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Research Resources
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Explora for Grades 6-8 (EBSCO) Learn about your favorite subject. Look up words. Read magazines, newspapers, biographies, primary sources, country information. Find pictures.
A variety of Worldbook products including versions for preschool, grade school and high school and college students. There are Spanish and French language versions as well as links to Atlases and Dictionaries.
Other Internet Resources
Akron City Directories 1859-1969, lists area residents and businesses. Resident listings may include occupation and/or place of employment
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (Stan Hywet) connects people to places. TCLF educates and engages the public to make our shared landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its stewards.
Digital Public Library of AmericaThis is a great resource for primary sources. There are plenty of digital exhibitions, historical images, items, and records to explore!
Dig into a detailed history of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
Historic documents - from military records to family history.
Search and browse images of historic newspapers from the United States & other countries. You can search for specific people or historic events, or search for articles by location. The largest historical newspaper database online, newspaper pages from 1759 to present. This link takes you to the Akron newspapers.
Dig into Ohio's past with hands-on experiences and digital resources.
Ohio Memory contains over 700,000 digital images from a variety of primary source image types, including: Photographs, maps, drawings, paintings; manuscripts, letters, diaries, journals; Archaeological, natural history and historical objects; newspapers, books and e-publications; videos and more! You can explore digital content from over 360 cultural heritage institutions representing all 88 of Ohio’s counties!
Summit Memory A digital collections website by the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Contains images (photographs, postcards, documents) from historic collections in Summit County Ohio. View local artwork, search Ohio Civil War rosters for a lost ancestor, or examine historic photographs.
WHAT CAN YOU FIND IN YOUR BACK YARD?
There are thousands of plant and animal species that are native to Summit County. Click through our Animals and Plants in the Parks Discover Nature pages to learn about a few of them.
Archival Services of University Libraries collects, preserves, and provides access to important local historical resources
Summit County and the Great War is a collaborative partnership between the Akron-Summit County Public Library, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Summit County Historical Society and the University of Akron Archival Services, formed to commemorate Summit County's contribution to the U.S. war effort during World War One (1917-1918).
eBooks:
Search for Summit County at archive.org
Online Digital Books on local history through the Akron Library (no library card needed.)
Project Gutenberg offers over 58,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. No fee or registration! Everything from Project Gutenberg is gratis, libre, and completely without cost to readers.
Try your local library card to log in to HeritageQuest
HeritageQuest HeritageQuest features U. S. Census Records, 1790-1940, a digitized collection of more than 25,000 family and local history books, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Freedman's Bank Records (1865-1874), the U.S. Serial Set, and more.
Akron Library Resources
Akron-Summit County Public Library (library card needed)
Akron Beacon Journal You can search for obituaries & articles from the Akron Beacon Journal, from 1984 to the present.
Biography in Context This database provides biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Fold3 This website focuses on records related to the military, wars, and soldiers.
Historic Map Works The core of the collection consists of over 1,564,517 cadastral, land ownership maps detailing the geographic and development history of the United States over several hundred years. It can be used to find historic maps from all over the world.
My Heritage WorldVitalRecords.com was founded in 2006 to provide simple access to more than 4.2 billion names in family history record collections worldwide, including the US Census from 1790-1940.
Special Collections Local and genealogical resources Online catalogs, finding aids, indexes and databases can help you locate books, newspapers, microfilm and archival sources in our collection. Many of these are stored in our workroom. Once you find an item of interest, please ask at the reference desk to view it in the research area. Special Collections holds the document and photograph collections of the Summit County Historical Society, www.summithistory.org.
Vertical files located in the research area are organized by name or subject and contain clippings from newspapers and other publications.
We carry many Summit County high school and University of Akron yearbooks.
Local History Resources Special Collections Division
Akron-Summit County Public Library
60 S. High Street, Akron, Ohio 44326
330-643-9030
speccollections@akronlibrary.org
Updated April 2023 by librarian Heather Swift
Special thanks goes to Mary Plazo, Special Collections Division Manager, at the Akron-Summit County Public Library providing the resources.