Academic Search Premier:  Contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, and more.

AllData Online:  AllData Online is only available for use in the library.  The world's most comprehensive resource for diagnostic and repair information for cars and light trucks starting with the 1982 model year.

Alt HealthWatch:  Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Ancestry Library Edition: The complete version of Ancestry Library Edition is only available for use in the library. This comprehensive source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research includes the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1920, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, and much more.

ArchiveGrid:  Historical records, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world.

Article First:  Describes items listed on the table of contents pages of individual issues of over 12,000 journals.  

Biography in Context: A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 525,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Britannica Academic Edition: Aimed at College/University students, the database contains the Encyclopædia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.

Britannica Public Library Edition: You are able to search Encyclopædia Britannica and Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus in this database, which also contains a Spanish-English dictionary, a notable quotations search and more.

Britannica School Edition: Aimed at K-12th grade and their teachers (the database contains teacher resources), contains four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language.

Business and Company Resource Center: Brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.

Business Source Premier:  Provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). 

Byki is now Transparent Languages Online- see below for details.

CAMIO:  The catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums.

Clase/Periodica:  Usted necesitará su número de tarjeta de biblioteca para usar la base de datos.  Índices a los documentos y citas de artículos de revistas especializadas en las ciencias sociales, humanidades, ciencia y tecnología en América Latina y el Caribe.

Consumer Health Complete:  For consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. 

Consumer Reports Online: Direct access to the content of Consumer Reports magazine by year and month.  The PDF files have the complete content, including ratings.

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Discovering Collection: Combines thousands of biographies, topical overviews, critical analyses, plot summaries, events, and media elements into a single, easy-to-use database that supports classroom learning.

eBook Collection:   Ebscohost titles you can read online.  Contains the full text of electronic books, including CliffsNotes.  (These are not downloadable.)  Formerly NetLibrary.

EBSCO Mega-file: Save time and search  four databases at once: Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Business Source Premier, and Regional Business News.

Educator's Reference Complete: More than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports for educators, from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. 

ERIC (EBSCO) or ERIC (OCLC): ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. 

Expanded Academic ASAP: For University/College students, faculty and graduate researchers, this database offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration — from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies.

General Science Collection Provides information on all aspects of the scientific world and offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications.   

GPO Monthly Catalog: Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments.

Great Athletes (from Salem Press/History) When you select this database, enter the name of the athlete you are looking for and click 'search now.'   This database contains shorter (around 3-4 pages) but thorough biographies of over 1400 athletes from all over the globe in a variety of sports (and not just the familiar ones).  Biographies discuss the early life, the road to their sport, their participation in the sport, and what happened later in life, plus a summary. 

Grzimek's Animal Life: Includes information on more than 4,000 species, covering topics such as evolution, habitat, behavior, taxonomy, conservation status and more.

Health Source: Consumer Edition: Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society. 

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition: Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.  

Historical Minneapolis Tribune: A searchable version of the Minneapolis Morning Tribune from the years 1867-1922, with full page images, headlines and full citations (and possibly an abstract). 
Subscription purchased with funds provided to Minnesota State Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services Technology Act (LSTA) through the Institute of Museums and Library Services.

Historical New York Times:  To get to this database, select the database "News- The Historical New York Times" from the list when the web page opens. The New York Times complete back issues from their first issue in 1851 through 2005.  The database includes full-text and full-image articles.

Homework Rescue Online Tutoring:  K-12 students and adult learners can get free help with homework and related skills online! It's available (in English or Español) from 1-11 pm seven days a week, except some holiday-related closures (for a list of holiday closings for Homework Help, click here). You can use it in the library or sign on from home (with your Scott County Library card). The one-on-one live online tutoring includes- math, science, writing (you can submit your papers or resumes and receive expert assistance), practice tests, live test tutoring and more.  A tutorial is available here.

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Informe:  To use the Spanish-language interface, click on the link to ¡Informe!, select "Preferences", and choose "Spanish" under the language options.  A collection of Hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. 

