Research Databases & Links

Use our free databases or pre-selected Web site links to help with your research.

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Newsbank Presents cover-to-cover full text for 28 national and international newspapers. The database also contains selected full text for more than 260 regional newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from ABC, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.		Census Bureau The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy. CongressLink CongressLink provides information about the U.S. Congress -- how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces. It is directed to teachers of American Government and civics. It is multi-featured, offering original content and up-to-the-minute information about Congress. Law Dictionary The Web's leading legal news and information network. Use the Law.com Dictionary to find the terms you need to understand the law. Legal Information Institute The Legal Information Institute (LII) is a research and electronic publishing activity of the Cornell Law School. Popular collections include: the U.S. Code, Supreme Court opinions, and "Law About." Library of Congress - State Information Find links for all 50 states. Covering libraries, governments, statutes, and even zip codes, there is a multitude of statistical state information at your fingertips. Ohio Legal Services Provides legal assistance to low income Ohioans. In addition, links to Legal Aid are provided, as well as basic legal information for Ohio citizens. Volunteer pro bono opportunities are also listed. Ohio State Government Anything you wanted to know about Ohio government is here. State government, cities, townships, state facts and history, voting guidelines, and links for kids. Find any answer you need about Ohio here. Ohio.gov Find all your Ohio government answers here. Download forms, find a legislator, or get various licenses. For more recommended Web sites, categorized by subject and age group, visit our Web Links section.
Ohio Laws and Rules All statutes of a permanent and general nature of the state as revised and consolidated into general provisions, titles, chapters, and sections including all bills passed and filed.
TOPICsearch from EBSCOhost This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. Students can use either the dropdown menus for Current Events or Topics to easily locate relevant articles. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 105,000 articles from 1,622 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers. This database provides full text for more than 1,550 publications. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 1,650 journals.

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