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1940 Census
Official, searchable website of the 1940 U.S. Census.
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Academic Search Premier
Full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications across all academic disciplines.
Provided by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM)
Addictions & Substance Abuse
Designed for the general reader, it provides authoritative, essential information in easy-to-understand language. Contains 400 essays on a variety of topics, including substances of abuse, treatment and addiction overviews, and much more. In-library use only.
Provided by Owatonna Public Library (OPL)
ALLDATA Online
Automotive diagnostic and repair information. In-Library use only.
Provided by OPL
Alt HealthWatch
Full text articles from more than 180 international journals on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Provided by ELM
Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition provides birth, death, marriage, and military records; family and local history collections; passenger lists; U.S. Federal Census records. In-Library use only.
Provided by OPL
B
Britannica Academic Edition
Encyclopedia content plus multimedia, timelines, world data analyst, country comparison, and the Britannica blog.
Provided by ELM
Britannica Learning Zone
Interactive learning modules for pre-kindergarten through grade 2 includes drawing, reading, games, and geographical exploration.
Provided by ELM
Britannica Library
Encyclopedia content for all ages plus multimedia, timelines, world atlas, country comparison, quotations, and primary sources.
Provided by ELM
Britannica School
Encyclopedia content for all grade levels (elementary, middle, & high school) plus multimedia, timelines, world atlas, country comparisons, and more.
Provided by ELM
Business Source Premier
Full text for scholarly business journals and trade publications across all subject areas. Includes detailed company profiles and country economic reports.
Provided by ELM
C
CLASE / PERIÓDICA
CLASE is a directory of scholarly documents published in Latin American journals. PERIÓDICA is a directory of scholarly journals specializing in science and technology.
Provided by ELM
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 complimentary, holistic, and integrated medicine. Includes Health Source: Consumer Edition and Alt Health Watch databases. Included in Explora Teens and Explora Library databases.
Provided by ELM
Consumer Reports
- Home or Office Users
- In-Library Users
Product reviews, ratings, news, and comparisons from one of the most trusted resources for information and advice on consumer products.
Provided by OPL
Creativebug
Your library card now gives you unlimited access to art and craft video classes, with new classes being released every day. There are also downloadable patterns, templates, recipes, and more.
D
Dalby Database
Cemetery records for Steele and Rice Counties and much more local genealogy resources.
Free web resource, provided by OPL
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format.
Free web resource
Driving Tests
This free resource provides practice tests for car, motorcycle, and CDL (commercial driver's license), links to the official Minnesota handbooks, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Free web resource
E
Ebooks Minnesota
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.
Provided by ELM
EBSCO MegaFILE
Thousands of popular and scholarly publications across all academic disciplines and subject areas. Includes Academic Search Premier, Masterfile Premier, Business Source Premier, and Regional Business News databases.
Provided by ELM
Educator's Reference Complete
Professional publications across all education-related subject areas.
Provided by ELM
Education Resource Information Center (ERIC)
- ERIC (EBSCO interface)
- ERIC (OCLC interface)
Thousands of education-related articles within the professional literature.
Provided by ELM
Expanded Academic ASAP
Thousands of scholarly publications across all academic disciplines.
Provided by ELM
Explora Kids
Contains elementary and school-appropriate magazines, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and images. Includes Primary Search and Middle Search Plus databases.
Provided by ELM
Explora Library
Full text of popular magazine and scholarly journal articles covering all subject areas. Includes Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Consumer Health Complete, Health Source: Consumer Edition, and Science Reference Center databases.
Provided by ELM
Explora Teens
Middle and high school-appropriate magazine, journal, and encyclopedia articles. Includes Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra: School Edition, Consumer Health Complete, Health Source: Consumer Edition, and Science Reference Center databases.
Provided by ELM
F
Freegal Music Downloads & Streaming
Download 5 free MP3s from your favorite artists every week, and stream music up to 3 hours per day.
Provided by OPL
G
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of 25 online reference books and encyclopedias covering topics from Art to History to Medicine.
Provided by ELM
General Science Collection
Scholarly journals and popular magazines across all science-related subject areas.
