State Library of Ohio

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:refhelp@library.ohio.gov refhelp@library.ohio.gov]

Address:


 * 274 East First Avenue
 * Columbus, OH 43201

Telephone:


 * General Information: 614-644-7061
 * Circulation Services: 614-644-6950
 * Research Services: 614-644-7051

Fax: Research Services: 614-644-7004

Hours and holidays:


 * Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm
 * Closed for State Holidays: New Year's day, Martin Luther King day, President's day, Memorial day, Independence day, Labor day, Columbus day, Veterans' day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day.

Directions, maps, and public transportation: The State Library of Ohio is located in the historic Jeffrey Manufacturing Building within Italian Village, the Short North Arts District, and just north of downtown Columbus.
 * Directions by car. The library has easy access no-cost parking.
 * Map
 * Central Ohio Transit Authority - City Bus Trip Planner

Internet sites and databases:


 * State Library of Ohio Home page.
 * Their home page has a link titled "Sources for Genealogists" which will give you the links to the digital collections for genealogists.
 * The website offers Contact Us, What's New, Find a Library, Catalog, Saerch Digital &amp; Special Collections, Government Documents, The Ohio eBook Project, Sources for Genealogists.
 * State Library of Ohio Catalog. Keyword, Author, Title, and Subject.
 * Advanced Search.


 * Rare Book Room Online Collection. Search 7,906 items by keyword, author, title and subject.
 * Index to the State Library of Ohio Digital and Special Collections. Sources for Genealogists, Sources for digital content, Ohio Newspapers, Sources for electronic books, articles, and educational materials, Sources for government documents.
 * Sources for Genealogists:
 * Ohio Memory Project;
 * City Directories;
 * Ohio Online Death Certificate Index;
 * U.S. History Resources from Libraries, Museums, and Archives;
 * Ancestry Library Edition; Fire Insurance Maps;
 * Nationwide Sources for Free Genealogical Content;
 * Digitized Sources from Ohio Institutions;
 * Bibliography of Genealogical Sources from the State Library’s Ohio State Government Documents Collection

Collection Description
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Tips
The State Library of Ohio and OhioLINK search boxes utilize a special system to help you find materials in our collections. If you can’t find what you are looking for, check out these Search Tips to improve your results.

Guides
For more help with searching, check out these Quick Start Guides:


 * OhioLINK Central. The State Library of Ohio is one of 88 OhioLINK Libraries. This is a group of mainly university libraries in Ohio who share electronic resources and physical materials. Anyone with a library card from the State Library of Ohio can request and check out these materials. State employees can have these materials delivered to their desk. These materials include books, videos, DVDs, ebooks, eaudiobooks, government documents, journals and microfilm. You can also find and access many of our electronic journals through OhioLINK.
 * Guide to Using the State Library of Ohio Catalog
 * Guide to Using the WorldCat Catalog
 * Pathfinder (Subject Guides): Genealogy. A pathfinder is an expert guide for finding information on a subject on the web and within a library. It provides enough basic resources to get started, strategize for future searching, and saves time. The guide typically includes suggested search terms, book titles with call numbers, and websites. Pathfinders are not comprehensive bibliographies.

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