Informe: Para usar la interfaz en español: haga clic en el enlace ¡Informe!, escoja “Preferences” (Preferencias), y entonces elija “Spanish” (español) por debajo de las opciones de idiomas.  Usted necesitará su número de tarjeta de biblioteca para usar la base de datos.  Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas la actualidad y otras materias.   

Issues and Controversies: Delivers carefully researched essays written to give students a thorough review of all sides of a topical issue or controversy in today's news.

JobNow: JobNow functions as an online job coach and is available from 1-11 pm from any computer.  You can get help with resumes, job search assistance and interview preparation.  You can write a resume and get feedback, get assistance with a job search and prepare for the all-important job interview.  It also includes a jobs and careers subject guide pathfinder with local Twin Cities resources and web links.  You may need to create an account on the site to access some areas- this can be different from your library card and password.  MELSA has also put together a list of Job and Small Business resources.

Junior Edition: Designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Junior Reference Collection:  Includes documents, photographs and illustrations, video and audio clips, and  Merriam-Webster's dictionaries (Collegiate, Biographical, and Geographical).

Kids InfoBits:  Meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 and it includes information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kids Search:  A search interface designed specifically for elementary/middle school students to make it easy to find the most useful information for school and more by topic or keywords.  Features the Science Reference Center.

LearningExpress Library: (Formerly Learn A Test) Test Preparation that works. The Learn a Test database from Learning Express Library includes practice test in many areas including ASVAB, the ACT, the GRE, Postal Worker, U.S. Citizenship, Praxis/PPST, Civil Service careers, basic skills, and many more. All new users of this database must have their own email address to be able to register. 

LegalForms:  A library of legal forms for every stage of life. After downloading, forms can be printed as is or filled in electronically.  There are thousands of legal forms available with more forms being added daily. Types of forms include: Official, State Specific, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate and General forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.  (Please note these forms are not accepted in Minnesota District Courts.)  

Literature Resource Center: Designed to meet the research needs of undergraduate and high school students, the Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline.

Mango Languages : This premier online program  is a unique way to learn another language. The web site interface will let you create a user profile to track your progress in the courses.  Mango Languages currently offers complete courses for Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Greek, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and specific complete ESL courses for speakers of Polish, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese speakers.  Basic courses are offered for Arabic (Leventine), Farsi, Pashto, Urdu, Turkish, Hebrew, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Tagalog, Hindi, Irish and specific basic ESL courses for speakers of French, Italian, German, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Arabic, Korean, and Vietnamese.

MAS Ultra—School Edition:  Specifically for high school students, contains full text for popular, high school magazines, biographies, primary source documents, photos, maps and flags, and reference books. 

MasterFILE Premier:  Contains full text for 2,053 magazines covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.

MEDLINE:  Information to help answer health questions from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

Middle Search Plus: Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines, biographies and historical essays, primary source documents, and reference books. An image collection of over 400,000 photos, maps, and flags is also included.  Aimed at grades 6-8.

Minnesota Digital Library- Reflections: The first online project of the Minnesota Digital Library Coalition- a collection of more than 31,000 images and documents depicting the history of Minnesota.

Minnesota Grantmakers:  The Minnesota Grantmakers database is only available for use in the library.   Please see the information desk for the password. From the Minnesota Council on Foundations, "the web's largest, most up-to-date database of Minnesota grantmakers and grants." 

& Minnesota Newspapers: State and Local:  Full text searchable papers, from local sources including the Jordan Independent, Prior Lake American, Savage Pacer and Shakopee Valley News, the Pioneer Press, and the Image Edition of the Star Tribune.  (Image Edition back issues run from 1/1/2006-11/14/2008. Please note that not all images appear, and syndicated articles will not appear full-text, please contact your library for assistance if you are searching for a syndicated article.)

MnLink Gateway: Log in with your Scott County library card to request older materials from around the state be delivered to your branch library.

