ohio’s historians, urban geographers and archaeologists, and researchers in architecture and ethnic studies have used the printed maps, which are available in printed form in some Ohio libraries.

Searchasaurus - Home Access Available!

Searchasaurus is a search tool designed for children, featuring the following areas: EBSCO's Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, Encyclopedia of Animals, General Encyclopedia, Dictionary, and Pictures. Young researchers can find great information on topics like animals, history, health, science, and what's in the news.

Secondary Search (Grades 7-12) from EBSCOhost - Home Access Avail

Middle and high school students should look here to find a wealth of research tools.