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Academic Search Premier link opens new browser window
Full text for thousands of scholarly publications across all academic disciplines. Updated daily.
Alt Health Watch link opens new browser window
Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health
care and wellness. Offers full-text articles for more than 180 international journals and reports
plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research, and book excerpts.
ArchiveGrid link opens new browser window
Provides access to nearly a million descriptions of detailed archival collections held by thousands
of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives worldwide.
Britannica Online School Edition link opens new browser window
Provides access to four encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate
language. Designed for all levels of learning K-12. For PreK-12, look for the Britannica Learning Zone.
Britannica Online Public Library Edition link opens new browser window
Offers separate home pages for adults and children, providing age-appropriate encyclopedia content
for everyone.
Britannica Online Academic Edition link opens new browser window
Rich encyclopedia content plus news headlines, safe Web sites, engaging multimedia, and a customizable
workspace.
Business Source Premier link opens new browser window
Full text for scholarly journals and trade publications across all business subject areas.
Includes detailed company profiles, industry, market research, country economic reports,
and much more. Includes the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fortune,
and thousands of other titles. Updated daily.
CAMIO link opens new browser window
OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a collection documenting works of art from around
the world, representing the collections of 24 prominent museums including The Minneapolis Institute of
Arts and Walker Art Center.
CLASE / PERIÓDICA link opens new browser window
CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences
and humanities. PERIÓDICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Together,
these databases contain 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English
languages.
Consumer Health Complete link opens new browser window
Designed to support the information needs of patients and to foster an overall understanding of health-related
topics from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.
Discovering Collection link opens new browser window
Designed for students in grades 8-12, this database includes literary criticisms, timelines, primary
source documents, audio and video clips, maps, images, flags, and more.
EBSCO MegaFILE link opens new browser window
Search all four EBSCO databases at once. The EBSCO MegaFILE is comprised of the complete
content and functionality of Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Business Source Premier, and
Regional Business News.
Educator's Reference Complete link opens new browser window
Specialized collection for professional educators, researchers, and librarians.
More than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports covering multiple aspects of education from preschool to
college and every educational specialty—such as technology, bilingual education, health education,
and testing.
ERIC (EBSCO) link opens new browser window
ERIC®, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and
resources. ERIC contains more than 1,282,000 records and links to more than 314,000 full-text documents.
ERIC (OCLC) link opens new browser window
ERIC®, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and
resources. ERIC contains more than 1,282,000 records and links to more than 314,000 full-text documents.
Expanded Academic ASAP link opens new browser window
Comprised of more than 3,500 indexed and full-text titles in all disciplines including social sciences,
humanities, education, science, and technology.
General Science Collection link opens new browser window
Contains over 200 journals covering the latest scientific developments in particle physics, advanced
mathematics, nanotechnology, geology, and hundreds of other areas.
GPO Monthly Catalog link opens new browser window
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates and
records, judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments.
Health Source: Consumer Edition link opens new browser window
Collection of consumer health information providing access to nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines,
pamphlets, 130+ health reference books, 5,100 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish),
Lexi-PAL Drug Guide and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.
Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition link opens new browser window
Provides access to nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, including
strong coverage of nursing and allied health.
The Historical Minneapolis Tribune link opens new browser window
Contains full-text and article images from the Minneapolis Tribune (1867-1908) and the Minneapolis
Morning Tribune (1909-1922).
¡Informe! link opens new browser window (English-language interface)
Full text of 50 of the most popular
Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals including El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL), a Spanish-language newspaper.
To use the Spanish-language interface, click on the link to ¡Informe!, select "Preferences", and choose "Spanish" under the language options.
¡Informe! link opens new browser window (Spanish-language interface)
El texto completo de 50 de los más populares periódicos y diarios de habla hispana y bilingües,
incluyendo el periódico en español El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL).
InfoTrac Junior Edition link opens new browser window
Designed for middle school students, this database has full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and
reference books in just about every subject area.
InfoTrac Student Edition link opens new browser window
Designed for high school students, this database has full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and
reference books. Historical images and maps included. Covers a wide variety of subjects.
