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Doing research online? Want good results? The following links are premier databases and webpages that have been evaluated by Heights Library staff. Please note that some premier databases require a library card to access from home.

Cleveland Jewish News
Cleveland Jewish News and Cleveland Jewish News Archive. Full text, from the current issue to the first issue published October 30, 1964.
Cleveland Jewish News Olive Digital Edition
Cleveland Jewish News ActivePaper Archive

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History & Maps
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icon Global Road Warrior
The Global Road Warrior is an international resource for social, cultural, travel, and business information. The database covers 175 countries and territories and includes information on demographics, economy, holidays, currencies, visas, climate, passports, immunization, entry and departure, emergencies, internal travel information, country and regional maps, airports, international dialing guides, and more. Research a country for a report, or plan to travel internationally.
Tags: Travel, Country Project, Geography, Cultures, Maps,

icon Outline Maps
Looking for a simple map of Iowa or China? You can find any map here to print and use.
Tags: Maps

icon Rails and Trails
Rails and Trails shares primary source materials and research on the history of transportation in Ohio and North America. Although its emphasis is on railroads, a comprehensive study includes other transportation modes that compete with railroads.
Tags: History, Maps

icon Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Ohio
A treasure trove of information, detailed maps at building level for more than 400 Ohio communities from 1868 to the 1960s. Provided by OPLIN. Must have an Ohio library card to access at home.
Tags: Maps, Documents, Ohio, History

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icon Wardmaps.com
Company offers reproduction plat books of historical maps. View these maps online for free.
Tags: Maps, Documents, Ohio, History

icon World Mapper
Check out this amazing site that presents data from around the world into a visual map, distorted to reflect the statistics.
Tags: Maps, Statistics

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Key:
icon CH-UH
Must be a Cleveland Heights/University Heights resident with a CLEVNET library card to use database from home.
icon CLEVNET
Must have a CLEVNET library card to use database from home.
icon Inside CH-UH
Must use database from inside a Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library.
icon Librarian Recommended
Database/Web site is accessible from anywhere without a library card.
icon Ohio Web Library
Database provided by Ohio Web Library. Must have an Ohio library card to use this database from home.