Provided by ELM
Global Road Warrior
Global Road Warrior contains country guides for 175 countries including culture, banking, business, demographics, education, food, history, holidays & festivals, travel, language, money, religion, security, and national symbols.
Provided by OPL
GPO Monthly Catalog
U.S. government documents including Congressional reports, hearings, debates and records, judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments.
Provided by ELM
Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives
More than 600 biographies of notorious people, from the merely controversial to extremely negative, from ancient times to the present and worldwide, with emphasis on their roles in historical events or impact on law enforcement or popular culture. In-Library use only.
Provided by OPL
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Health Source: Consumer Edition
Popular and professionally written information for patients and consumers covering all health-related topics. Included in Consumer Health Complete, Explora Teens, and Explora Library databases.
Provided by ELM
Health Sources: Nursing/Academic Edition
Scholarly and professional publications across all medical disciplines including strong coverage of nursing and allied health.
Provided by ELM
Heritage Quest Online
Genealogy resources
Provided by OPL
Hoopla
Hoopla offers eBooks and eAudiobooks, as well as movies, TV, music albums, and comics/graphic novels, to check out and download for the duration of the loan period.
Provided by OPL
I
Informe Académico
Peridicos populares y diarios de habla hispana y bilinges, incluyendo el peridico en Español El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL). Popular Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals including El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL), a Spanish-language newspaper.
Provided by ELM
InfoTrac Student Edition
Popular high school magazines, newspapers, and encyclopedias across all subject areas including an image collection. Included in Student Resources in Context database.
Provided by ELM
K
Kids InfoBits
Popular elementary school magazines as well as encyclopedias and newspapers written for kids, plus an image collection of photos, maps, and flags.
Provided by ELM
L
Lawchek
Lawchek provides legal forms, questions and answers, glossaries, tax forms, and pre-drafted letters. Locate an attorney in your area. Search U.S. Codes, U.S. Supreme Court Cases, and U.S. Federal Circuit Court Cases.
Provided by OPL
Learning Express Library
Interactive collection of tests, tutorials, and eBooks categorized in Learning Centers: Career Preparation, Job & Career Accelerator, High School Equivalency, College Admissions Test Preparation, School Center, College Students, Adult Core Skills, Computer Skills, and Recursos para Hispanohablantes (Spanish Center).
Provided by ELM
Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts
Directory of Library-related articles, reports, and proceedings within the professional literature.
Provided by ELM
Los Angeles Times
Articles from the Los Angeles Times from 1996 to current, one of the newspapers in ProQuest Global Newsstream database.
Provided by ELM
M
Magill's Medical Guide
Covers issues in an A to Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. Anatomy, Biology, Diseases, Disorders, Procedures, Specialties, and Treatments. In-Library use only.
Provided by OPL
Mango Languages
Online language learning service teaching practical conversation skills. A wide variety of foreign languages for English speakers available, as well as English courses tailored to speakers of 15 other languages.
Provided by OPL
MAS Ultra: School Edition
Popular high school magazines as well as encyclopedias, newspapers, primary source documents, and an image collection. Included in Explora Teens database.
Provided by ELM
MasterFILE Premier
Popular magazines and more covering all subject areas. includes Consumer Reports, Parenting, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, People, and thousands of other titles. Included in EBSCO MegaFILE and Explora Library databases.
Provided by ELM
Mayo Clinic
Authoritative information on diseases and conditions, as well as a Symptom Checker and information on First Aid.
Free web resource
Medline
Directory of articles and reports on all areas of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences.
Provided by ELM
Middle Search Plus
Popular magazines, biographies and historical essays, primary source documents, and reference books for middle school students. Included in Explora Kids and Explora Teens databases.
Provided by ELM
Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub
The Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub is a searchable website from the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) that makes hundreds of thousands of pages of Minnesota newspapers available online. The Hub contains geographically and culturally diverse newspapers published between 1856 and today. Due to copyright law, most newspapers published after 1922 can only be accessed from the Gale Family Library at the Minnesota History Center. The Hub incorporates historical Minneapolis Tribune titles previously found on a stand-alone website, foreign-language titles, and much more, with new titles and date ranges continuously being added.
