Research Databases - Biography, History and Government

Biography Reference Bank
120,000+ biographies from over 60 reference titles, thousands of biographical magazine articles, and over 32,000 printable images.

The Encyclopedia Americana
Provides 45,000 articles contributed by over 6,500 specialists in disciplines covering all academic fields and curriculum topics. To access this database with a library card, click HERE.

Fold3
username: massllon
password: password
Fold3 will be adding millions of U.S. military records to continue to help you discover and share stories about everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them. You will still be able to search all the informative records, including non-military records, previously found on Footnote. We have already begun expanding Fold3's robust military collection to include the following new titles:

Word War II "Old Man's Draft" Cards
War of 1812 Pension Files
Mexican War Service Records
World War I Officer Experience Reports - AEF
Confederate Casualty Reports

NOTE: In order to participate in the community and download or print documents, you will need to create your own unique account (with an email address) on the Footnote site after you access the database with the username and password provided above.

Massillon Business and Industry Database
Past and present businesses found in city directories and the library's newspaper clipping file have been gathered into this database which can be searched by business name, type of product, date, or by person affiliated with the business.

Massillon Memory
A gateway to selected resources available in the Local History Collection at the Massillon Public Library.

Ohio Historical Society's Online Resources
Includes Ohio-based information, Ohio Fundamental Documents, Ohio Newspaper Index, and more.

Ohio History
A free and fully searchable online archive of Ohio History's issues spanning from 1887 through 2004.

Ohio Memory
An online scrapbook of Ohio history.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
A searchable interface for locating historical maps of Ohio towns and cities.

Thomson Gale LegalForms
Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.

Additional Resources for Research:

The American Presidency Project
Chronicling America (Historic American Newspapers)
Civil Forms (Massilloncourt.org)
Civil War Maps
Codified Ordinances of Massillon, Ohio
Data.gov
DRAGNET: Search of Free Legal Databases
FBI Vault
Founders Online
Local History Resources
Official Documents of the United Nations
Ohio History Central
Ohio Pix
Ohio.gov: Government Information & Services
Presidential Inaugurations Collection
State Digital Resources: Memory Projects, Online Encyclopedias, Historical & Cultural Materials Collections
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service

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