Columbus Dispatch – Archives and Today’s Paper
Provides articles appearing in the Columbus Dispatch from 1871 to the present, including obituaries.
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AtoZdatabases
Provides directory information on businesses, households, and healthcare professionals in the United States. Includes a job search, detailed maps, business email addresses, and much more.
ConsumerReports.org
Contains full access to the Consumer Reports website, with expert, unbiased ratings, reviews, product comparisons, and buying guides for many essential consumer products.
Newspaper Source
Provides access to regional, national, and international newspapers, as well as television and radio news transcripts. Includes Al Jazeera, the Daily Mail, the Times of India, and more.
Morningstar Investing Center
Presents comprehensive financial information and independent analysis on investments, including mutual funds, stocks, ETFs, and CEFs.
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Contains records of library holdings worldwide.
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Global Crime: An Encyclopedia of Cyber Theft, Weapons Sales, and Other Illegal Activities
Covers transnational crimes, including cyber theft, drug trafficking, human smuggling, and more.
Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History
Explores LGBTQ topics around the world through film, literature, politics, historical events, and more.
Global Road Warrior
Explores countries around the world from a traveler’s perspective. Includes cultural information and practical notes on everything from the type of outlet to the currency.
Grants to Individuals
Grants to Individuals has been incorporated into Foundation Directory Online (FDO). Please see FDO to find details on 10,000 grant makers that provide scholarships, fellowships, grants, and other types of funding to students, artists, researchers, and other individual grant seekers.
Great American Mosaic
Provides primary source documents that illustrate the diverse experiences of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States.
Great Black Migration
Explores the migration of African-Americans from the southern United States to the urban north and west during the 20th century. Includes primary source documents.
GreenFILE
Offers well-researched information on all aspects of human impact to the environment, including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia
Features information on animals, including metazoans, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia: Evolution
Covers evolution in detail from a scientific viewpoint, including coverage of recent ideas and discoveries in the field of evolution.
Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia: Extinction
Explores major extinctions and extinct life from the perspective of multiple fields, including zoology, paleontology, and environmental science.
GuideStar
Provides information on the finances and programs of over 2 million charities and nonprofits, allowing you to identify and support local organizations where you can donate, work, or volunteer, as well as help those in need find resources such as food banks or shelters. Accessible in person at any UAPL branch.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Covers nursing and allied health, with medication information written for consumers.
Heritage Quest Online
Contains genealogical information, including the U.S. Federal Census, searchable books and periodicals on family history and genealogy, the Freedman’s Bank Records Collection, and Revolutionary War era pension records.
Historical Newspapers
Provides access to significant historical events with primary source documents. Includes the full run of the New York Times. We no longer subscribe to this resource. Please use our direct subscription to The New York Times to access their Time Machine for historical issues or visit the Research Department for microfilm reels of issues from 1851 to 2007.
History of Jewish Muslim Relations
Offers contextual and historical information on relations between Jews and Muslims from the Middle Ages to the present.
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