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Find a huge variety of articles in newspapers, magazines, journals and trade publications.
Our series brings engaging national authors to you, free and open to all.
Choose the Sesquicentennial Author Series (special-events) link under What’s Happening to see the lineup.
K-12 Students: Get free after-school help with your schoolwork in our School Help Centers.
Choose the School Help link under Kids, Teens & Teachers.
Get free, live coaching for help with resumes, interview practice, career coaching and job searching.
Explore our digital resources to help you learn something new or deep dive into a topic of interest.
Visit Main Library in person or Reserve an Expert online for one-on-one help with your research and genealogy questions.
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Find tools to help you research, job search, learn a new skill, find a hobby and so much more.
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Provides free one-on-on advising and no or low cost business training for all industries.
Historical weather data for Columbus and beyond.
Searchable Columbus and Ohio high school and college yearbooks 39 years old or older.
The Columbus and Ohio Yearbook Collection is a collection of Columbus and Ohio yearbooks older than 39 years. The yearbooks are full-text searchable, making them a great source for school history and genealogy research. Check back regularly as this collection is still in progress.
Information on current federal legislation, status of bills, votes and more.
Fact sheets, images and full text articles on all areas of health and wellness.
Consumer Health Complete is designed to help users gain an overall understanding of key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Includes full-text journals, magazines, health reference books and evidence-based health reports.
Ratings, reviews, recommendations and buying advice for thousands of products and services.
Free product reviews.
Find information you can trust about COVID-19.
Resources for job seekers and volunteers.
Find trusted information and resources.
Expert video workshops and classes on painting, sewing, knitting and more for all skill levels.
With Creativebug you can stream thousands of art and craft classes taught by experts in each discipline as well as download patterns, templates, supply lists and recipes.
Details daily life and culture, including history, customs and lifestyles for 200+ countries and territories.
Contains primary-source reports on over 200 countries and territories — including every United Nations member state — focusing on 25 cultural categories, including language, personal appearance, greetings, visiting, family, food and diet, life cycle, recreation, government, education, health and more.
A comprehensive, categorized list of links to genealogical research websites.
Read the latest books in your email with our Online Book Clubs.
Sign up to receive chapters from popular books in your daily email for free! Each weekday, participants will receive a portion of a book that takes only five minutes to read. You can read chapters from a wide variety of areas including fiction, nonfiction, romance, teen, business and mystery books.
Research consumer, demographic and marketing segmentation data, as well as residential and business records.
DemographicsNow is a marketing insight tool for users seeking detailed demographic data. It connects users with information on more than 24 million U.S. businesses and 206 million consumers. The resource utilizes Census data, consumer expenditures, retail spending, and specialized segmentation groups to create easy-to-use reports and maps.
Self-directed tutorials on skills such as using email, navigating websites, internet privacy, and more.
Millions of primary source images, text and videos from across the United States.
Access over 35,000 non-fiction eBooks.
Full-text articles or abstracts from thousands of magazines, newspapers and journals.
Search a robust collection of databases on a variety of topics with authoritative content for researchers of various ages and interests. Users can find academic, medical and professional journal articles as well as content from magazine and newspapers. Many articles provide full text with images, and can be printed, downloaded, or shared.
Provides age-appropriate content on topics including animals, arts, geography, social studies, technology and more.
Search books, magazines, news articles, videos and more using this kid-friendly resource. Elementary in Context provides authoritative sources appropriate for elementary school students with an interface that makes research educational and fun.
Directory of associations, societies and nonprofit membership organizations in the US.
Find information on over 120,000 associations, societies and other nonprofit membership organizations at the national, regional, state and local level. Encyclopedia of Associations provides detailed information about organizations in the categories of legal, business, trade, educational, sports, fan clubs and many more.
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