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• AtoZ provides teachers with a comprehensive resource for lesson plans and class activities.
• Students use AtoZ as a one-stop research resource for country reports, projects, and presentations.
• Libraries benefit from the ease of use and content relevance of AtoZ to diverse patron populations.

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Wherever you go, you will want to take the Consortium of Ohio Libraries with you! COOL Libraries lets you search JR Clarke Public Libraries or other COOL libraries for books, movies, audiobooks, music, and more.

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What can you do with COOL Libraries?

• Available 24/7, now the library comes to you
• View your library account and renew items
• Search and reserve library materials from the online catalog
• Use your device as a library c

Use COOL Libraries to access these COOL Ohio Libraries:

• Arcanum Public Library
• Blanchester Public Library
• Cardington-Lincoln Public Library
• Community Library (Sunbury)
• Galion Public Library
• 
Germantown Public Library
• J. R. Clarke Public Library
• Marvin Memorial Library
• Mount Gilead Public Library
• Selover Public Library
• Worch Memorial Public Library
• Wornstaff Memorial Library

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The Digital Public Library of America empowers people to learn, grow, and contribute to a diverse and better-functioning society by maximizing access to our shared history, culture, and knowledge.

The DPLA amplifies the value of libraries and cultural organizations as Americans’ most trusted sources of shared knowledge. We do this by collaborating with partners to accelerate innovative tools and ideas that empower and equip libraries to make information more accessible.

We work with a national network of partners to:

• Make millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country available to all in a one-stop discovery experience.
• Provide a library-controlled marketplace and platform for libraries to purchase, organize, and deliver ebooks and other e-content to their patrons.
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The J.R. Clarke Public Library has compiled an archive platform for historic photographs of Covington, Ohio and the surrounding areas. All photos have been donated by local photographers, businesses and community organizations. These photos are available for personal, educational and non-profit usage and may not be used for commercial or marketing practices without the consent of those who donated the images.

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HOW TO DONATE PHOTOS:
If you have historic images you would like to donate, please call the library at 937-473-2226. We will convert the photos you provide into digital format and return the originals to you.

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The J. R. Clarke Public Library has several items of interest in our local history and genealogy room. Those items include:

• The personal collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Clarke including his documented scrapbooks displaying events of his life and the lives of citizens of Covington.
• Obituaries of local citizens beginning in 1981 through 2006. Some people may have been omitted due to missing newspaper publications. After 2006 obituaries have been entered in the Rutherford B. Hayes Obituary Index.
• The Parl “Bud” Wineland Civil War Collection.
• The Miami County Census from 1820 through 1910 on microfilm.
• The Franklin County Census for the year of 1900 on microfilm.
• The Montgomery County Census for 1850 through 1870 and 1900 on microfilm.
  The Stillwater Valley Advertiser from July 9, 1926, through December 27, 2000, on microfilm.
• The Stillwater Valley Gazette from July 14, 1870, through June 20, 1872, on microfilm.
• Covington Enterprise 1888 with J. R. Clarke as editor on microfilm.
• The A. B. Cole Newspaper War History on microfilm.
• The Miami Helmet from August 4, 1879, through August 4, 1881, on microfilm.
• A genealogy file on many local families. An index of these families may be searched through our catalog.

Historic Photo Archives

The J.R. Clarke Public Library has compiled an archive platform for historic photographs of Covington, Ohio and the surrounding areas. All photos have been donated by local photographers, businesses and community organizations. These photos are available for personal, educational and non-profit usage and may not be used for commercial or marketing practices without the consent of those who donated the images.
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Covington High School Yearbooks

J.R. Clarke Public Library is proud to offer digital downloads of all Covington High School yearbooks from 1950 to the current day. Each yearbook is provided in PDF format and available for personal use only.
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A Complete History Of Covington, Ohio

The Village of Covington has compiled a complete history of Covington on its website www.covington-oh.org. Covington is a village in Miami County, Ohio and was incorporated in 1835 on the site of the 1793 Fort Rowdy. Laid out in 1816, Covington was previously known under the names of Friendship, Newberry, and Stillwater. A post office called Stillwater was established in 1825 and changed to the name of Covington in 1836.
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Genealogy from the Ohio Web Library

The Ohio Web Library is service provided by the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) and consists of a large volume of information available at your fingertips. You will need your library card number provided by J.R. Clarke to access the information.

