Articles and Research

Expert reporting and analysis from Washington and around the world, including award-winning investigative coverage and editorial commentary.

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2. Enjoy! You now have free unlimited access to the digital edition of The Washington Post for 7 days. After 7 days you may reactivate your free library access by logging in again using the link on this page.

Unlimited access to more than 7,000 publications from over 120 countries, in 60 different languages, all on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Please note: The Economist is limited to a 7-day checkout period and can be checked out again once the 7 days are over. Self-guided video

Current and historical text and images of the Toledo Blade from 1848 to the present. Search by keyword, name, event or topic.

Access to the online version of the daily Toledo Blade newspaper.

The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. Self-guided video

The Library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents – Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Public access is guaranteed by law. (Title 44 United States Code).

Access to all World Book modules including Early Learning, Kids, Student, Timelines plus editions in Spanish and French.

Enter your library card and pin to access WSJ! An account must be created. After 3 days, click the link above and login as an existing user.

Designed for vocational and technical libraries, this database provides full text articles from more than 400 trade and industry related periodicals.

Offers concise high school level introductions to a plethora of topics and disciplines.

Research current events, popular topics, health, history, government, science, social studies, and technology for middle and high school that are discussed in today’s classrooms.

Watch videos and browse sources on a variety of business areas from accounting to marketing to operations. Includes eBooks from NOLO guides on small business topics. Self-guided video

A middle and high school research database that provides access to full-text, science-oriented content, lesson plans, science experiments, citation help, worksheets, and curriculum standards. Self-guided video

Contains full-text articles from 75 journals, newspapers and newswires about businesses from across the U.S.

This historical newspaper collection coverage includes The Chicago Tribune, LA Times, NYT, WSJ, and The Washington Post from 1849 – 2021.

Covers multiple sides of an issue with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), and counterpoint. Self-guided video

Peer-reviewed summaries on history, business, English, language arts, health, government, history, social studies. Self-guided video

Contains historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the 2000s with full runs and portions of runs of well-known, global, regional, and state titles to small local newspapers. Self-guided video

Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.  Self-guided video

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Search for ancestors by name and narrow results by year and location covering historical Ohio newspapers.

Get free unlimited access to the New York Times website and app with just your library card. You will need to create a NYTimes.com digital account and access outside the library is granted by using 72 hour access. Passes can be renewed as often as you like by visiting our site and clicking to the link provided. Inside the Library? Just visit NYTimes.com and login to enjoy unlimited access without the need of a 72 hour pass.

Search and access the National Geographic magazine from 1888-to present day. Self-guided video

Offers medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and pre-clinical sciences among many subjects. Self-guided video

Contains articles and essays of literary criticism and journals, biographies, literary journals, classic and contemporary poems and short stories, book reviews, author interviews and classic novels. Self-guided video

A nonprofit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Provides scholarly full text journals focusing on medical disciplines.

Hathi Trust is a partnership of academic and research institutions offering a collection of millions of open access titles digitized from libraries around the world. Self-guided video

Access books and publications within arts, biography, business, education, the environment, history, LGBTQ, medicine, multicultural studies, race, and civil rights. Self-guided video

Provides trustworthy research materials for class projects or homework on a variety of topics. Self-guided video

Provides user-friendly features and easy-to-browse categories of reliable content from the world’s leading sources. Self-guided video

Provides trustworthy research materials for class projects or homework on a variety of topics. Self-guided video

Education related articles and journals. Self-guided video

Search thousands of magazines, academic journals, newspapers, reference books, photos and maps on millions of topics. Self-guided video

Independent research on technology, household appliances, automobiles, and other consumer products. Self-guided video

Books and articles covering medical conditions, prescription drugs and treatment options. Self-guided video

Provides information about technology, computer science, artificial intelligence, information systems, and robotics. Self-guided video

African American newspapers sourced from nearly 19,000 global newspapers from 1704 to the present with full-text searching by topic, event, and eras Self-guided video

Provides biographies, obituaries and photographs of thousands of individuals – both living and deceased. Updated monthly. Self-guided video

African-American (Black) genealogical and biographical research, federal census, slave and freed person registers, marriage and military records and AfriGeneas. Self-guided video Self-guided video

Provides access to local, regional, and national newspapers, including the Toledo Blade, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch, Dayton Daily News, and the Detroit News. Self-guided video

Full text, peer-reviewed articles from various journals and academic publications. Self-guided video