Databases A-Z

An encyclopedia with articles on each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Articles, biographies, and multimedia on science and technology.

An encyclopedia with 483 articles on adolescent health and wellness.

An encyclopedia with more than 300 articles on aging.

Choose from any of 20 EBSCO databases or search all at once.

Full-text articles and reports on complementary and alternative medicine.

An encyclopedia with 313 articles on applied sciences in areas such as aerospace, communications, energy, information, medical, military, transportation, forensic, and food technologies.

Artstor's Public Collections contain approximately 1.3 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files from museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists.

English lessons and resources for ESL students.

More than 17 million biographical citations covering over 5 million people, including names, birth/ death years, and bibliographic references to books containing material on each person.

An encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and other research tools.

BrowZine is a platform for discovering journals for which we have at least some full text access.

Company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports and financial reports as well as company histories, industry essays, case studies and business news for research of global economies. Formerly known as Business Insights: Global.

An encyclopedia with more than 900 articles on cancer.

The CGP is the finding tool for more than one million publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government.

News, information, and job listings aimed at college and university faculty members and administrators. 

Reference content, articles from academic journals and magazines, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites covering higher education.

Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.

An encyclopedia with 783 articles on complementary and alternative medicine.

Use the materials in the Computer Skills Center to learn the basics of computers, from searching the Internet to using popular software programs for word processing, creating spreadsheets and databases, implementing design and more.

Articles covering issues that influence women’s lives across the globe, including topics such as civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.

Articles from more than 250 journals on topics such as law, law enforcement, terrorism, paralegal service, homeland security, forensic science, crime scene investigation, and more.

Cultural, demographic, geographical, and historical information about countries, the United States, and Canadian provinces.

Search for materials from all 10 branches of the Dakota County Public Library Sytem.

Studies, statistics, and information about different types of dementia.

Over 33 million images, texts, videos and sounds from American history archives.

An encyclopedia with 125 articles on the material world in which we live and the uses to which those materials can be put.

An encyclopedia with 125 articles on the fluids on the surface of the earth and the gasses that surround us.

An online ebook collection for all Minnesotans.

Over 80,000 ebooks on all subjects.

Articles from more than 1,100 periodicals covering levels of education from preschool to college and topics such as technology, bilingual education, health education, testing, administration, funding, and policy.

An encyclopedia with 585 articles on energy.

An encyclopedia with 490 articles on the math behind our daily lives, allowing readers to better understand how disciplines such as algebra, geometry, calculus, and others affect what we do every day.

Reference content, case studies, news, academic journals, videos, and more, covering today’s environmental issues.

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research.

An encyclopedia with articles on each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Guidance on how to make a budget, manage debt, rent an apartment, buy a car, manage a checking account, calculate the cost of college, pay back student loans, get career advice, and more.

Millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources with extensive coverage in key subject areas such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.

Choose from over 50 Gale databases or search all at once.

Reference ebooks, full-text articles from more than 8,700 periodicals, more than 163,000 images, 6,400 audio files, and 1.3 million videos. Topics include careers, computers & technology, education, health, history, news & current events, personal finance & taxes, and self-help/self-improvement.

More than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Reference content is offered alongside videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and articles.

Reference content, case studies, news, academic journals, videos, and more, covering today’s environmental issues.

Information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

Reference content, millions of news and periodical articles, and more than 5,500 rare and vital primary source documents that range from slave journals to presidential papers. Topics range from the arrival of Vikings in North America all to the way to the first stirrings of the American Revolution and on through the Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror.

Gale Literature combines all of our Gale literary databases into one cross-searchable environment including full-text literary works, journal articles, literature criticism and analysis, reviews, author biographies, and overviews.

More than 5.6 million book reviews in disciplines such as literature, history, education, psychology, and more.

Articles from more than 600 journals covering all aspects agriculture, from practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture.

Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.

Articles covering issues that influence women’s lives across the globe, including topics such as civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.

Reference content and more than 5 million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines.

Articles from more than 1,800 academic journals and magazines. Content is useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, constructing economic models, investing for the future, researching rates, and more.

Articles from more than 500 full-text periodicals providing insights, tips, strategies, and success stories for entrepreneurs.

10.4 million articles from more than 250 journals covering drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

Articles from scholarly journals and magazines covering gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.

Scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications covering the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism.

Articles from a wide range of full-text Spanish and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America.

Over 16 million articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs.

More than 10 million articles supporting specialized care, treatment, and patient management.

Over 2 million articles on popular culture.

1.1 million articles covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions.

Hundreds of journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career.

Scholarly journals and magazines covering events in world history.

Articles from scholarly journals and magazines covering gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.

An encyclopedia with 459 articles on genetics and inherited conditions.

Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature. 

Articles covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.

Full-text articles from more than 80 consumer health magazines, plus reports and reference sources. 

An encyclopedia with 478 articles on the history of American business.

An encyclopedia with 632 articles on infectious diseases and their prevention.

Articles from a wide range of full-text Spanish and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America.

More than 6,000 open access ebooks on a variety of subjects.

Tutorials, practice tests, and information to help develop academic and career-related skills. 

Are you preparing for a professional exam? Are you curious about a particular occupation or looking to improve your workplace skills? Choose the Career Preparation Center and begin your path to a bright future.

Use the materials in the Computer Skills Center to learn the basics of computers, from searching the Internet to using popular software programs for word processing, creating spreadsheets and databases, implementing design and more.

Articles from law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals. This database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, and British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.

LibKey.io allows researchers to search for millions of articles by DOI or PMID.

Articles and reports about libraries and information science.

Language courses for 72 foreign languages and ESL courses in 19 languages.

American English dictionary and practice for ESL students.

Data on various topics concerning Minnesota communities. 

A database of articles indexed by the Minnesota State Law Library.

Free access to electrical and fire codes and standards.

Full-text articles from hundreds of newspapers, plus television and radio news transcripts.

Scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources for nursing and allied health topics.

Studies, statistics, and information about nutrition, obesity, and eating disorders.

Information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.

Drug information.

Drug information.

Over 2 million articles on popular culture.

Full-text articles from more than 500 education journals.

Full-text articles from hundreds of U.S. newspapers, newswires, and news sites, including same day access to over 250 titles.

An encyclopedia with 690 articles on psychology and behavioral health.

PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Articles about important topics in modern society. 

1.1 million articles covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions.

Millions of full-text articles, reference content, images, experiments and projects, and videos on hundreds of science topics.

Business resources and opportunities. 

Full-text articles from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, from 1986 to yesterday.

Articles from more than 230 periodicals about education.

Scholarly journals and magazines covering events in U.S. history.

Prices of thousands of items from the Civil War to the present.

More than 1.7 million articles on conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.

An encyclopedia with nearly 300 articles on women's health.

Primary sources, reference, and multimedia about the people, cultures, events, and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Topics range from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Holocaust to modern Human Rights Movements.

Analysis of world politics and global trends.

Search the collections of thousands of libraries from all over the world.