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Biography Reference Bank 
Premium Database of more than 72,000 biographies and obituaries 
and more than 20,000 photographs of the subjects. Include the full text of Current Biographies and the World Author Series. (Formerly Biographies Plus)

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.

LearningExpress Library 
Premium database provides an online collection of practice tests and tutorial courses to help people succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results included. Tests include: GED Prep, College Prep including SAT and ACT, Grad School Entrance, Military, Nursing, Real Estate, Law Enforcement, US Citizenship, Civil Service and much more! You must sign up to use LearningExpress in the Library. After that, you may take the tests from a computer anywhere.

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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
Premium database of the World Book Encyclopedia includes atlas and dictionary.

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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.