eLibrary Minnesota News

Updates coming to Britannica School

Oct 19, 2020

by Beth Staats

A new look is coming to Britannica School later this month. As one of the eLibrary Minnesota resources for K-12 research, Britannica is committed to preserving thousands of curated and curriculum-relevant articles, images, audio and video clips to meet every student at every reading level so that students can engage virtually and in-person.

ELM Tips & Tricks: Finding Company Information

Oct 6, 2020

by Carla Pfahl

If you are looking for information specific to a company you can find company profiles of publicly traded companies in Business Source Premier. You can also find information about that company from the profile page. Here’s how to go about finding that information.

ProQuest sponsored webinar recap: Confronting Hard History: Using Primary Sources to Teach Slavery, Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter

Sep 16, 2020

by Beth Staats

Just yesterday, I attended an ACRL / Choice webinar, sponsored by ProQuest, titled Confronting Hard History: Using Primary Sources to Teach Slavery, Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter. Presented by Hasan Kwane Jeffries, PhD, an author and Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University. As I know the importance of primary sources from majoring in history and working with students on History Day projects, this webinar offered insight into using them to teach the hard stuff.

ELM Access to Gale Virtual Reference Library Titles Discontinued

Sep 1, 2020

by Carla Pfahl

Minitex has discontinued access to the statewide collection of 25 GVRL titles.

New PebbleGo video to view and share

Aug 27, 2020

by Beth Staats

Sarah Anderson has created this fantastic video about PebbleGo to help make parents, teachers, educators, and students in Minnesota aware of these new statewide resources available in eLibrary MN!

We've added another ELM Expo Mini

Aug 25, 2020

by Beth Staats

A second ELM Expo Mini is being offered on Monday, September 21st. If you're unable to attend the ELM Expo Mini on the morning of 17th, we've added another, on the afternoon of the 21st.

PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next now merged

Aug 14, 2020

by Linda Mork

Our new Capstone resources for elementary school students, PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, can now be found under one link.

Capstone's PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next now part of ELM

Jul 14, 2020

by Beth Staats

You may already know, but if not, PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next are now available via eLibrary Minnesota (ELM). Capstone, "a trusted children’s publisher and interactive content producer" headquartered in Mankato, Minnesota, offers many education-related resources including print, digital, and blended media products. Via ELM, you can access PebbleGo: Animals and Biographies and PebbleGo Next: States and American Indian Studies.

ELM collection changes take effect today, July 1st

Jul 1, 2020

by Linda Mork

The new suite of ELM resources is now available! These new resources on elibrarymn.org include databases from Capstone PebbleGo, Capstone PebbleGo Next, EBSCO LearningExpress Library Complete, and EBSCO MasterFile Complete.

Accessing the new suite of ELM resources in July

Jun 23, 2020

by Beth Staats

We will soon have access to a new configuration of ELM databases. If you're not sure what those changes are please refer to the Upcoming changes to ELM collection article. If you use the ELM Portal then you don't need to make any updates or changes.

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