MINNESOTA LIBRARIES:

MN Library Directory
http://www.mnlibs.org/dir/index.cfm
This is a very comprehensive directory of  the addresses, web sites, telephone and fax numbers of academic, public, school, and special libraries in Minnesota.

Minnesota Regional Public Library Systems
http://cfl.state.mn.us/library/regdir.html
Links to web pages and/or email addresses of these 12 regional public library systems in Minnesota:

• Arrowhead Library System

http://www.arrowhead.lib.mn.us/
 
• East Central Regional Library

http://ecrl.lib.mn.us/
 
• Great River Regional Library

http://www.griver.org/
 
• Kitchigami Regional Library

http://nlln.org/aurora/krl/krl.html
 
• Lake Agassiz Regional Library

http://nlln.org/ 


• Metropolitan Library Service Agency

http://www.melsa.lib.mn.us/
 
• Northwest Regional Library

http://nlln.org/aurora/nwrl/nwrl.html
 
• Pioneerland Library System
 
• Plum Creek Library System

http://www.plumcreeklibrary.org/

• Southeastern Libraries Cooperating

http://www.selco.lib.mn.us/
 
• Traverse des Sioux Library System

http://www.tds.lib.mn.us/TdSLib.htm

• Viking Library System

http://viking.lib.mn.us/

Library of Congress Online Catalog
http://catalog.loc.gov/
This catalog includes 12 million items in a variety of languages and formats. Ask at your local library about requesting titles on interlibrary loan.

LibWeb
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
Links to more than 4,000 libraries, of all types, in over 100 different countries.

Argus Clearinghouse
http://www.clearinghouse.net/
Provides guides to subject-oriented Internet resources about arts & humanities, business & employment, communication, computers & information technology, education, engineering, environment, government & law, health & medicine, places & people, recreation, science & math, social sciences, and social issues.

IPL Reference Center
http://www.ipl.org/ref/
A great place for finding information! It has answers to frequently asked questions (e.g.. names of all the people who came over on the Mayflower), pathfinders for locating information (egg. how to find the value of an antique), and links to websites with useful information about reference sources, arts & humanities, business & economics, computers & Internet, education, entertainment & leisure, health & medical science, law/government/and political science, science & technology, social sciences, and associations.

Magellan Internet Guide
http://magellan.excite.com/
Select from 18 broad subject areas for links to critically reviewed sites.

Internet Scout Project
http://wwwscout.cs.wisc.edu/index.html
More than 10,500 "Scout Reports", subject listings of website addresses, can be browsed or searched at this site. A KIDS Library of Reports on useful sites for K-12 students and comparisons of Internet search tools can also be found here.