Research Databases

From the library of Congress, this is the official website for U. S. Federal Legislative information: such as, how to contact a Representative or Congressmen; voting records; current and past bills: how the legislative process works and more.  

From The Foundation Center, now known as Candid, a unique database of 80,000 grant makers, half a million grants, and 250,000 searchable 990s.

From The Foundation Center, now known as Candid, an online database of more than 6,200 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grant seekers.

Access from home

- Access from home

Clerk of Courts legal forms (website, not a database)

211 LAKE COUNTY LifeLine (Website)

(Website, not a database)

Ohio BMV Handbooks and practice tests for: Cars, Motorcycles and CDL.

"Ohio Legal Help is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 2018 to help all Ohioans access the civil justice system. We provide plain language legal help information, interactive self-help tools and connections to local legal and community resources that can help people resolve their legal issues.

Our legal help information is written by our content team and reviewed by expert private and legal aid lawyers. This ensures that Ohio Legal Help users have information that is easy to understand, action-oriented and accurate." --Ohio Legal Help 

This website adjusts in size for easy reading on a computer, a laptop, a tablet or a phone.

Information about Ohio House and Senate, legislation and more.

Education and job skills. State website for searching for: educational scholarships; online training; employment programs; occupations; and jobs.

The general laws of the State of Ohio.

The general laws of the State of Ohio.

Information about the Ohio Supreme Court and the Ohio Judicial System. 
Domestic and Juvenile standardized forms.

Provided to Ohio libraries by OPLIN, the Ohio Public Library Information Network, this database Includes:
encyclopedias; dictionaries; magazine, journal and newspaper articles; information about  Ohio and more.

The official website for the State of Ohio. Find the government information and services you need to live, work, travel, and do business in the state.