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Electronic Databases
Audio Books - downloadable
download books to listen to on your home computer, CD, or MP3 player
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Auto Repair Reference Center (Ebsco)
Contains information on every major manufacturer of domestic and imported vehicles with repair manuals for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954.
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Biography Resource Center
Full-text biographical articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.
Subscription purchased with funding from Rochester/Olmsted County property taxes.
Books in Print
Search over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles that are currently in print. Rochester Public Library card started with 11018 is required to use this resource.
Subscription purchased with funding from Rochester/Olmsted County property taxes.
Chapter A Day - Nonfiction
Sign up to receive a daily e-mail containing part of a chapter from a book. The e-mails take about 5 minutes to read. After you've been sent two or three chapters, a new book is started.
City of Rochester, MN
Homepage for City of Rochester, MN. Council minutes, department contacts, ordinances, employment opportunities.
Disability Linkage Line
Information on the community services individuals and communities need to sustain and improve their daily lives--healthcare and childcare, job training, education and recreation, retirement, disability and social service information.
Discovering Most Studied Authors
Comprehensive bio-bibliographical and critical information on 380 of the most-studied authors in North American curricula.
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network.
ELM - Electronic Library for Minnesota
Search ELM for magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, eBooks, and information from reference sourcesýavailable to all Minnesota residents at no charge!
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network.
Encyclopedia Online (Grolier)
Access Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, Lands and Peoples and America the Beautiful publications. Especially useful for K-12 students. Rochester Public Library card started with 11018 is required to use this resource.
Subscription purchased with funding from Friends of the Rochester Public Library.
ERIC Educational Database
Search through more than 1.1 million educational documents and journal articles.
Foundation Center Directory
In-depth data on U.S. funders. Extensive program details for 1,500+ leading foundations; detailed application guidelines for 7,200+ foundations; and sponsoring company information for corporate givers. Includes a searchable file of more than half a million grants. The Trustees, Officers, and Donors search field and its corresponding index allow users to search among over 350,000 trustee, officer and donor names.
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HeritageQuest Online
Over 25,000 family and local history books can be viewed online, and are searchable by every word in the text. Persi, the periodical source index, gives a subject index to over 6,500 genealogy & local history periodicals. Complete US census images from 1790-1930 can be browsed, or searched by name for selected years. Revolutionary War pension file documents can also be viewed.
Subscription purchased with funding from Friends of the Rochester Public Library.
History Center of Olmsted County - Indexes
Search indexes for obituaries, weddings, probate records, census information, military history of persons in Olmsted County
How to do it Index
Search magazines from 1963-1999 for how to do it project information
Junior Reference Collection
Search magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health people, government, history, sports and more. Designed for students in Jr High & Middle School.
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network
Learn A Test (Learning Express Library)
Interactive online practice tests. Includes ACT, ASVAB, GED, GMAT, GRE, SAT, Citizenship and many more.
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Learn Spanish
Interactive lessons and exercises in learning the Spanish language.
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Index to more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings covering the field of information science. Coverage extends back to the mid-1960's.
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Medline Plus
health articles for consumers created by the National Library of Medicine and the NIH
MN Birth Index
- index to MN births from 1900-1929
Funded by the State of Minnesota.
MN Death Certificate Search
MN Historical Society's index to Minnesota death records.Currently, this database indexes the death cards from 1904 to 1907 and the death certificates from 1908 to 2001
Funded by the State of Minnesota.
Morningstar
nformation for researching stocks and mutual funds, as well as tools for building, monitoring, and improving your portfolios
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Netlibrary
Over 13,000 books are available to view electronically.
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NoveList
Guide to materials about fiction works, such as reviews, annotations, author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks and feature articles.
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Olmsted County Property Seach
Seach the Olmsted County records for property owners, taxes paid.
Reference USA - Residential Directory
Search over 210 million residential listings. Can limit by name, state, city.
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Reference USA Business Directory
Detailed information on more than 12 million US businesses; 102 million US residents. Can be searched by various criteria such as address, phone number, volume of sales, number of employees, city, state, and zip code.
Subscription purchased with funding from Rochester/Olmsted County property taxes.
Rochester City Hall
Official website of the City of Rochester.
Samll Business Resource Center (Gale)
One month trial. This comprehensive database covers all major areas of starting, operating and maintaining a business from financing, management, marketing, accounting, taxes and more.
School Board Minutes - Rochester ISD 535
School board minutes, policies and procedures for District 535 (Rochester)
Teacher Reference Center
Bibliographic database provides coverage on topics such as Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.
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United Way 211 (formerly First Call for Help) - local organizations
Local and state community and social services information for Rochester, Olmsted County at United Way's 211 information database.
Volunteer Center - Olmsted County
- search for volunteer opportunities in Olmsted County