Provided by MHS
Minnesota Reflections
Collection of images and documents from historical societies, public libraries, special archives, universities, and colleges that depict the history of Minnesota.
Provided by MHS, Minitex, & partners
MNLINK
Search for items in most libraries and library systems throughout the state of Minnesota.
Funded by the State of Minnesota
N
The New York Times
Articles from The New York Times 1999 to current, one of the newspapers in the ProQuest Global Newsstream database.
Provided by ELM
NoveList Plus
- In-Library Users
- Outside of OPL
Looking for a great read? NoveList Plus is a comprehensive source of information about fiction, nonfiction, and audiobooks including expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists, and more.
Provided by OPL
NoveList Plus K-8
- In-Library Users
- Outside of OPL
NoveList Plus K-8 is a database about fiction and nonfiction books specifically for younger readers. It helps kids find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can also find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.
Provided by OPL
O
OAISter
Directory of digitized images, documents, and other materials.
Provided by ELM
OCLC Databases
- OCLC ArticleFirst (directory of articles)
- OCLC Electronic Books (directory of eBooks in library catalogs)
- OCLC Electronic Collections Online A&I (directory of articles)
- OCLC PapersFirst (directory of papers presented at conferences worldwide)
- OCLC ProceedingsFirst (directory of worldwide conference proceedings)
- OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (directory of dissertations and theses in library catalogs)
Provided by ELM
Owatonna Public Schools Catalog
Search the collections at the Elementary Schools, Junior High, and High School.
Provided by the Owatonna Public Schools.
P
Points of View Reference Center
Pro vs. con essays that present multiple sides of current or controversial issues. Plus magazines and newspaper articles, primary sources, and more related to those issues.
Provided by ELM
Primary Search
Popular elementary school magazines as well as encyclopedias and dictionaries written for kids, plus an image collections of photos, maps, and flags. Included in Explora Kids database.
Provided by ELM
Professional Development Collection
Education journals and reports of interest to professional educators, researchers, and librarians.
Provided by ELM
ProQuest Global Newsstream
Newspaper articles from hundreds of papers including the Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Barron's, USA Today, and many more.
Provided by ELM
R
Recalls.gov
Product recall and safety information from six agencies of the federal government.
Free web resource
Reference Solutions (Formerly ReferenceUSA)
Reference Solutions is a powerful online reference and research tool providing library cardholders instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on U.S. businesses (64 million) and U.S. residents (299 million). Reference Solutions makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
Provided by OPL
Regional Business News
Business journals, newspapers, and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas across the U.S. Included in EBSCO MegaFILE database.
Provided by ELM
Research In Context
A middle school-appropriate database of reference works, biographies, magazine, and journal articles, primary source documents, and multimedia.
Provided by ELM
S
Science Reference Center
Science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources covering numerous science topics for middle and high school students. Included in Explora Teens and Explora Library databases.
Provided by ELM
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Articles from the St. Paul Pioneer Press from 2010 to current, one of the newspapers in the ProQuest Global Newsstream database.
Provided by ELM
Star Tribune
Articles from the Minneapolis Star Tribune from 1986 to current, one of the newspapers in the ProQuest Global Newsstream database.
Provided by ELM
Student Resources In Context
Encyclopedia, magazine, and journal articles, plus primary sources, images, video, and more for middle and high school students. Includes the InfoTrac Student Edition database.
Provided by ELM
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TumbleBookLibrary
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books. When using from outside of OPL, you may need to enter your library card number.
Provided by OPL
V
Value Line
Investment research on companies, industries, markets, and economies.
Provided by OPL
W
Wall Street Journal
Articles from the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to current, one of the newspapers in the ProQuest Global Newsstream database.
Provided by ELM
Washington Post
Articles from the Washington Post from 1997 to current, one of the newspapers in the ProQuest Global Newsstream database.
Provided by ELM
Westlaw
In-depth legal research. In-Library use only.
Provided by OPL via the Steele County Law Library
WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials held in libraries worldwide.
Provided by ELM