Academic Search Premier
Student research tool for grades 6 through 12 from EBSCOhost.
Category: Reference and Research
Explore Ohio
ExploreOhio is the place to go to learn just about anything about the Buckeye State. State symbols? How to get a drivers license? Population information? Fun places to visit? ExploreOhio has all of that and more!
Ohio History Central
An evolving, dynamic online encyclopedia from the Ohio Historical Society.
Oxford Reference Online
Wide variety of reference books online – including English and bilingual dictionaries, maps and atlases, timelines, an encyclopedia, and subject references – from Oxford University Press.
Oxford Research Encyclopedias
With today’s overabundance of information, and misinformation, students and researchers alike can be overwhelmed in identifying what’s trustworthy, what’s up-to-date, and what’s accurate. Oxford University Press has invested in the Oxford Research Encyclopedias to meet this challenge. Working with international communities of scholars across all fields of study, we are developing new comprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics.
Signing Savvy
Signing Savvy contains high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs and common other signs used in conversational signing within the United States and Canada. Our constantly expanding dictionary has videos of signs for more than 7000 words and phrases! Any word not contained in the dictionary can be fingerspelled. To access this database from anywhere: Visit the PPL Signing Savvy page Click on New User?, Sign-Up! or the “MEMBERSHIP” button. Enter the barcode on your library card and click ‘Continue’ Complete the form on the “Setup Library Account” page to create your account and click “Continue” Once your… Read More »
Very Short Introductions
An excellent way to get a quick authoritative and accessible overview of a subject.
Vocation and Career Collection
The collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry related periodicals including American Machinist, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Reeves Journal, Hotel and Motel Management, Restaurant Business, Advertising Age, and many more. To access this database from anywhere: Visit http://www.oplin.org/ebsco Select ‘All EBSCOhost Databases’ You can then choose your database and start searching
World Book Early World of Learning
Three interactive learning environments for preschoolers and children in early grades.
World Book Hispanica
This comprehensive Spanish-language encyclopedia includes more than 100,000 articles, more than 8,500 images and maps, and nearly 1,000 videos, animations, sounds, and interactive media.
World Book Online
Resources include encyclopedic content, e-books, multimedia, a vast collection of primary source documents, and a wealth of research tools that allow students to customize and save their work.