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ELM Product Highlights
Vendors and Databases
The Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) Program is comprised of 15 databases
from five vendors.
EBSCO (5 databases)
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications,
with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or
further are available for well over 100 journals, and searchable references are
provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry,
education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology,
sociology, etc.
Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier offers indexing and abstracts for the 350 most
important scholarly journals back to 1965 or the first published issue. This
database includes searchable references for more than 1,170 journals.
Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Premier is the
database for full text journals in all disciplines of business, including
marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, econometrics and economics.
Regional Business News
A supplemental database for customers of Business Source Premier. With
daily updates, Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text
for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications).
Regional Business News has full text for more than 60 sources.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries and K-12 schools, MasterFILE
Premier contains full text for 2,053 periodicals covering general reference,
business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
This database also contains full text for more than 350 reference books, 84,074
biographies, 86,132 primary source documents and an Image Collection of 107,135
photos, maps and flags.
MasterFILE Premier now offers PDF backfiles (as
far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries,
Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library
Journal, National Review, Saturday Evening Post, etc.
EBSCO MegaFILE
EBSCO MegaFILE is comprised of the complete content and functionality
of the above databases, all of which are updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Gale (7 databases)
InfoTrac Student Edition (High Schools)
Use this database (formerly SuperTOM), designed for schools, to search magazines,
newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science,
popular culture, health, etc.
InfoTrac Junior Edition (Middle Schools)
Use this database (formerly SuperTOM Junior), designed for schools, to search
magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the
arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.
Junior Reference Collection
With nearly 12,000 documents, 8,500 photographs and illustrations, 50 video and
audio clips and three complete Merriam-Webster's dictionaries (Collegiate,
Biographical and Geographical), the Junior Reference Collection is a
complete reference source.
The Junior Reference Collection is a comprehensive, cross-curricular
research tool that combines the following U*X*L products into one database that
is simple to navigate, easy to comprehend, and supports classroom learning.
The JRC's search paths are distinguished by subject area—People,
Places, Subjects, Authors, Books, Timeline—and the results are categorized
by document type—Overview Essay, Biography and Timeline Event.
Discovering Collection
Provides in-depth content for five core curriculum areas, specifically literature,
history, biography, science and social studies.
The Discovering Collection is aimed at grades 6-12 and contains all the
content in Junior Reference Collection plus the DISCovering products to
offer thousands of overview essays, literary criticisms, timelines, primary source
documents, audio and video clips, and over 15,000 maps, images and flags.
Kids InfoBits
A reference and periodical resource, Kids InfoBits gives children easy
access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles that have been selected
just for their age group. Aimed at grades K-5, Kids InfoBits has taken the
InfoTrac Kid's Edition and updated it to reflect the changes and innovations
developed in Gale products.
¡Informe!
¡Informe! was created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users,
providing indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines—not
just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely
designed for Spanish-speaking users.
Professional Collection
The Professional Collection is a custom selection of more than 300 full text
journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from
school or home.
It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas:
arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and
alcohol abuse; health / nutrition / fitness; learning disabilities; literature;
school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
NetLibrary (1 database)
NetLibrary Shared Collections
The NetLibrary Shared eBook Collections provide a collection of eBooks in a broad
range of subject areas, extending the range and depth of your libraries holdings.
By combining time-honored print conventions like "browsing" and "checking out"
materials with new functionalities like word searching within a text and electronic
note-taking, NetLibrary eBooks help librarians create a more versatile and adaptable
learning environment for their users.
Over 13,000 eBooks are available to Minnesota residents through the MnLINK Gateway.
OCLC (1 database)
WorldCat (The OCLC Online Union Catalog)
WorldCat is the world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 55 million
bibliographic records that represent 400 languages. WorldCat covers information back
to 2100 B.C.E. and includes holdings information from libraries across the world.
WorldCat now includes the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus. It
includes records for musical scores, books, serial publications, computer files,
Internet resources, sound recordings, archival materials, maps and visual materials.
ProQuest (1 database)
ProQuest Newsstand Complete
ProQuest Newsstand Complete is an accessible and thorough Web-based database with
citations and abstracts from over 350 newspapers, over 250 of which provide full
text, enabling users to search the latest news from around the world.
Coverage, updated daily, of local, state, regional, national and international
newspapers is available, including full text access to 27 major newspapers: the
Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post,
The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Barron's and
USA Today, to name just a few.
Access a wide range of articles, not only top news stories, but arts, sports and
entertainment stories as well.