African American Heritage
Search records, books, serials, and other historical records specific to African Americans to trace your genealogy or to do research.
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Ancestry Library Edition
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Trace your genealogy using historical records. U. S. Census records; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; petitions for naturalization; passenger lists and more. You must be in the library to access this database.
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HeritageQuest
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Find large scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1867 to 1970. Locate and identify buildings and neighborhoods. Study the growth of towns and cities, and the impact of new development.
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The Ohio Web Library is an evolving collection of thousands of online publications and research resources. The Ohio Web Library includes: popular magazines, trade publications, scholarly research journals, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, speeches, poems, plays, maps, satellite images of Ohio, and more. The Ohio Web Library supports quality education, a skilled workforce, business growth, and lifelong learning in Ohio.

In addition to the Ohio Web Library, Ohio’s three library networks — INFOhio, OhioLINK and OPLIN — offer more research resources and services that serve the specialized needs of their school, public and academic library communities. Where the needs of Ohio’s school, public and academic library users intersect, Libraries Connect Ohio, a partnership of the three library networks and the State Library, can cooperatively buy statewide access to resources to cost-effectively provide necessary information resources to all Ohioans, regardless of their location, age, education or economic status.

Imagine the possibilities if from the moment Ohioans registered for kindergarten, until life’s last library card expired, they could access a vast collection of electronic research resources. This is the vision Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO) is working to achieve. While the ideal Ohio Web Library collection has not yet been realized, work has begun.

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How can the Ohio Web Library help me?

The Ohio Web Library has resources to help Ohioans of all ages and at all stages of life.

• Ohio Students and Home Schooling Students — Get help with your homework, find research sources for term papers, or explore topics of personal interest.
• Teachers and Professors — Use resources to support your teaching, engage students and enhance your professional development.
• Employees and Business Owners — Find reliable business information, access trade journals and keep current on industry trends.
• All Ohio residents — Stay current with world events, professional news and topics of personal interest.

Who can use the Ohio Web Library?

Although there are a few links to some resources that are publicly accessible, the vast majority of Ohio Web Library resources are available to Ohio residents only.

These resources are paid for by a blend of state, local, and federal dollars and there may be terms and conditions attached to that funding. These resources are also licensed to the LCO partners by third-party vendors and there are contractual obligations regarding authorized use and users, branding, and use of the name of the resource and company name in press releases. Please inquire about specific terms and conditions and contractual obligations if any agency or entity is interested in incorporating or linking to these resources outside of library websites or other established channels.

How do I access the Ohio Web Library?

Ohio residents can get easy access to the Ohio Web Library (http://ohioweblibrary.org) in several ways.

• Use your mobile computer or a public access computer at your local Ohio public, academic or school library.
• When at home, work or on the road, our system will try to verify that you are using a computer located in Ohio; if that can be verified, you will be granted access.
• If our system cannot verify that your computer is in Ohio, you will need one of the following forms of identification to log on: an Ohio public library card number, a name and ID information from a participating Ohio college/university, or a password from a K-12 Ohio school library.

Visit the Ohio Web Library home page to connect and begin using these resources. You can also access the Ohio Web Library resources via OhioLINK (if you attend or work at a participating Ohio college or university), or INFOhio (if you attend or work at an Ohio PreK-12 school), or your local library’s Web page.

Why should I need identification?

Ohio Web Library resources were purchased by Ohio libraries and library organizations for exclusive use by Ohio residents. If our system cannot verify that you are located in Ohio, use of an Ohio public library card, a name and ID information from a participating Ohio college/university, or a password from a K-12 Ohio school library provides reasonable assurance to the database providers that the user is an Ohio resident.

How do I sign up for identification?

Contact your J.R. Clarke Public Library at (937) 473-2226 to sign up for a library card. Ohio college/university students, faculty and staff should use their institution’s existing ID information. Ohio school students and teachers need to contact their school library for the required password.

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The Ohio Digital Library is a program of the State Library of Ohio and is supported in whole or in part by federal Institute of Museum and Library Services funds, awarded to the State Library of Ohio.

• You need a library card to borrow digital titles, place holds, and add titles to your wish list.
• Begin typing your library’s name to see if it’s a member of this website, or click the down arrow to select from a list. Once you select a library, we’ll show you the best way to get a library card.
• You will need to download the Overdrive App or you can also download on a Kindle.
• You can search for books by Subjects, Collections, Kindle only Books, Kids, Teens Magazines and Romance.

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