Electronic Library for Minnesota

ELM for Teachers

ELM gives Minnesota students continuous online access to magazine, journal, encyclopedia, and newspaper articles, including information on literature, history, social studies, math, science, biographies, images, videos, maps, and more. It also includes tools to help get started and wrap up research projects and papers.

Help using ELM

To find resources for your students select the appropriate grade level below:

Need help in learning how to use ELM or teach these resources to your students? 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 & History Day

If your students are researching information for their History Day topic, ELM resources are vital to their success. ELM resources can help get them started with their research and enrich their projects with images, videos, quotes, primary sources, and more.

Here's a list of ELM resources that we recommend researching. Find these and more on the History Day content type page:

Here's a History Day video we created that highlights how these resources can be researched.

Be sure to check out our tutorial for students, Navigating History Day Research in Minnesota. This tutorial provides instruction and an activity for your students to follow which will strengthen not only their research skills but also illuminate a resource path for History Day research.

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STEM

If your students are researching information for their STEM topic, ELM resources are vital to their success. ELM resources can help get them started with their research and enrich their projects with images, videos, articles, science experiments, and more.

Here's a list of ELM resources that we recommend researching. Find these and more on the STEM content type page:

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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. Show these databases to your students and encourage them to use them for classroom exercises, homework, or research projects. Using reliable content from library databases like those in ELM will lead to better student work.

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

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ELM for Educators

Some of the ELM databases are created specifically for educators. You can find these resources on the Professional Journals and Education pages.

Here are some examples:

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

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Research Project Calculator

Need help in teaching the research process to your students? Looking for teaching materials? The Research Project Calculator breaks an assignment down into 5 basic steps to help your students learn about conducting research as well as finish their projects on time. Or you can create your own research project steps and timeline – the Research Project Calculator is completely customizable. Be sure to check out the Support Materials.

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Got research questions? AskMN!

AskMN is an online information service that connects users with librarians in real-time. Librarians assist users with their information and research needs by sending links to resources, identifying credible websites, help with search strategies, and much more.

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