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Magazine & Newspaper Biography Resources
Genealogy Resources
Health Resources
Legal Information
Car Repair
Lawyer Referral

 

Encyclopedia
Book Resources

Telephone Numbers, Zip Codes
Government Resources
Federal Information
State Information
Taxes

 

Magazine & Newspaper Articles

InfoTrac A collection of magazine articles. Most articles are available to read online but some only provide citation information.

ProQuest A collection of newspaper articles searchable by keyword, newspaper or date.

EbscoHost A collection of articles from scholarly magazines and journals. Most articles are available to read online but some only provide citation information.


Biography Resources

Biography Resource Center A collection of biographical information on more than 165,000 people from throughout history and around the world.


Health Resources

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Mayo Clinic Resources prepared by staff at the Mayo Clinic provide a wide variety of health information including information on diseases, treatments and specific drugs.

MedLinePlus The National Library of Medicine provides a wide variety of health information. Includes an online medical dictionary and encyclopedia.

MerckSource offers a wide variety of core health tools and resources put together by Merck & Co., Inc., publisher of The Merck Medical Manual.  Free registration allows you to create a page of frequently viewed information.



Legal Information

Lawchek offers access to legal forms, Q & A, glossaries, tax forms and pre-drafted letters, an attorney locator tool and the ability to search U.S. Codes, U.S. Supreme Court Cases, and U.S. Federal Circuit Court Cases

LawHelpMN.org
General information on a wide variety of legal issues provided by the Minnesota Legal Services Coalition, Probono.net, the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Legal Services Corporation.

American Bar Association LawInfo.org Information on topics that affect your daily life prepared by the American Bar Association written for the general public.

Nolo Publishing Home Page  Nolo is a publishing company that provides products that help people handle their own everyday legal matters . This website provides information about legal books published by Nolo as well as some online answers to legal questions.

Lawyer Referral

Minnesota State Bar Association Lawyer Referral System A program which provides the name(s) of lawyers who practice a particular type of law in the county chosen by a member of the public.

Car Repair

Chilton Online offers quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information for up to 350 cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs on the road today.

Encyclopedia

Grolier Online
Encyclopedia Americana®:
In-depth research and worldwide current events for middle school, high school, and college
La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre: Complete encyclopedia for Spanish speakers and Spanish-language students
The New Book of Popular Science:
In-depth science information, plus science in the news
Lands and Peoples:
Up-to-date information for country and state reports, plus Mexican state articles in Spanish
America the Beautiful:
State-by-state history and current events

Book Resources

MnLink Finds books by searching participating libraries across the state of Minnesota. Many of these are available throught Interlibrary Loan.

OCLC First Search Online Computer Library Center where information about older or out of prints books can be found. May not be available through Interlibrary Loan.



Telephone-Address Directories, Zips Codes

The Ultimate White Pages Search multiple collections of online phone books for residential phone numbers and address.

The Ultimate Yellow Pages
Search multiple collections of online phone books for business phone numbers and address.

Dex Pages
Search Dex Book with reverse lookup by phone number.

United States Postal Service Zip Code Finder
Search for 5 or 9 digit zip codes for a town or specific address.


Government Resources

Federal

United States Federal Goverment

United States Census
Provides information mostly from the 2000 U. S. census.


State

Minnesota State Government

Iowa State Government

Wisconsin State Government



Taxes

IRS Home Page Provides tax forms, booklets and information for completing federal taxes.

State Tax Information

Minnesota


Iowa

Wisconsin