The undergraduate alumni directory would list students who had received degrees from Ohio Northern. Students in certificate-granting programs would be listed in the university catalogs. The ledgers indicate courses taken, grades and county and state of origin. The Northern began publication in 1910. It is an excellent source of information on a student's extra-curricular activities.
Most students have photographs, although the image quality varies.
The newspaper was originally begun as a university publication and was known as the University Herald between 1896 and 1916. There is no index to the Herald. The current issue is available online . The Record was a commercial paper with no ties to the university. There is no index to the Record.