Selected Resources for: History, Minnesota
Subject Librarian: Kris Kiesling E-Mail: kiesling@umn.edu This subject covers: the events happening within Minnesota and those that impacted the state as well. Primarily from the 17th century to the recent past. |
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Article Databases and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
America: History and Life ![]() This index provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present with over 2,000 journals including all key English-language historical journals.
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General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Minnesota Periodicals Index Focuses on the "history and current affairs of the state of Minnesota" in 51 Minnesota magazines, many of which are reproduced in the microfilm set Minnesota Periodicals--Wilson Periodicals Mfilm 2961. The index was published from 1972-1981.
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| MNMag: Minnesota Magazine Index MNMag is an index of articles on local and statewide politics, news, current events, history and the arts that appear in nine Minnesota magazines: City Pages, Hennepin History, Minneapolis And St. Paul Skyway News, Mpls. St. Paul Magazine, Minnesota History, Minnesota Monthly, Minnesota Law And Politics, Ramsey County History, and the Twin Cities Reader. Index from 1991-2005 by the staff in the History Department at the Minneapolis Public Library. It includes over 25,000 citations. No new citations have been added after 2005 but may be again at some time in the future.
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| Our Minnesota Index An index to the Minnesota periodical collection in the South St. Paul Public Library
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Catalogs and Bibliographies
Bibliographies
| Reference guide to Minnesota history A subject bibliography of books, pamphlets, and articles in English.
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| Women's history in Minnesota [ more information ][ |
Catalogs
| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for.
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General Reference Sources
Almanacs
| Awesome Almanac: Minnesota [ more information ][ |
Biographical Sources
| Encyclopedia of biography of Minnesota [ more information ][ |
| Whos Who in Minnesota [ more information ][ |
| Women of Minnesota: Selected Biographical Essays [ more information ][ |
General Reference Works
| Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. |
| Minnesota: A History |
Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites
| Minnesota Historical Society The Minnesota Historical Society is a private, non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849 to preserve and share Minnesota history
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Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software
RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager ![]() RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).
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University of Minnesota
Related U of M Web Sites
| American History, University of Minnesota Libraries Includes Resources for American History in the University of Minnesota Libraries, Related University of Minnesota Sites
and Internet Resources for American History
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Library Information
Primary Subject Location
Wilson Library
Wilson Library houses the main humanities and social sciences collections of the University Libraries.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: 309 19th Ave. S.
Telephone: Reference: 612-626-2227; Circulation: 612-624-3321
Main URL: http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/wilson/hours
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