Research Databases

Magazine and journal articles.

Designed with students and educators in grades K through 5 in mind, Explora Primary Schools provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up facts for class projects or homework.

Designed with public library patrons in mind, Explora Public Libraries provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world's leading magazines and reference books, grouped into easy-to-browse categories.

Designed with students and educators in grades 6 through 12 in mind, Explora Secondary Schools provides a far better alternative to websites and search engines for students to look up articles and facts for research papers or homework.

Offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. 

Full-text content from leading home improvement magazines, images not found anywhere else online and videos of popular home repair projects. 

Long-form overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars.

Essays on controversial subjects.

An essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. 

Science encyclopedias and reference books.

Exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics.

Very Short Introductions provide intelligent and serious introductions to a huge range of subjects. 

Ohio snake identification guide.

Ohio tree identification guide.

Identify flint artifacts from Ohio's prehistoric peoples.

Thousands of colorful illustrations, diagrams, and maps enrich thousands of articles selected for appeal and curricular standards, with teacher guides, provide instructions and stimulating ways to use content in the classroom setting or for homework.

Information resources for pre-school through college.

Contains an extensive multimedia collection, including editor-selected websites, and correlations to state standards.

Online resource for preschoolers and early elementary grade students.