Junior Reference Collection link opens new browser window
Designed for students grades 6-8, this database has information from reference books about people, places,
history, science, and more. Includes photos and maps.
Kids InfoBits link opens new browser window
Designed for elementary school students grades K-5, this database has articles from magazines, newspapers,
and reference books on animals, famous people, science, countries and states, and more.
Kids Search link opens new browser window
Helps elementary and middle school students find magazine and reference content from the Primary Search,
Middle Search Plus, and Science Reference Center databases. In addition to periodicals covering numerous
topics, these databases contain the full text of the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Funk &
Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, and the EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals. Intended for grades 2-8.
MAS Ultra—School Edition link opens new browser window
Specifically for high school students, contains full text for popular, high school magazines, biographies,
primary source documents, photos, maps and flags, and reference books. All full-text articles are assigned
a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
MasterFILE Premier link opens new browser window
Full text for popular magazines in all subject areas. Includes reference books, book reviews, biographies,
primary source documents, and images. Excellent coverage of consumer information, education, health, science,
social science, arts, current events, and more. Includes Consumer Reports, Parenting,
Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, People, and thousands of other titles.
Updated daily.
MEDLINE link opens new browser window
Index of thousands of records covering all areas of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary
medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences.
Middle Search Plus link opens new browser window
Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines, biographies and historical essays,
primary source documents, and reference books. An image collection of over 400,000 photos, maps, and flags
is also included.
NetLibrary eBooks link opens new browser window
Full text of over 14,000 electronic books in the arts, humanities, social sciences, life and physical
sciences, business, computers, and more. Includes Cliff's Notes and Nolo books.
OAIster link opens new browser window
Union catalog of digital resources, including descriptive information about each resource.
OCLC ArticleFirst link opens new browser window
Describes items listed on the table of contents pages of individual issues of over 12,000 journals. Each
record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal.
OCLC Electronic Books link opens new browser window
Includes an index of records for more than 665,000 eBooks that have been cataloged by OCLC member libraries,
including titles available from NetLibrary and other providers.
OCLC Electronic Collections Online A&I link opens new browser window
Provides bibliographic information for more than 5,000 electronic journals from over 70 publishers in a wide
range of subject areas.
OCLC PapersFirst link opens new browser window
An OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
OCLC ProceedingsFirst link opens new browser window
An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. Contains in each record a list of the papers presented at
each conference.
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses link opens new browser window
Provides access to records of the dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.
Points of View Reference Center link opens new browser window
Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of
over 250 current issues.
Professional Development Collection link opens new browser window
Specialized collection for professional educators, researchers, and librarians. Covers children's health
and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice. Includes full text of nearly 520 education
journals and more than 200 educational reports.
ProQuest Newsstand Complete link opens new browser window
Full text for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, St. Cloud Times,
Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times,
Barron's, USA Today, and hundreds of other newspapers.
Primary Search link opens new browser window
Full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines, as well as encyclopedias and dictionaries
written for kids, plus an image collection of photos, maps, and flags. All articles are assigned a reading
level indicator (Lexiles).
Regional Business News link opens new browser window
Full text for business journals, newspapers, and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas across
the U.S. Updated daily.
Science Reference Center link opens new browser window
Full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources covering the
areas of biology, chemistry, environmental and life sciences, and more. Each article is correlated to state
and national curriculum standards.
Searchasaurus link opens new browser window
Helps students in grades K-3 to browse and search for content from the Primary Search database, which includes
the full-text of the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, the
EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals, and dozens of kid-friendly magazines.
Student Research Center link opens new browser window
Helps middle and high school students find magazine and journal articles, reference materials, and multimedia
files covering all topics. Contains the following databases: Health Source-Consumer Edition; MAS Ultra-School
Edition; Middle Search Plus; and Science Reference Center. Intended for grades 6-12.
Student Resource Center Gold link opens new browser window
Designed for use by high school students for both homework and in-depth research assignments. Contains reference
works, biographies, essays, overviews, primary works, images, and periodical articles.
World Almanac / Book of Facts link opens new browser window
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries,
facts, and statistics.
WorldCat link opens new browser window
Online catalog of books and other materials in 400 languages held in libraries worldwide. Updated daily.