Ohio Information Online / Ohio Documents Collection

State of Ohio Information Online Government Law and Politics Economics and Statistics Science Education, Jobs and Families Genealogy & History General and Consumer Interest About Ohio Documents Collection

Ohio documents are cataloged in the library's ALICE Online Catalog. You can also search for Ohio materials in the statewide online catalog—OhioLINK Central Catalog.

Most of the material can be checked out for three or more weeks. Like our federal collection, Ohio publications are distributed in several formats, including books, pamphlets, microfiche, videos, CD-ROMs and digital via the Internet. The state agencies also provide access to a number of titles on their web sites. The Ohio documents collection dating back to the 1840's is located on the Fifth Floor of Alden Library. More Information About Ohio Documents

Current Issues and Information

Buckeye Traffic   http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/
The Ohio Department of Transportation's gateway to traffic and roadway information including road activity: searchable construction, closure and temporary lane restrictions information. - weather related: snow and ice related roadway reporting (seasonal).

Ohio Information Online

State of Ohio Homepage   http://www.ohio.gov/

State of Ohio Government- State, City, County   http://www.ohio.gov/government/

State Agency Contact Information -  or    State of Ohio Contacts

Government, Law, & Politics

Ohio Capitol Connection  Ohio Legislative Information
Efficient search engine for House & Senate bill texts from 1989-present. Up-to-date information on state government issues & happenings (O.U. or OhioLINK access only!) For off campus access, you must log-on via OhioLINK. Here you can find proposed legislation, analyses and status of bills, and details of legislation The site also offers committee agendas and reports, court decisions, and executive orders, as well as Ohio major newspaper and media outlets, weather reports and more.

State and Local Government on the Net-   http://www.statelocalgov.net/state-oh.cfm
Quick & no nonsense links to Ohio State and local government web sites

Ohio Revised Code
via Lawriter Ohio Laws and Rules-   Ohio Laws and Rules also includes the Administrative Code,
Location: Government Documents Index Shelves Call No.: KFO30 .O456

Ohio Laws, Rules, and Constitution    http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/laws.cfm
Search full text of the current and historical Ohio Constitution, the current Ohio Revised Code and Session Laws 122nd General Assembly 1997 - .

By state: laws, governmental departments, courts, directories, law books, etc.
Rominger Legal-   www.romingerlegal.com/state/ohio.html

Federal, State, County and Municipal Courts of Ohio Website listing.
FindLaw -    http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/oh/courts.html

Ohio Supreme Court of Ohio and Judicial System -   http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/
Links to Justices, Opinions and Announcement, Recent Opinion Summaries, New Releases, Attorney Services, Judicial and Court Services, Ohio Rules of Court, etc.

Project Vote Smart-   www.votesmart.org/
Want to find candidate information? Tracks over 34,000 candidates nationwide

Additional Ohio Resources

Economics & Statistics

Office of Strategic Research-    http://www.odod.state.oh.us/research/
Information on the 2000 Census; Ohio County profile & population & industry studies

Ohio Department of Health Data & Statistics-    http://www.odh.ohio.gov/healthstats/healthstatsmainpage.aspx
Data about communicable & chronic diseases, birth deaths, etc.

Labor Market Information-   www.lmi.state.oh.us/
Reports & data about employment rates, wages, jobs & careers

Ohio Department of Taxation-   www.state.oh.us/tax/
Find tax forms & Ohio tax information here. File your taxes online!

OSU Extension-   http://extension.osu.edu/
Information on the 2000 census; Ohio County profile & population, agriculture, business, & industry studies

ILGARD Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development  http://www.ilgard.ohiou.edu/index.html
Southeast Ohio counties focus for current population, data, maps, etc...

Science

Ohio Department of Natural Resources-    www.dnr.state.oh.us/
Links to information on recreation & conservation

Ohio Geological Survey-   www.ohiodnr.com/geosurvey/
Ohio's oldest natural resource agency; good educational resources

Ohioline (Ohio State University Extension)-   ohioline.osu.edu
Information for the serious gardener & horticulturist

Ohio Sea Grant College Program-   www.sg.ohio-state.edu/
Administered by the Center for Lake Erie Area Research (CLEAR) at Ohio State University.
Publications topics include: Aquatic Nuisance Species; Business and Aquaculture; Erosion/Water Levels; Fish; Water Quality; Natural History.

Education, Jobs, & Family

INFOhio --   http://www.infohio.org/
A statewide cooperative school library and information network, includes electronic resources for schools, instructional development for teachers, library automation, media booking, and a statewide union catalog.

OPLIN --   http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/
Provides the residents of the State of Ohio links to information by topics and the use of research databases that can be accessed only from within a public library building or by Ohio residents with an Ohio public library card.

