Online Reference Databases Provided Through the W-TCPL

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive online readers' advisory tool. Using NoveList Plus, you can search among hundreds of thousands of popular fiction and readable nonfiction titles, and also retrieve author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides, and more. All of this rich editorial content is crafted by librarians and reading authorities who are experts in the field -- making NoveList Plus the premier readers' advisory resource.

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First-time comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's™ acclaimed and long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. Something About the Author Online includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series, totaling more than 217 volumes, 12,000 entries, and nearly 17,000 images - all delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. Available in the library or from home with your library card.

Business and Investment

Morningstar Investment Research Center is an all-inclusive investment research database designed specifically for libraries.  It features data and analysis on over 11,000 international and domestic stocks, 24,000 mutual funds, and more than 800 exchange traded funds.  Plus, the database boasts a comprehensive Help and Education Center, Portfolio X-Ray and robust screening tools.

Morningstar can be accessed from home with your W-TCPL library barcode.

Lawcheck for Libraries is a database for the layperson and for attorneys. Select from 11 areas such as bankruptcy, contracts, criminal law, family law. Available only at the main library or one of the library branches.

LAWriter is a source for Ohio Revised and Administrative Codes. Available at the library or from home.

MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.

A non-profit consumer health website. Available at the library or remotely from home with your library card (via OPLIN).

One of the most valuable services available today for anyone researching ancestry in the United States. The company is best known for its collection of the U.S. Federal Census records from 1790 through 1930. Available at the library or remotely from home with your library card (via OPLIN).

Note: If you do not get the library card login screen when using this resource from home, please try using Internet Explorer.

Millions of searchable newspaper pages dating back to the 1700's. Available at the main library or any of the W-TCPL branches. Please note: Access Newspaper Archives does not currently contain the Warren Tribune-Chronicle.  There currently is no digital access available for that newspaper.

Offers the largest collection of online history videos, documentaries, newsreels, and never-before-published archival footage.

Available only at the main library or one of the library branches.

Gale Genealogy Connect makes it easy for users to access genealogical content and discover the information most meaningful to their research.

Gale Genealogy Connect features a wide range of comprehensive references and is powered by authoritative information from Genealogical.com
 

Military rosters, death certificate index, and other fundamental documents. Available at the library or remotely from home with your library card (via OPLIN)

Ohio History Central is an evolving, dynamic online encyclopedia that includes information about Ohio's natural history, prehistory, and history. Each section contains written information, maps, timelines, and images.

Digitized searchable fire insurance maps. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1867-1970 Ohio. Available at the library or remotely from home with your library card (via OPLIN)

Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.

KnowItNow24x7 is an online reference service for the citizens and residents of Ohio brought to you by the State Library of Ohio and libraries throughout the state. Professional librarians are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to answer your reference questions and to assist you in finding information.

Interactive practice tests, career building tools, and writing aides. Available at the library or from home via OPLIN.

Searchasaurus

Searchasaurus makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. (By EBSCOhost)

Provides comprehensive information on sources of education-related financial aid sponsored and administered by private organizations and companies. Covers a variety of programs in all educational areas, including area and ethnic studies, business, computer science, education, liberal arts, medicine, physical sciences, theology and religion, and more. Intended for students and others interested in education funding. To use, begin by clicking on the plus sign next to Education under the basic search box.

Student Research Center is designed for students in grades 6-12. Results can be easily sorted and saved by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc. Available at the library or remotely from home with your library card (via OPLIN)

TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books that have been created from existing picture books from well-known publishers and authors and converted to the TumbleBook format.

Available in the library or from home with your library card.

Millions of searchable newspaper pages dating back to the 1700's. Available at the Main Library or any of the W-TCPL branches. Please note: Access Newspaper Archive does not currently contain the Warren Tribune-Chronicle.  There currently is no digital access available for that newspaper.
 

EbscoFull Text Magazine/General Reference Databases. Available at the library or remotely from home with your library card (via OPLIN).

Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for nearly 1,750 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books, 86,017 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps & flags.

MasterFILE Premier now offers PDF backfiles (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review, and Saturday Evening Post.

* Science News is available in HTML back to 1975.

Search all databases provided through OPLIN. It includes the Explore Ohio data base, and three Ohio-based information sites:  What’s that Snake?, What Tree is It?, and What’s the Point? (about flint artifacts).

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. Available at the library or remotely from home with your library card (via OPLIN)

The premier online reference source containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus maps, editor reviewed websites and more. Available at the library or remotely from home.

The premier online reference source containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus maps, editor reviewed websites and more. Available at the library or remotely from home with your library card.

The premier online reference source containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus maps, editor reviewed websites and more.  Available at the library or remotely from home with your library card.