HeritageQuest
- HeritageQuest Online This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. To connect, please allow your browser to use your location information. You can also connect by entering a library card number from an Ohio public library.
User guide on the ProQuest website.
The State Library of Ohio currently offers Ancestry Library to Ohio residents. This database is an expanded version of HeritageQuest. Log in with your library card.
Databases
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Data on the United States, including demographics, economics, government, & finance from 1790-2000.
- SageData This link opens in a new window
Note: access is available for content that predates 12/31/21; any content from 01/01/2022 - present is unavailable. A dynamic tool to scan and search the contents of billions of datasets from the United States. Compare and contrast variables of interest and create customized views in tables, maps, rankings, and charts. Views also include descriptive summaries of the datasets and data sources. Datasets cover a wide range of subjects – including business, finance, banking, economics, sociology, political science, demography, agriculture, education, international studies, criminal justice, housing and construction, labor and employment, energy resources and industries, and more.
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Generates maps, data visuallizations, and spreadsheets of Census data from 1790-2010. Additional data available up to the 2020 census.
Census (Census.gov)
- United States Census Bureau This link opens in a new window
A platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.
- US Census video tutorialShort videos showcasing tips and tricks to navigate Census Bureau data.
- Census GeocoderFind census tract and block group numbers by address
Demographic Visualizations
- Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal AmericaFrom the University of Richmond's Digital Lab, which digitized New Deal redlining maps to illuminate how federal policy makers "used racial criteria to categorize lending and insurance risks."
- Mapping Prejudice"Visualizing the hidden histories of race and privilege in the urban landscape." Focused on Minneapolis, from the University of Minnesota.
- Visual CapitalistVariety of data visualizations, including inequality and money.
- 60 Years of Urban ChangeCreated by the Institute for Quality Communities in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture
- Income inequality from the U.S. Census BureauVariety of visualizations related to income inequality from the US Census Bureau
- Racial Dot MapAn accessible visualization of geographic distribution, population density, and racial diversity of the American people in every neighborhood in the entire country, based on the 2010 Census. Hosted by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
- Justice MapSimilar to Social Explorer, but only with race and income options. A project for Energy Justice Network and Sunlight Foundation
International Data Visualizations
