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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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Primary Documents
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A collection of webages and databases that contain primary documents for research.
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icon MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Tags: Biography, History, Research, Primary Documents, Articles, Images

icon Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Tags: Biography, History, Research, Primary Documents, Articles, Images

icon National Portrait Gallery
This website, run by the Smithsonian Institute, has over 80,000 portrait records and collections of 12,000 searchable records of sculptures, prints, drawings and photographs.
Tags: History, Arts

icon Ohio Historical Society Searchable Databases
Access to primary and original sources including Civil War documents and military rosters as well as death and newspaper indexes.
Tags: Ohio, History

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icon Our Documents
You can view primary documents from America’s history up close, and also read them full-text and learn about their history and impact.
Tags: Documents, History, Politics

icon Picture History
This digital collection offers photographs and footage spanning 200 years of American history.
Tags: Photography, History, Documents

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

icon U.S. National Archives
The National Archives houses the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, and other important U.S. documents. Their website provides informative and fun online exhibits and further information about our history.
Tags: History, Documents

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

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Database provided by Ohio Web Library. Must have an Ohio library card to use this database from home.