Morningstar Investment Research Center-: Get data and guidance on mutual funds, stocks, and exchange-traded funds; determine how investments fit into a portfolio; or obtain data on a particular industry. Contains 23,000+ mutual funds, 600+ ETFs, 7,000+ stocks from NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq, and OTC exchanges, 250 screenable fund datapoints, 450 screenable stock datapoints, 2,000 Fund Analyst Reports, and 2,000+ Stock Analyst Reports that are updated continuously throughout the day.
 

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NoveList K-8:  Helps kids locate age-appropriate books.  There's fiction and nonfiction titles chosen specifically to support the school curriculum as well as the pleasure reading needs of students.

NoveList Plus: Novelist is a database where you can search for your next great read by reading level (from kids on up), subject, title or author.  There's also lists of read-alikes and award winners.  You can even search by plot keywords.  Of special interest to book clubs there is also a list of discussion guides.

OAIster (or OAIster Searchable Interface):  OAIster (or OAIster Searchable Iinterface): OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources. Access to these digital resources is provided by "harvesting" their descriptive metadata (records) using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.

OCLC Electronic Collections Online:  Provides bibliographic information for a growing collection of more than 6,200 electronic journals from over 70 publishers in a wide range of subject areas, with article citations and full text available through several options.  

OCLC PapersFirst:  An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.  Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre

OCLC ProceedingsFirst:  Worldwide conference proceedings from every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.

OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses:  A catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.

OneClickdigital Downloadable Audiobooks: OneClickdigital is our current digital audiobook provider. All audiobooks from OneClickdigital are iPod compatible. There is an one-time setup to create an account and a help section  to get you started once you register. Please e-mail their Patron Support if you are having problems with downloading or transferring- the product is in beta so there are a few glitches.

Overdrive Digital Library (eBooks): Scott County Library card holders can choose from bestsellers, new releases, fiction and nonfiction for all ages.  Make sure your card number is current and you know your PIN before signing on (call your library with questions about that).  Titles can be read on your computer, most eBook readers, the iPad and more.  See the help section for more information on getting started.  FYI- up to 3 eBooks can be checked out at a time for up to 14 days (they can be returned early).

Points of View Reference Center: Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of over 250 current issues.

Politics: Reference Books Online: The Gale Virtual Reference Library's books covering many angles of politics including history and law.

Professional Collection: .  Designed for the educator, this database has full text for education journals across a variety of fields such as child and adolescent psychology, drug and alcohol abuse, learning disabilities, sports/athletic training etc. Updated daily.

Professional Development Collection: Provides a specialized collection for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice.

ProQuest Newsstand: Citations and abstracts from over 350 newspapers, including the Star Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Barron's, and USA Today.

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Research Project Calculator: a simple and comprehensive five-step model for navigating the research process when you need to get a paper done.

Reference Books Online:  Gale Virtual Reference Library collection of reference books contains encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

ReferenceUSA:  Reference USA contains information on 14 million U.S. businesses. Information available includes company name, industry, geographic location, business size, executives, number of employees, and sales volume.  

Regional Business News:  Provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications).

Salem Press Health:  Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues.  The database also includes the Salem Heath: Cancer resources. 

Salem Press History:  Contains Milestone Documents in American History, The Nineties in America, The Eighties in America, The Seventies in America, The Sixties in America, and The Fifties in America.

Science Reference Center:  An easy to use search with a multitude of full text science-oriented content designed to meet every student's science research needs.

Searchasaurus:  A search for elementary and middle school kids that contains a collection of magazines, reference books (including a dictionary and an encyclopedia), biographies, photos at an age-appropriate reading level.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center: Small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, personal watercraft/jet ski, snow blowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines.  Over 400 books with photos and illustrations, searchable by type of product, specific brand, specific model/engine type, and specific area of that model/engine type.

Student Research Center:  A search interface designed specifically for secondary school students that includes magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports, film and video plus the Science Reference Center.

Student Resources in Context: Designed for use by high school students for both homework and in-depth research assignments. Contains reference works, biographies, essays, overviews, primary works, images, and periodical articles.