ELM FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES CARLA PFAHL REFERENCE OUTREACH & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
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WHAT IS ELM? The Electronic Library for Minnesota contains 50+ online resources specifically for Minnesota residents. These resources come from different vendors: • • • • • •
EBSCO Gale / Cengage ProQuest OCLC Britannica LearningExpress (now owned by EBSCO)
ELM is brought to you by your local library or school media center, MINITEX, and State Library Services, the MN state library agency with state appropriations to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the Minnesota Department of Education, and federal LSTA funds under the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
ACCESS TO ELM 1.
http://elm4you.org
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Linked directly from MN school and library websites
• To set up direct links, see: http://minitex.umn.edu/elm/access.aspx
ELM RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES General Reference • Britannica Library • CAMIO • Gale Virtual Reference Library
Business • Business Source Premier • Regional Business News
Consumer Inforamtion • MasterFILE Premier • ProQuest Newsstand
Health • Consumer Health Complete • Alt HealthWatch
Skills Building/Tests • LearningExpress Library
Ebooks • Ebooks Minnesota
BRITANNICA LIBRARY Three levels of reading: • Children, Young Adults, Reference Center for Adults 90,000 images, videos, and audio clips Merriam-Webster Dictionary in English/Spanish with audio pronunciations World Atlas Compare Countries
Study Guides for book reviews, presentations, research papers, and science reports Read-Aloud audio feature
CAMIO
Catalog of Art Museum Images Online Representing collections of prominent museums: • Including MIA and Walker Art Includes: • Architecture, Books, Costumes and Jewelry, Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Drawings and Watercolors, Collages
GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY Collection of 25 online reference books and encyclopedias Many Topics including: •
Arts
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Business & Finance
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Education
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Law
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Literature
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Medicine
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Religion
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Science
BUSINESS RESOURCES Business Source Premier
Regional Business News
Scholarly journals and trade publications; company profiles; industry, market research, and country economic reports; and much more.
Business journals, newspapers, and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas across the U.S. with a concentration on Midwest business news.
MASTERFILE PREMIER Full text popular magazines and journals • Includes Consumer Reports Primary source documents Full text reference books Extensive image collection
• Photos, maps, flags Backfiles in PDF format dating back to 1975 for some titles
PROQUEST NEWSSTAND Hundreds of Newspapers including Full Text:
StarTribune Pioneer Press MinnPost.com Wall Street Journal Washington Post New York Times Los Angeles Times Barron’s
USA Today
HEALTH RESOURCE Consumer Health Alt HealthWatch Complete More than 180 international journals and Consumer-oriented content covering all areas of health and wellness. Includes: Alt HealthWatch, Health Source: Consumer Edition
reports covering complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
LEARNINGEXPRESS LIBRARY Improve basic skills Math, reading, and writing tutorials Learn about careers and occupations and take occupation practice tests Prepare for occupational exams ACT®, SAT*, AP* test preparation Prepare for the GED® test, citizenship test Tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks
LEARNINGEXPRESS JOB & CAREER ACCELERATOR Over 1000 occupation details Resume and Cover Letter Builder •
Templates and examples
Interest and Skills Matcher quizzes •
What career best fits you
Job search board How to fill out a job application
LEARNINGEXPRESS COMPUTER SKILLS CENTER Getting started with computer and internet skills Software tools
• Microsoft Office full package tutorials Computer Graphics & Illustration • Adobe products Understanding Windows operating systems
EBOOKS MINNESOTA Ebooks Minnesota is a joint project of Minitex and the Minnesota Department of Education, State Library Services. The collection was made possible in part by funding from the Minnesota Department of Education through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Ebooksmn.org
3,700 TITLES FROM MINNESOTA INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery
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