General Research Databases: Great Places to Start

Gale provides essential, curriculum-aligned content that empowers students to grow from tech-savvy users to digitally literate learners.  With topic finding tools, a variety of articles, and seamless integration with Noodle Tools, Gale has it all.  

Journals, many peer-reviewed, covering the academic disciplines offered in colleges and universities.

Streaming educational videos supporting all curriculum areas. Segmented and downloadable, most include teacher guides.

Article-level access for thousands of e-journals available through EBSCO Subscription Services.   

More than 3,000 Open Access or public domain eBooks. Sources include Project Gutenberg, Generic NL Freebook Publisher, and Air University Press. 

EBSCO interface with access to nearly all of INFOhio's subscription databases from EBSCO. 

Full-text articles from thousands of magazines, journals, and newspapers, along with images, videos, and primary sources. 

Access a high school collection of more than 12,000 unlimited use eBooks across all academic subject areas including a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials.  

Articles from academic encyclopedias covering a wide range of subjects.

Full text academic introductions to and historical overviews of topics in the arts & humanities, dictionaries & reference, law, medicine & health, science & mathematics, and social sciences. 

Online encyclopedia includes eBooks, videos, activities, primary sources, read-aloud, and translation features.

Support reading initiatives and instruction in a variety of content areas with 1,500 eBook titles, including World Book exclusive content. Includes fiction and nonfiction. 

Full text of popular magazines for high school students, biographical articles, primary source documents, eBooks (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book, and World Almanac & Book of Facts), and an image collection. 

Cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 U.S. & international newspapers, full text transcripts for television and radio news, and selective full text for 389 regional U.S. newspapers. 

Multiple perspectives on current issues presented in overview essays and journal articles. Lexile reading levels included. 

Current events database for social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and more. Full text sources include international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. 

Pro Con.org is a non-biased information source. Here you will find sourced pros and cons of debatable issues, as well as a host of reference information relevant to those issues, thoroughly researched and compiled by a vetted research staff and editors. 

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. They do not take policy positions. 

Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that the work of Our World in Data focuses on. The goal of their work is to make the knowledge on the big problems accessible and understandable. 

Full text for nearly 300 publications covering the latest information and current trends in high technology including computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. 

Collection of scholarly, government, and general interest titles cover global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. 

Full text magazines, reference books, recipes, hobby profiles, and videos with “how-to” instructions and creative ideas covering a variety of hobbies including arts and crafts, collecting, gardening, indoor and outdoor recreation, kids' crafts, needlecrafts, papercrafts, model building, performing arts, and science and technology. 

Science, technology, engineering, and math resources including articles, diagrams, learning modules, interactive virtual experiments, timelines, and biographies. Offers read aloud functions. 

Full text of science and math encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals, searchable by topic and standard. 

ScienceFlix offers more than 80 complete units of study on the topics of science, technology, engineering, and math. This gives students a better understanding of science concepts through hands-on projects, videos, multiple text types, and interactive features. 

This collection of more than 70 full-text eBooks is for middle and high school students. Topics include 21st-century careers, responsible technology use, and Social-Emotional Learning.  

Streaming educational videos supporting careers, science, and technology.

Articles from journals and encyclopedias covering the latest information and current trends in behavioral, environmental, and computer sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

Connects real-world discoveries with the science classroom. Features more than 6,000 high-interest science news articles and includes research topics, conversations with scientists, videos, and discussion questions. Also includes curriculum tools for educators. 

CultureGrams provides country and state reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Browse through the four editions including Kids, World, States, and Provinces. 

More than 30,000 full-text biographies and 35,000 images from H.W. Wilson Company's printed magazine. Users can search thousands of biographies by occupation, activity, birthday, place of origin, and more.  

Journals on psychology and behavioral sciences with emphasis on child and adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling. 

Journals covering world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy. 

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

Journals covering information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture, and social structure. 

Timelines covering many subjects. Includes features for students and teachers to create and share their own timelines. 

Use the Library of Congress to explore primary resources, images, historical documents, and more!

Explore our nation's history through documents, photos, and records. 

Information on thousands of authors and their works. Includes analyses of all types of literature from all time periods. eBooks included. 

Cross-searchable database of full-text literature and criticism covering works of poetry, prose, and drama in English. 

This collection includes more than 1,100 classic literature titles as well as more than 100 Bloom's Guides. 

The Poetry Foundation recognizes the power of words to transform lives. They work to amplify poetry and celebrate poets by fostering spaces for all to create, experience, and share poetry. 

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JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Your free account will allow read-online access to 100 articles per month.

Articles on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. 

Journals, magazines, eBooks, company profiles, and business-related newspapers covering a variety of business disciplines. 

Journals, magazines, eBooks, company profiles, and country, market, and industry reports covering a variety of business disciplines. 

Articles from trade and professional publications to support a variety of vocational and technical research needs. 

Digitized collection of manuals on automotive service and repair that includes step-by-step service and repair procedures, maintenance and specification tables, troubleshooting guides, images and videos, and ASE test prep. 

This collection of more than 50 full-text eBooks for middle and high school students is on the topic of financial literacy. 

Journals focusing on nursing and allied health. Also includes the full text of AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which provides Drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers. 

Full text magazines and trade publications, reference books, images, and videos with “how-to” information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects including maintenance, remodeling, electrical work, decorating, gardening, plumbing, and more. 

Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more. 

Regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. 

Full text for many small business periodicals, reference books, videos, industry information, state-specific demographic data, and details on how to create business plans. 

Upper-level Spanish-language database that includes more than 140,000 articles and 9,000 images, videos, animations, sounds, and interactive media. Designed for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and ESL/ELL program participants. 

Spanish-language encyclopedia for Spanish speakers and Spanish language learners. Includes videos, compare and contrast features, and a visual dictionary. Built in integration with World Book Kids. 

Cultural reports for more than 200 countries. Each include 25 categories such as Land and Climate, History, Greetings, Family, Diet, Housing, Holidays, Economy, Education, Health, and more. 

French-language encyclopedia for French speakers and French language learners. Includes maps, images, and activities. Integrates with World Book Kids. 

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