Minnesota

Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such art, history, sports and music, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags. (EBSCO)

The Minnesota Center for the Book presents a collection of writers, from historical to modern times, whose contributions to the state’s literary legacy are profound.

Explore authors and their works on the map or browse by author name.

The history of Minnesota depicted in images and documents from historical societies, public libraries, special archives, universities, and colleges.

Searchable website from the Minnesota Historical Society that makes millions of pages of Minnesota newspapers available online.

The Hub contains geographically and culturally diverse newspapers published between 1849 and today.

Due to potential copyright restrictions most issues published less than 95 years ago can only be accessed from the Gale Family Library at the Minnesota History Center.

Coverage includes:

• Saint Paul Pioneer Press (1988 - current)
• Star Tribune (1986 - current)
• Duluth News Tribune (1995 - current)
• Rochester Post-Bulletin (12/14/2006 - 2/28/2011 and 8/19/2013 - current)
• Additional newspapers and news sources from across Minnesota and the United States.
• America's News Magazines
• Special Reports
• Hot Topics
• Daily Headlines and Lesson Plans

Use your library card number and password to log in.

At the Saint Paul Public Library? No library card required to access at the library.

Use Minnesota People Records Search to exclusively research birth, death, and state census records, as well as Veterans Graves Registration and World War I Gold Star Rolls.

From the Minnesota State Historical Society.

The Minnesota Writers Directory connects writers across the state with people who want to hear more about their stories and their craft.

A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.