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America's News consolidates current and archived information from thousands of national newspaper titles and newswires, web editions, blogs, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents, and other publications. It also includes digital access to the Springfield News-Sun.

Biographies, obituaries, and photographs of thousands of individuals – both living and deceased. This database provides the full text of the articles, page images, and abstracts (including biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, or obituaries) from today's leading magazines and journals.

Getting into college is an important step to building a strong future. First, you must do well on your college admission tests and write a personal essay that highlights your special talents. Use this center to get the resources you need to achieve your college preparation goals.

Driving-Tests.org, a company dedicated to driver safety and education, offers free Ohio BMV practice tests to CCPL patrons. The site includes 6 car practice tests, 3 motorcycle practice tests, 27 CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) practice tests, 3 online driver’s handbooks (car, motorcycle, CDL) & a FAQ section with detailed answers to BMV-related questions.

This database, designed specifically for students in high school, provides access to age-appropriate articles and facts for any research papers, class projects, or homework.

Find resources to help you build classroom and homework skills in math, English language arts, social studies, science and technology. 

Literary Reference Source is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. This database has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.

NoveList Plus is a trusted source of expert read-alike recommendations, available through libraries around the world. You can search NoveList by author, title, series, keyword, subject, or genre and find detailed title information, similar titles and authors and so much more.

Points of View Reference Source is a full-text database designed to provide students and schools with controversial essays presenting multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books.

Science Reference Source is a comprehensive database that provides easy access to many full-text science-oriented content. Designed to support the research needs of high school students and provide additional curriculum support for science teachers, this research tool contains reliable information from a variety of primary sources.

Advanced is a powerful reference tool that includes full encyclopedic and multimedia databases supplemented with online books, primary sources, website links, Back in Time articles, special reports, and more.