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Our online databases & reference eBooks provide access to thousands of respected magazines, newspapers, and professional journals—plus business and investment, science, history, literature, and genealogy sources. They provide information you can’t find by simply doing a Google search. So whether you need to do business research or a homework assignment, this page should be your first stop.

Most of these databases are also available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from your own home or office!


Reference Databases & eBooks

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American Decades

Presents social aspects of a 10-year period in American history covering arts, medicine, media, education, world events, religion, politics, lifestyles, law, religion, business, and sports.

American Decades Primary Sources

Examines a 10-year period in American history illuminating the decade with first-hand accounts and primary source documentation representing a diversity of viewpoints.

American History (ABC-CLIO)

From New World explorers to today's headlines, this comprehensive and authoritative database investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution.

Annals of American History

Contains over 2,000 primary source historical documents provided by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Biography Resource Center (Gale)

Provides biographic information on over 340,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across disciplines.

Daily Life Online (Greenwood)

Provides content from a number of reference works, monographs, and primary documents on life around the world and through the ages.

Dictionary of American History

Provides authoritative articles on a wide range of American history topics, from the well-studied and familiar to the obscure.

Encyclopedia of Europe 1450 to 1789: The Early Modern World

Includes 1,150 articles in European history from the print revolution to the French Revolution covering major topics as art, government and education.

Encyclopedia of Modern Europe 1789 to 1914

Researches the time period between the beginning of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I covering the people, major events, and developments.

Encyclopedia of Modern Europe Since 1914

Profiles the age of war and reconstruction in Europe from the Bolshevik Revolution to the European Union, linking it to the history of the rest of the world.

Encyclopedia of the New American Nation

Covers American history from 1754 to 1829 and outlines the cultural development of the United States.

Facts on File World News Digest

Features news stories from 1940 to the present, news from Reuters, in-depth news features, and primary documents.

National Newspapers (ProQuest)

Provides access to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, and USA Today for top news stories and articles on arts, sports, business, popular culture, and more. Most of these newspapers include coverage from the 1980s to the present.

New York Times Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)

Provides complete digital coverage of the New York Times from 1851 through 2005. Search for specific topics or browse page by page through each issue. Access the historical Wall Street Journal and Washington Post from this same database.

People's Chronology

Refers to historical developments from prehistory through 2004 and explores the interrelationships between politics, economics, energy, transportation, technology, science, and medicine.

Pop Culture Universe (Greenwood)

Presents information on American and world popular culture, past and present. Built on hundreds of award-winning titles for all levels of researchers, PCU provides a safe haven for research without bias, advertising, or questionable authorship of commercial or fan sites.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Includes historical maps of Ohio towns and cities from 1876-1970.

UA Archives

Introduces Upper Arlington's past through historical photographs, maps, magazines, and Upper Arlington High School yearbooks from 1923 through 1999.

United States at War (ABC-CLIO)

Provides access to authoritative reference content, primary sources, and historical insight and analysis on the important themes and consequences of all major U.S.-involved wars, from the founding of the country to the present.

Upper Arlington News Index

Presents an index of most articles published from 1992 through the present in the Upper Arlington News.

Wall Street Journal Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)

Provides full-image coverage of the nation's premier source for business and financial news from 1889 through 1991. Search for specific topics or browse page by page through each issue. Access the historical New York Times and Washington Post from this same database.

Washington Post Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)

Provides full-image coverage of news from our nation's capital from 1877 through 1992. Search for specific topics or browse page by page through each issue. Access the historical New York Times and Wall Street Journal from this same database.

Wilson Biography Reference Bank

Consists of more than 111,000 biographies and obituaries from multiple sources.

World History: Ancient & Medieval Eras (ABC-CLIO)

Explores important events and historical themes in every corner of the globe, including Asia, Africa, and the Americas, from humankind's ancient origins to the year 1500.

World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)

Examines Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the Industrial Revolution; and the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation.

 

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