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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.
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Get free, live coaching for help with resumes, interview practice, career coaching and job searching.
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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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Offers links to resources for small businesses in Columbus, including events, networking, funding and more.
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.
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.
Explore cultures of the world with 4 editions: States, Provinces, World and Kids.
Contains primary-source reports on over 200 countries, US states and Canadian provinces, 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.
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.
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.
Connects people in underserved communities with affordable internet, devices and digital skills training.
Student research tool for grades 6 through 8.
Explora for Middle Grade students provides rich, reliable information for middle school student research and tools for educators. Search or browse a wide array of topics with high-quality articles, videos and more. Explora also features full-text translation in over 30 languages for many articles and text-to-speech for struggling readers.
Student research tool for grades PreK through 5.
Explora Primary provides rich, reliable information for primary school student research and tools for educators. Search or browse a wide array of topics with high-quality articles, videos and more. Explora also features full-text translation in over 30 languages for many articles and text-to-speech for struggling readers.
Find articles, essays and primary source documents on a variety of topics with easy-to-browse categories.
Explora for Public Libraries provides access to reliable content from the popular magazines and research collections on thousands of topics to help you find information quickly and easily. Search or browse hundreds of professional journals, popular magazines, reference books, images, primary sources, and more by keyword or by topic.
Student research tool for grades 9 through 12.
Explora for Secondary students provides rich, reliable information for secondary school student research and tools for educators. Search or browse a wide array of topics with high-quality articles, videos and more. Explora also features full-text translation in over 30 languages for many articles and the ability to filter content for specific Lexile reading levels.
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