• Finding Books
• Reference Works
• Finding Articles
• Interlibrary Loan
• Web Sites
• Citing Your Sources

MnPALS
Our library catalog. This link takes you into the "Basic Searches" screen where you can search by author, title, etc. The "Advanced Searches" option lets you limit by date, additional keywords, collection area, and so on. In your list of results, the Location column lists the call number--where the book is shelved. You can also choose other libraries to search from this catalog and ask for books through interlibrary loan (ILL).

MNLINK--Minnesota Library Information Network
A shared catalog for many Minnesota libraries. Choose 'Libraries-Academic' from the 'Current Profile' drop down menu. If you want to borrow a book from another library, click on the title, then on "get it" using your barcode and last name as username and password.

• CQ Researcher (Reference H 35 .E352) Strong coverage of topical issues.
• Dictionary of Art (REFERENCE N31 .D5 1996) 34 volume set.
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Reference CB .D52)
• Encylopedia Latina (Reference E 184 .S75 E87 2005)
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Reference QH 332.E52)
• Encyclopedia of Food and Culture (Reference GT2850 .E53 2003)
• Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (Reference Q175.35 .E53 2005)
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Reference D 121.M3)
• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Reference ML 100.N48)
• The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (Reference JA 61 .O95)
• Religion and American Culture (Reference BL 2525 .R448 2003)

• Contemporary Authors (Reference PN771 .C62)
• Current Biography (Reference CT 100.C97)
• Dictionary of American Biography (Reference E 176.D56)
• Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Reference Q141.D5)

• Familiar Quotations: Bartlett http://www.bartleby.com/100/

• Black's Law Dictionary (Reference KF 156.B53)
• Oxford English Dictionary (especially good for historical usage)

• American Decades. (Reference E 169.12 .A419) Organized by decade.
• Chronicle of the Twentieth Century (Reference D 422.C57)
• Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America (Reference HQ 76.3 .U5 E53 2004)
• Political Handbook of the World (Reference JF 37 .P76)

• Editorials on File (Reference D839 .E3) Compilations of newspaper editorials 1994 - present
• Gallup Poll (Reference HN 90.P8 G85) Statistics and survey responses from the American public.

• Encyclopedia of Associations. Detroit: Gale, annual. Shelved at Reference Desk. This directory lists all kinds of organizations, giving a little background for each as well as addresses and phone numbers. The index volume allows you to find organizations by both name and subject.

We have a lot of databases for different subjects. Some have full text articles, others do not. In most cases you can find a "find it!" button that will show you which articles we have here and will help you make an interlibrary loan (ILL) request for those we don't.

Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, and other disciplines.

Communication and Mass Media Complete
Covers scholarly communication studies journals as well as media industry trade publications. Includes some full text.

Lexis-Nexis
LexisNexis is a full text web-accessible database service that is particularly strong in the areas of current news, legal information, and business information.

Interlibrary Loan

Web Sites of Interest

Directories of selected Websites

Digital Librarian: a librarian's choice of the best of the web (http://www.digital-librarian.com/)

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resources Collections (http://infomine.ucr.edu/)

Librarians' Internet Index (http://lii.org)

The Scout Report (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/) Peer-reviewed web sites.

First amendment issues

First Amendment Handbook (http://www.rcfp.org/handbook/viewpage.cgi)

Freedom Forum Online (http://www.freedomforum.org/)

Laws and legislation

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet (http://thomas.loc.gov/)

Code of Federal Regulations (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html)

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html)

Local political information

North Star: Minnesota Government Information & Services (http://www.state.mn.us)

Minnesota House Research Division (http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/hrd.htm)

Country information

Background Notes (ww.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html)

Speeches

American Rhetoric
(http://www.americanrhetoric.com/)

Douglas Archives of American Public Address (http://douglassarchives.org/)

Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from around the World (http://gos.sbc.edu/)

Presidential Rhetoric
(http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/)

Statistical sources

National Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm)

U.S. Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov)

News sources

Google News (http://news.google.com)

Kidon Media-Link (http://www.kidon.com/media-link)

Images

Google Images (http://images.google.com)

MorgueFile (http://www.morguefile.com)

There's also a great deal of information available on the Web in the way of statistics, maps, and official documents. And each of the Web pages for majors includes recommend sites relevant to particular disciplines.

Our page on documentation -- Includes models for APA and MLA style, plus links to examples of Chicago and CBE style.

last updated 2/07