All eResources and Databases, Online Library Resources

eResources & Databases

eResources and databases are listed in alphabetical order

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Eric
An index to journal articles and documents in education, containing full-text articles and over 1,000,000 citations.*

Explora Libraries
Full text of popular magazine and scholarly journal articles covering all subject areas including multimedia, primary source documents, and reference books. Includes Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Consumer Health Complete, Health Source – Consumer Edition, and Science Reference Center databases.*

Gale in Context: High School
Designed for middle and high school students to help them with their homework and in-depth research assignments. Includes reference works, biographies, essays, overviews, primary works, images, and periodical articles.*

Gale in Context: Middle School
Created for middle-schoolers, combining the best reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources & much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, & history. *

Health Source: Consumer Edition
Nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines, pamphlets, as well as over 130 health reference books and nearly 10,000 Clinical Reference Systems reports.*

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, including strong coverage of nursing and allied health.*

Infobase Learning Cloud (formerly Hoonuit)
Infobase Learning access will end June 30, 2023. RETURNING HOONUIT USERS use “learn” as your password to access previous Hoonuit account history. Online how-to training on common software and devices. Each online training course is made up of short 1- to 3-minute video segments. This learn-at-your-own-pace solution offers the flexibility to skip lessons you’re already familiar with and review lessons that prove more difficult. All training is online and on-demand.**

Learning Express Library
Interactive collection of tests, tutorials, and eBooks to help with educational and career goals. Learning Centers include: Adult Learning Center, Career Center, College Center, College Preparation Center, Computer Skills Center, High School Equivalency Center, Job & Career Accelerator, School Center, and Spanish Center. *

Libby/OverDrive
Libby is a free app that allows you to easily borrow and download eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines from the OverDrive collection to your device. Titles may be streamed using a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. Download titles while using a Wi-Fi connection to save on data and to read offline anytime, anywhere.

New! The Libby app is now available for Fire tablets in the Amazon Appstore! Please visit Getting started with Libby (libbyapp.com) for all Libby app download links and information about your next steps.
Not sure if your Fire tablet is compatible with Amazon's Libby app? Check here to see a list of compatible models: Can I use Libby on my Amazon Fire tablet? (libbyapp.com)**

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Kindle Help
ECRL OverDrive Collection-browse, search, read, or listen on your PC

Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an online language learning system that can help prepare you for realistic conversations in a real world setting. Choose from over 70 world languages or improve on English speaking skills from the perspective of 20 source languages. Tackle the Shakespearean English or Pirate languages just for fun!**

MAS Complete
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for more than 540 popular, high school magazines. MAS Complete also provides more than 440 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines.*

MasterFILE Complete
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Complete also contains full text for more than 1,000 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags.*

Middle Search Plus
A comprehensive database designed for middle school students that contains full-text for nearly 150 popular middle school magazines, and includes biographies, primary source documents, historical essays, photos, maps and flags, and reference books.*

Minnesota Digital Library
Collection of images and documents from historical societies, public libraries, special archives, universities, and colleges that depict the history of Minnesota.

mn writes mn reads
Create, Share, Read. Local authors: create eBooks and share them with readers across Minnesota and potentially the United States. Readers: find eBooks published by independent local and national authors.

MyHeritage Library Edition
One of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind in the world. It includes billions of historical documents from over 48 countries, millions of historical photos, public records, indexes and additional resources.**

PebbleGo Animals and Biographies:
Explore the world of animals with articles that support animal classification, behavior, and habitat lessons or research the lives of important historical and contemporary figures who have impacted the world. Designed for grades K-3.*

PebbleGoNext States and American Indians Studies:
Explore the United States and American Indian History. Aligned to grades 3-6 curriculum, PebbleGo Next offers key reading supports such as read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting along with a variety of downloadable questions, including prompts to inspire critical thinking.*

Points of View Reference Center
Provides students with a balance of materials from all viewpoints on current issues, including more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books.*

Professional Development Center
A specialized collection of education journals and educational reports for professional educators, professional librarians, and education researchers.*

ProQuest U. S. 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.*

Regional Business News
A resource that provides full-text articles for nearly 100 regional business publications.*

Science Reference Center
Access to full-text science oriented content. Correlated to state and national curriculum standards.*

Universal Class
500+ lifelong learning courses in over 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units, designed and led by professional instructors to build deeper understanding and mastery of subject matter. Courses include videos, assignments, quizzes, tests, and options for interaction with other learners. Take multiple classes, video-audit a course, learn at your own pace.**

WorldCat Discovery
A searchable catalog of books, web resources and other materials worldwide.*

*Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM).
**Subscription purchased by East Central Regional Library.
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