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Use of licensed databases is available for customers registered in the Scott County Library System. Most are available to you from your home, but a few are available only in the library (see notes). 
See the bottom of page for more information on the databases.

Academic Search Premier: You may be prompted to enter your library card number when you select this database from the list  Contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, and more.

Article First: You may be prompted to enter your library card number when you select this database from the list.  Describes items listed on the table of contents pages of
individual issues of over 12,000 journals.  

Business Source Premier: You may be prompted to enter your library card number when you select this database from the list  Provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). 

Clase/PeriodicaUsted 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 Reports Online: You may be prompted to enter your library card number when you select this database from the list.  Direct access to the content of Consumer Reports magazine by year and month.  The PDF files have the complete content, including ratings.

Health Source: Consumer Edition: You may be prompted to enter your library card number when you select either database interface.  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. 

Historical Minneapolis Tribune: You may be prompted to enter your library card number when you select either database interface.  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 TimesTo 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.

Informe (English Interface): You may be prompted  to enter your library card number when you select this database from the list.  A collection of Hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. 

Informe (en Español): 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 de actualidad y otras materias

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.

Kids InfoBits: Meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

MasterFILE Premier: You may be prompted to enter your library card number when you select this database from the list  Contains full text for 2,053 magazines covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.

and 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 back issues of 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.)

New York Times Image Edition: Today's edition of "all the news that's fit to print," today's issue viewed as the printed edition, pictures included.  (Please note you should have high speed Internet to view.)  For back issues of the Image Edition, click here and select 'Search, Preferences, Back Issues.

 Newsstand Complete: Citations and abstracts from over 350 newspapers, over 250 of which provide full-text. Coverage, updated daily, of local, state, regional, national, and international newspapers is available, including full-text access to 27 major newspapers including the Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Barron's, and USA Today.

Regional Business News:  You may be prompted to enter your library card number when you select this database from the list  Provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications).

Student Edition: Designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Free access to current editions of local newspapers


Database Information


 
Databases with this symbol are purchased by the Scott County Library System for the use of Scott County residents. They are available to anyone visiting these Scott County branch libraries, and they are available from locations outside the library (home, school, work, etc.) with a valid Scott County Library Card.

 

Databases with this symbol are purchased by MELSA for use by residents of the member libraries, including Scott County

 

The databases with this symbol is a part of the Electronic Library of Minnesota. ELM resources are licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. 


Last Updated 11/19/09 sb