Electronic Library for Minnesota

ELM for Librarians

ELM is a collection of research and information databases to be used by Minnesota residents through their school, public, academic, and state government libraries or the ELM Portal. The databases in ELM were recommended by the Minitex Electronic Information Resources Task Force and are licensed through June 30, 2012.

Set up ELM on your library website

If you would like to set up direct links to all or a selection of the ELM databases on your library website, visit "Set Up ELM Access from Your Website" on the Minitex website.

If you have questions about setting up access, please visit our ELM information on the Minitex website or send us your question(s) using this form.

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ELM Personalized

Use ELM Personalized to make it easier for your students or patrons to find and use the ELM databases they're most likely to want. Simply set up an account, select from the list of databases available, and get your customized URL. You can share that URL with your students or patrons and they'll see the databases that you’ve selected. They’ll also be authenticated through the ELM proxy server for seamless access whether at the library or at home. You can even get usage statistics for your Personalized site.

Check out the 5-minute intro video.

Get started today.

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Help using ELM

Need help in learning how to use ELM or teach these resources to your patrons? Check out these brief videos:

Or watch these help videos on our YouTube Channel and add them to your playlist, share them with others, or embed them in a web page.

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ELM Instructional Sessions

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ELM for K-12 Academic Standards

Use ELM for K-12 Academic Standards to find relevant reliable research content mapped to Minnesota curriculum benchmarks. Locate a benchmark and find links to encyclopedia articles, magazine and journal articles, images, and multimedia content in relevant ELM databases (Britannica, Student Resources in Context, Searchasaurus, Science Reference Center, Student Research Center, and Academic Search Premier). Show ELM for K-12 Academic Standards to your teachers to help them incorporate reliable library database content into classroom work. Use ELM for K-12 Academic Standards as a jumping off point to promote other databases and library resources to support classroom teachers' curriculum.

Want an intro to the tool? Watch "ELM for K-12 Academic Standards: An Introduction" (5:12).

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ELM for Librarians

You can find publications for library staff in some of the ELM databases on the Professional Journals page.

Here are some examples:

If you have a specific library-related journal in mind, try searching for it in our "Find a Publication."

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Want to join AskMN?

AskMN was created as a way for libraries to provide online reference services to their patrons and community in a collaborative setting to allow for continuity of service, ease in starting up the service, and centralized training and administrative support.

To learn more about how you/your library can participate in AskMN please visit "How Libraries Participate" on the AskMN website.

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