Geography, History & Law Resources
Culturegrams: World, U.S. States and Kids edition of this online resource that includes information about cultures, statistics, maps, flags, recipes and other information about over 200 countries of the world
Newspapers: National, international and local newspapers are included. Many full text articles from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal are available.
Historical Minneapolis Tribune 1867-1922: Combination index and PDF article images of the Minneapolis Tribune articles from 1867-1922.
Archive Grid: Searchable index of descriptions of archival collections that can be found in historical societies, churches, libraries and musuems.
Encyclopedia Britannica: The academic edition search results have links to the Ebsco database citations.
Salem History Collection: Collection includes modern history of fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties.
Gale Criminal Justice: Journals and books, some in full text.
Library Catalogs & Online Books
Riverland Catalog: Books, ebooks and nonprint materials in our libraries.
Google Books: Google has some full text content. Click on the "Find in a library" link to check Riverland's collection for a paper copy.
History Internet Resources
- Minnesota Historical Society Virtual Resources
- Chronicling America Historic Newspapers
- Making of America
- History Cooperative Journals
- Minnesota History Magazine
- History.com
Geography Internet Resources
- Google Earth
- Country Background Notes
- Bureau of Labor Statistics -- Demographics
- Minnesota Demography Center