Premier Databases
The following links are premier databases and resources purchased by the Library or available to you through the Ohio Public Library Information Network. Please note that some premier databases require a library card to access from home.
Chilton Library
The online version of the popular Chilton Total Car Care do-it-yourself print manuals that include repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today. Photos, illustrations, videos, animated graphics and repair procedures help to simplify even the most difficult of auto repair tasks.Computer Source
This database provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. It offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
Heartland Science
Heartland Science-Ohio's Legacy of Discovery & Innovation portrays how Ohioans have changed the world through discovery and innovation in science, engineering, technology, medicine and health care.
Learning Express Library
Offers interactive tutorials and practice exams, this database can help people prepare for grade school achievement tests, the ACT, SAT, GED, U.S. Citizenship test, as well as civil service, military, and professional licensing and certification exams. Take the self-guided tour to learn more.Mitchell's On Demand
OnDemand5 contains automotive diagnostic and repair information for most foreign and domestic cars and trucks from model year 1983 to the present. Includes wiring diagrams, factory technical service bulletins, and maintenance schedules and tables. Click here for a guide to Using Search. Click here for a guide to Repair Overview. Click here for a guide to Estimator/Quote Screens.Salem Science
Provides access to several Salem Press science resources, including Forensic Science and Global Resources.
Click here for Home-Remote AccessScience In Context
An engaging online portal to today's most significant science topics, mergeing authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. Click here for Science In Context tutorial.Science Online
Aimed at students from middle school through high school, this comprehensive database provides a curriculum-oriented overview of the sciences through essays, diagrams, illustrations, images, biographies, experiments, activities, and definitions. Click here for an online tutorial.Small Engine Repair Reference Center
The online version of all the Clymer small engine repair manuals,containing information on routine maintenance,tune-ups and brake service, as well as more extensive repairs involving engine transmission disassembly.