Databases A-Z

CDC is the nation’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health. For more than 70 years, we’ve put science into action to help children stay healthy so they can grow and learn; to help families, businesses, and communities fight disease and stay strong; and to protect the public’s health.

ELM (eLibrary Minnesota) gives Minnesota residents access to magazine, journal, newspaper and encyclopedia articles, media, including images, videos, and audio files, and other information resources.

An online directory of law firms, attorneys, law school alumni, legal information, associations, and articles.  "For 150 years, Martindale-Hubbell has served as the prime resource for attorneys looking to grow their practice. We use our legal experience and technology to help lawyers connect with prospects."

The mission of the Minnesota Board of Nursing is to protect the public's health and safety through regulation of nursing education, licensure and practice.  Their site contains information on a number of different aspects of nursing and public health, as well as ways to join the board, and apply and renew your RN and LPN licensure.

MNLINK is Minnesota's Library Information Network.  MNLINK provides access with a single point of entry into Minnesota's vast resources. The MNLINK program uses OCLC’s WorldCat Discovery for searching, requesting and viewing content online. You place a request for an item that you want, and let the system do the work finding a library with a copy to lend. The vast majority of requests will be filled within 2 weeks, but some requests may take longer for a variety of reasons.

OpenDissertations is an open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. Created with the generous support of the H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston, it incorporates EBSCO’s previously released American Doctoral Dissertations, and features additional dissertation metadata contributed by select colleges and universities from around the world. Providing researchers with citations to graduate research across a span of time, from the early 20th century to the present, this database will continue to grow through regular updates and new partnerships with graduate degree-granting institutions.

PubMed Central^® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

Created in 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to help small business owners and entrepreneurs pursue the American dream. SBA is the only cabinet-level federal agency fully dedicated to small business and provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses.

WestLaw is an online legal research service and propiertary database for legal professionals internationally.  It contains both primary and secondary full text resources.