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America: History and Life     1954 - present Provides citations & abstracts to journal articles about North American history.

Index to Minnesota Business Periodicals   Provides citations to articles published in the local business press from 2001-present. Produced by the James J. Hill Library.

LexisNexis Academic Universe   Provides full text newspaper articles from many states and countries as well as news transcripts, which are mostly from major American news sources. Also provides citations and selected full text to legal materials, including federal code and regulations, state codes, tax law, and state and federal case law.

Minnesota History Index       1915 - present Indexes articles in Minnesota History, a quarterly publication that covers the history of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, Minnesota History includes images of historical photos, art, and posters, as well as book reviews and book notes.

MnMAG - Minnesota Magazine Index at the Minneapolis Public Library       1991 - present "MNMag was an index of articles on local and statewide politics, news, current events, history and the arts that appeared in nine Minnesota magazines from 1991 to 2005. It includes over 25,000 citations. Due to budgetary constraints, no new citations have been added after 2005 but may be again at some time in the future." Produced by the History Department at the Minneapolis Public Library, magazines indexed include: City Pages Hennepin History Skyway News Mpls. St. Paul Magazine Minnesota History Minnesota Monthly Minnesota Law and Politics Ramsey County History Twin Cities Reader

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MSU Library Catalog   Provides citations to books, including NetLibrary ebooks, videos/DVDs, posters, government documents, maps, newspapers, some journals (NOT articles), theses and alternate plan papers, and other materials owned by MSU.

WorldCat     1000 B.C. - present Provides citations to books and other materials (including those that are out of print) held by libraries worldwide.

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Access World News (NewsBank)   Provides full text news articles from over 600 U.S. and over 500 International sources. Includes access to articles from: Chicago Tribune Christian Science Monitor Duluth News Tribune New York Times St. Cloud Times St. Paul Pioneer Press Star Tribune Washington Post selected broadcast transcripts

Minneapolis Morning Tribune Historical   Full text access to the Minneapolis Morning Tribune from 1909-1922. Indexing and abstracts available from 1867-1908.

ProQuest Newspapers   Provides citations and selected full text to newspaper articles. Includes full text for over 300 U.S. and International newspapers, including Star Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, LA Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Updated daily.

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Minnesota Legislative Reference Library Catalog   A public policy collection of over 40,000 books and reports, including a comprehensive collection of Minnesota state documents (many of which are mandated by the Legislature) and consultants' reports. Links to electronic documents are included in the catalog.

Minnesota Session Laws         1849 - present Minnesota session laws, all the way back to the territorial days of 1849, are available online. This searchable site provides unique access to Minnesota laws.

Sanborn Maps of Minnesota     1867 - 1970 "Sanborn maps are large-scale plans of a city or town, drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. They were created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property. The maps list street blocks and building numbers including numbers in use at the time the map was made and previous numbers."

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About Minnesota    "Provides you with a vast amount of reference information on Minnesota. Whether you are interested in geography or writing a history report for school, this site gives you the facts."

Atlas of Minnesota    This resource provides access to social and economic characteristics of the North Star State.

Minnesota Legislators Past & Present        Territorial times to the present Biographical database of all Minnesota legislators from territorial times to the present.

Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia    Provides "the stories behind the names, thousands of miniature histories that capture the lost lore of familiar places...Minnesota Place Names is both a book, published in a revised and expanded third edition, and this searchable, expanded web site, which includes the text of the book and a wealth of further links to information about Minnesota places."

Minnesota State Demographic Center    "The Minnesota State Demographic Center analyzes and distributes data from state, U.S. Census Bureau and other sources."

MinnStats    This website is no longer available. "Provides a repository of socio-economic data produced by State of Minnesota agencies. The site is coordinated by the Economic Resource Group, an informal organization of state research managers formed for the purpose of improving economic analysis and access to state data through interagency coordination."

    Use Web Resources

Blue Earth County Historical Society   Provides information about the history of Blue Earth County and historical images. Also provides online access to surname clipping file, cemetery index, an index of articles published in the Blue Earth County Historian (1972-1999), and other indexes.

Minnesota Digital Collections   Collections of digital images, databases, and digitized documents, biographies, speeches, and letters from Minnesota libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies.

Minnesota Historical Organizations   Provides information about county historical societies and their chapters, local and regional historical preservation and genealogical organizations, and museum organizations.

Minnesota Historical Society    Provides information about all aspects of Minnesota's history. Includes a death certificate index, "This Day in Minnesota History," and information about historical places, people, and events.

Minnesota History Topics   List of Minnesota-related topics, brief background information on the topics, and selected resources for further research.

Minnesota Issues   "These guides to information resources are compiled by staff at the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library on topics of interest to Minnesota legislators. They are designed to provide an introduction to a topic, directing the user to a variety of sources, and are not intended to be exhaustive."

Minnesota NorthStar   North Star is the official website for the state of Minnesota. It serves as a portal to state government information and services.

Minnesota Regional Research Centers   Provides map of regional research centers in Minnesota, with links to the homepages of those centers.

Official State of Minnesota Highway Map   "The 2005-2006 Minnesota State Highway Map is now available online. This newly updated map features a city index, regional maps, historic sites, state parks, and mileage chart."

University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center   Provides information about the University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato Memorial Library. Includes indexes to finding aids, or guides to manuscript collections, and information about the South-Central Genealogy Expo, South Central Minnesota Veterans History Project, and History Day Research at MSU.