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School librarians, invite your teachers to one or more of these introductory webinars to ELM. Have your teachers attend on their own, or host a viewing party where you can follow up the webinar with discussion and planning about using library resources in the classroom. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from February 12 to March 12, at 3:30-4:00 PM. If these times don't work for you or your teachers, contact Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction at…See More

Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction has just created a new tool to support and guide students (and their teachers) throughout the History Day research process. Find the History Day Research in Minnesota website at https://z.umn.edu/historydayresearch.History Day Research in Minnesota will walk students through the process of researching History Day projects. It provides guidance for the research process and recommends…See More

Reference Notes is a newsletter providing news and information relevant to MN libraries of all types. The May issue just went online.In this issue, we announce the contract renewal for the current suite of ELM databases. We’ve got them for another year! We also take a peek at some things getting press online recently – such as Pinterest, Klout Scores, Unglue.it, and Google Knowledge Graph – and reflect a little on…See More

The January issue of Reference Notes is now available. This online newsletter from Minitex Reference Outreach and Instruction provides news and information for libraries of all types.In this issue, you’ll find newly-digitized MLK papers, productivity tools for educators, and a new Britannica timeline feature. We’ve also got updates on webinars, AskMN, and ELM for K-12 Academic Standards that we think you’ll like to…See More

Please take a moment to explore the new and improved ELM Portal. The new site continues to offer convenient access to the full suite of ELM databases and will still help library staff, students, and residents identify the most relevant of those databases for their task, but we've made big improvements. The site has a new look and feel that incorporates dynamic elements allowing researchers to quickly identify databases for specific needs.In…See More

What you need to know: Student Resource Center Gold has a new interface called Student Resources In Context.What you need to do: Nothing. If you link to Student Resource Center Gold from your library website, the change has been automatically applied and you are now linking to Student Resources In Context.Your library users have seamless access to database content. You mightconsider familiarizing yourself with the interface, though. To do so,read on. [Note: The ELM portal also now points to the…See More

The new ELM databases were just announced last week, and they contain some exciting options for the K-12 set. In addition to the Gale products, like Discovering Collection and Kids InfoBits, that are currently available through ELM, there's a new suite of K-12 databases from EBSCO, an art image database from OCLC called CAMIO, and an encyclopedia database from Britannica. See them all here:…See More

A new discussion group has opened up on WebJunction MN, the library social networking site. The group is called “Promoting Your Media Center to Teachers,” and is a place to talk about ways to reach out to teachers and integrate media center resources into the classroom. Explore and join the group at http://mn.webjunction.org/lmcpromo and learn more about why and how one might use the group with this 3.5 minute video:…See More