Web Resources

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About.com - About.com is an online neighborhood of hundreds of helpful experts. Every month, over 53 million people visit us for help with everything from health care and parenting issues to advice on travel, cooking, technology, hobbies and more. (About.com, 08).

Bookletters - Browse a list of available books, newsletters, bestsellers, and award winning novels.

Delmio.com - DelMio offers a rich multi-media online experience for those who love books including author interviews, monitored live discussions with experts, the opportunity for libraries to share programming by rebroadcasting events online, opportunities for book lovers to connect in virtual settings with appropriate screening in place, and much more (Delmio.com, 08).

HomeworkSpot.com - HomeworkSpot.com is a free homework information portal that features the very best K-12 homework-related sites together with engaging editorial in one high-utility, educational spot. With the help of students, parents and teachers, our team of educators, librarians and journalists has scoured the Web to bring you the best resources for English, math, science, history, art, music, technology, foreign language, college prep, health, life skills, extracurricular activities and much more. (HomeworkSpot.com, 08).

International Children's Digital Library - The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. (ICDL.com, 08).

Jiskha.com - Jiskha.com has long been the leader in internet education for K-12 students. The website assists thousands of children and teenagers with schoolwork everyday by publishing educational content and providing instant-help services for students who need urgent help. (Jiskha.com, 08).

KnowItNow - KnowItNow is a live online information service provided free of charge for the citizens of Ohio by the State Library of Ohio and your local public library. Professional librarians are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to answer your reference questions and assist you in finding information. (KnowItNow.com, 08).

LearningExpressLibrary.com - LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patronsstudents and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. (LearningExpressLibrary.com, 08)

Research Databases

All EBSCO Databases - EBSCO is a worldwide leader in providing information access and management solutions through print and electronic journal subscription services, research database development and production, online access to more than 150 databases and thousands of e-journals, a full-featured OpenURL link resolver, and e-commerce book procurement. (EBSCO, 08).

American and English Literature - Database of American and English Literature as well as drama and poetry collections.

The ART Collection - The ART Collection provides high-quality, digital images of works of art from museums around the world. Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works (Art and Architecture Database, 08).

Buisness Source Premier - Business Source Premier, is the industry's most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. (Buisness Source Premier, 08).

NetLibrary - NetLibrary is a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (www.oclc.org). Founded in 1967, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. More than 60,000 libraries in 112 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials (NetLibrary, 08).

NetWellness - NetWellness is a non-profit consumer health web site that has been in operation for over ten years. It provides high quality information created and evaluated by medical and health professional faculty at the Case Western Reserve University, the Ohio State University, and the University of Cincinnati (NetWellness, 08).

NoveList - There are now over 150,000 fiction titles, and over 4000 custom created articles and lists. In March, 2008, NoveList Plus will add 50,000 nonfiction readable titles as well. NoveList, the division of EBSCO Publishing, has grown from its 3 founders to a dedicated group of 35 professionals who love to read, and from a single fiction database to a suite of Readers' Advisory products and services (NoveList, 08).

Ohio Historical Society - Today, the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) conducts an expanded range of activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage. In the last century, the society has collected more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and natural history. One of the largest state historical organizations in the country, OHS now has membership of over 9,000 (Ohio Historical Society, 08).

Oxford Reference Online - Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource. The Premium Collection offers over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series (Oxford Reference Online, 08).

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - Sanborn Historic Maps are large scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1867 to 1970. These maps are heavily used in both public and academic libraries by a wide range of researchers including local historians to locate and identify buildings and neighborhoods, urban historians to study the growth of towns and cities, and environmentalists concerned about impact of new developments (Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 08).

Searchasaurus - Seachasaurus makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results in many different areas (Searchasaurus, 08).

Wilson Web - Database of digital biographies.