Biography.com

Features biographies of about 25,000 people.

Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites

Cyndi’s List offers hundreds of thousands of links related to genealogy, organized and cross-referenced in over 100 categories.

Encyclopedia.com biographies

Encyclopedia.com has more than 100 trusted sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations.

Find Ohio death records 

Step by step instructions on finding death records, courtesy of FamilySearch.

About: Books

Information on books and authors.

Internet Public Library

IPL is a web-based repository of over 10,000 reference articles to guide you in your research. Their articles span diverse topics like literature, history, science, geography, entertainment, and technology.

Oxford Research Encyclopedias

Reference content in humanities, social sciences, and science.

Ohio.gov: Government Information & Services

Learn about the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government, and find information about local governments. Explore data and other information about our state.

Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central is an evolving, dynamic online encyclopedia that includes information about Ohio’s natural history, prehistory, and history. Ohio History Central is perfect for anyone wanting to learn more about Ohio! Ohio History Central was researched and written by staff at the Ohio History Connection.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Over 40,000 detailed maps of U.S. cities drawn between 1882 and 1962.

The World FactBook

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Justia

Find cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, and U.S. District Courts. Offers keyword search.

Google Scholar

Select "case law." You can search by all courts or federal courts, or you can choose a state court. 

Ohio Revised Code

Codified laws of Ohio passed by the General Assembly, searchable by section number or keyword.

ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov is a place to learn about clinical studies from around the world.

MedlinePlus

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine.

PubMed.gov

PubMed® comprises more than 38 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

National Humane Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Education Resources

Learn about genomes with quick fact sheets, professional resources, and glossary of genetic terms.

PubChem

PubChem is the world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more.

The Ohio Web Library may be accessed by all Ohio residents as well as by anyone using a computer or mobile device in Ohio, free of charge.

• Click here for the OWL's homepage. You will be able to search many of the resources at one time. 
• When you attempt to access a resource, OWL will prompt you with a pop-up "OPLIN wants to know your location." for your location, and if you are using internet in Ohio, it will auto-log you in. If not, you will need to provide a Ohio Public Library Card number in the login page.
• To find databases that are specific to a particular subject, browse the topics in the section below - "Find a Database or Website." 

For questions about OWL: Ohio Web Library About Page

All EBSCOhost databases

Academic Search Premier

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

Biography Reference Bank

With links to every article focused on any individual in nearly every WilsonWeb database, Biography Reference Bank offers a breadth and depth of information you’ll find in no other biography database. It covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images!

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.

Consumer Health Complete

Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. 

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition

This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. 

Literary Reference Center

Full text of literary journals and respected literary reference works.

MasterFILE Premier

Multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.

MedlinePlus

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine.

Newspaper Source

Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

Points of View Reference Center

Points of View is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.

Religion and Philosophy Collection

Religion & Philosophy Collection™ provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, and religious history. The collection provides access to more than 300 full text journals. 

Science Reference Center

Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc.

Sociological Collection

This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.

American & English full text literature collections

Electronic books of American and English literature: poetry, drama, fiction, and the Bible. 

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Over 40,000 detailed maps of Ohio cities drawn between 1882 and 1962.