Ohio Proficiency Tests-   www.ode.state.oh.us/proficiency/
Includes practice tests, rules, & testing dates for Ohio schools.

Local Report Cards- www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcard
Local reports cards by district, community, or building.

Ohio Department of Job & Family Services-   http://jfs.ohio.gov
Information about programs, services, facts, statistics and current news.

State of Ohio Job Search-   http://agency.governmentjobs.com/ohio/default.cfm
To apply for a state job, check out this web site.

Vital Records Information-   www.vitalrec.com/ohcounties4.html
Find out how to obtain birth, death, & marriage records from any Ohio county & also genealogy links.

Labor Market Information- www.lmi.state.oh.us/
Reports & data about employment rates, wages, jobs & careers.

Genealogy & History

A good place to start working on genealogies at Ohio University Library is with the Genealogy Research Guide http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/genealogy/. The Guide to Genealogical Records in the Government Documents Department of Alden Library will let you know what is available from the U.S. government in the Government Documents Department and includes:

• United States Military Records
• Land-Entry Records for the Public-Land States
• Other Material in the Documents Department of Interest to Genealogists
• Ohio Documents of Interest to Genealogists
• Population Census Schedules
• Articles from Prologue on Genealogy and Local History

The Ridges / Athens Mental Health Hospital has been known by many names over the years a.k.a Athens Asylum for the Insane, Athens Lunatic Asylum, Athens Hospital, Athens State Hospital, Southeast Ohio Mental Health Center, and South-eastern Hospital for the Insane. Athens Mental Health Hospital is the former state hospital that was located on the "Ridges" of Ohio University and is mentioned in an assortment of State of Ohio documents in a variety of ways; see individual publications for brief description of each.

Ohio Memory Project-    www.ohiomemory.org
Discover primary sources from archives, historical societies, libraries, & museums that document Ohio's past.

Ohio History- www.ohiohistory.org
Scholarly journal published from 1887; "essential tool for researchers".

General and Consumer Interest

exploreohio Learn just about anything about Ohio. From the Ohio Public Information Network (OPLIN)

Ohio Attorney General-   www.ag.state.oh.us/online_publications/index.htm
This site has good consumer protection, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, & health care publications online.

Ohio Consumers' Counsel-   www.pickocc.org/
Look here if you want to know about your gas & electric restructuring.

Ohio Citizen Action-   www.ohiocitizen.org/
For current local consumer protection issues.

Ohio Tourism-   http://consumer.discoverohio.com/
Get your free Discover book here, book a hotel or gather travel information.

Ohio State Parks-   www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/
Plan your picnic or camping trip here!

OPLIN --   http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/
Provides the residents of the State of Ohio links to information by topics and the use of research databases that can be accessed only from within a public library building or by Ohio residents with an Ohio public library card.

Transportation Information System (ODOT)-   http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/
Get the latest information on construction delays or projects in any Ohio county.

State of West Virginia Main Page-   www.wv.gov/
Good starting point for West Virginia links.

Ohio Documents in Alden Library

Ohio University became a State of Ohio depository in 1959 and receives all agency and department publications deemed important for public use and distributed through the state depository program. Items are received from state agencies such as the Department of Education, the Secretary of State, and the Natural Resources Department. Materials are also received from those agencies, boards, commissions, and bureaus which are funded by the state government, e.g. the Agricultural Research and Development Center, the Ohio Youth Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, etc. Our Ohio documents collection dating from the 1840's has over 18,000 volumes, 9,000 units of microfiche, and 196 periodical titles as well as digital content via the Internet. The Ohio documents collection includes publications, such as reports, directories, pamphlets, leaflets, posters, newsletters, and journals; Ohio General Assembly materials including the Acts of the State of Ohio (Laws of Ohio), and the House and Senate Journals; and judicial information. The collection includes everything from statistics to engineering studies, from recipes and geological maps, to brochures about the State Parks.

It should be noted that this collection does not include publications from the state universities of Ohio which may be located in the general stacks. College Catalogs may be viewed from CollegeSource.

The State Library of Ohio is the regional depository for publications of Ohio state agencies. The Ohio Revised Code Section 149.11 provides that the agencies shall deposit copies of their publications with the State Library. The State Library in turn distributes many of these publications to selected Ohio depository libraries for the use of Ohio residents.

Arrangement of Ohio Documents

Ohio documents in the 5th floor collection are shelved according to the Ohio Documents Classification Scheme. This cataloging system is similar to the SuDoc System used for U.S. documents: it is an arrangement according to issuing agency rather than by subject as in the Library of Congress or Dewey Decimal systems. Ohio document call numbers consist of letters and numbers such as the following:

OD 1.2: A939 (A publication from Ohio Development Department)
OGA 1.3: 977 (A publication from the Ohio General Assembly)
ONR 1.16: 975/11 (A publication from the Department of Natural Resources)