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Biographies Plus Illustrated  
Premium Database of more than 72,000 biographies and obituaries 
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Biography Resource Center 
Premium Database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Searchable by person, birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.

CultureGrams
Premium Database about countries and cultures of the world and the states of the U.S. Includes Photo Gallery, Famous People, Recipe Collection, maps, flags, recordings of national anthems and more.

Discovering Collection 
Premium database combines thousands of biographies, topical overviews, and critical analyses in the subjects of History, Science and Literature in a single database that supports classroom learning.

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Premium database provides practice tests and tutorial courses to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. You must sign up to use Learn-A-Test in the Library. After that, you may take the tests from a computer anywhere.

Literature Resource Center  
(Premium database gives access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary dicipline. Covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers.  Combines Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and more.
 

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center  
Premium database provides full text access to the social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other sources to provide a one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles on over 100 controversial issues.

Student Research Center
Research important people, places and events with reference books, magazines, photos, flags and other resources. Geared to grades 6-12 from EBSCOHost.

World Book Online
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A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System

A web based guide to all aspects of the federal legal system. Section on the Supreme Court includes links to full-text opinions back to 1893, with some opinions on specific topics back to the 1700's.

Heartland Science - Ohio's Legacy of Innovation & Discovery - How Ohioans have changed the world through discovery and innovation in science, engineering, technology, medicine and health care.