Michael Burchett
Assistant Professor of History
Ohio History Research Tools
Ohio History Central
Click the browse button. This allows alphabetical, category, topics, time period, or timeline searches
Research Guides
Understanding the scope and limitations of various types of records is an important piece for the researcher. The research guides are a great place to begin.
Process for viewing Ohio History Connection Archival Resources
http://ohiohistory.libguides.com/home This guide will explain the process of requesting Ohio History archives
Search Ohio History Connection Archives
Here is where most Ohio History research begins. Enter your desired search and the query will be returned showing the holdings of the Ohio History Connection archives. Many of these are on site only. Selecting your desired items and paging them prior to arrival at the archive allows a much more efficient visit.
Ohio Memory
Ohio memory has a large number of collections from a diverse number of places
Ohio Newspapers
The newspapers portion allows searches of Ohio newspapers from most counties. It is really just an organizational tool that queries the LOC collections. It is very useful.
All Ohio Historical Markers
Books
These are great general references for Ohio History Research. I have these in my library if Ohio History students wish to use them for their research assignment
Even though this is broader than modern geographic Ohio, this is a key piece of scholarship.
The first is an exploration of labor in Ohio while the latter is a series of essays on various topics
Government
Still working on this section
Ohio Geography
https://ohiovtheworldpodcast.com/
This topically focused podcast features a variety of interviews related to Ohio History