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The resources listed below are recommended for research grouped by topic. 

Use the link to the right for a list of all eResources databases.

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Social Studies

Opposing View Points 

These resources are comprehensive, full-text databases providing differing points of view on current social issues, such as affirmative action, censorship, ecology, mental health, and many more.

High School 

Encyclopedia, magazine, and journal articles, plus primary sources, images, video, and more for middle and high school students. Includes the InfoTrac Student Edition database.

U.S. History 

Resources on the most studied events in US history.

World History 

Chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race.

SIRS 

Research database on leading issues, natural disasters, terrorism, today's news, maps of the world, and the World Almanac. Licensed for high school users only.

Science + Health

Science 

Authoritative information covering all major science topics.

Health & Wellness 

Access to medical, statistical, health and related information; latest news.

Consumer Health Complete 

Popular and professionally written information for patients and consumers covering all health-related topics from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine. 


Alt Health Watch 

International journals covering complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

CINAHL Complete

Provides more than 460 active, full-text non-open access journals dating back to 1962 and includes searchable cited references for more than 1,500 journals with more than 3,800 active indexed journals.

Nursing & Allied Health Premium

Supporting students, instructors, researchers, and healthcare professionals, ProQuest's Nursing & Allied Health Premium offers over 700 scholarly journals, 350+ training videos, and provides a unique immersive user experience.

Current Events

Los Angeles Times 

Articles from the Los Angeles Times. From 1996 to current. One of the newspapers in ProQuest U.S. Newsstream database.

New York Times 

Articles from the New York Times. From 1999 to current. One of the newspapers in ProQuest U.S. Newsstream database.

Wall Street Journal

Articles from the Wall Street Journal. From 1984 to current. One of the newspapers in ProQuest U.S. Newsstream database.

Newspaper Source 

This resource contains several local Minnesota newspapers such as Duluth News Tribune, Bemidji Pioneer, Lake Country News, Cloquet Pine Journal, Rochester Post-Bulletin, Worthington Daily Globe, as well as papers from Wisconsin. This resource also contains Al Jazeera and some TV and radio transcripts.

USA Today

Articles from USA Today. From 1997 to current. One of the newspapers in ProQuest Global Newsstream database.

Star Tribune 

Articles from the Minneapolis Star Tribune. From 1986 to current. One of the newspapers in ProQuest U.S. Newsstream database.

Washington Post 

Articles from the Washington Post. From 1997 to current. One of the newspapers in ProQuest U.S. Newsstream database.

Business

Business Source Premier

Scholarly journals and trade publications across all business-related subject areas. Included in Explora Library database.

Regional Business News

Provides extensive coverage for full-text regional business publications from the United States and Canadian provinces. Scholars and academic researchers can access essential newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, trade publications, magazines, newswires and videos.

Encyclopedia/Reference

Britannica High Schools

Encyclopedia content for high school grades plus multimedia, timelines, world atlas, country comparison, and primary sources.

Scholarly Articles

eBooks

eBooks Minnesota

Consists of an online ebook collection for all Minnesotans covering a wide variety of subjects for readers of all ages and featuring content from our state's independent publishers.

Cloud Library

Find your library to access digital content

Primary Sources

Britannica Original Sources 

A compilation of more than 420,000 primary source documents, complete books, and authentic images across a variety of subject areas. Includes close reading strategies for connecting with historical texts and primary source documents.