Minnesota Knows at www.mnknows.org, is a portal to five state-funded Internet resources.

MnLINK is the gateway that allows you to explore the catalogs of multiple Minnesota libraries with a single search. If you have a library card for Great River Regional Library (GRRL), you can search MnLINK to locate items at academic and public libraries across the state and have them delivered to your local library.

ELM, the Electronic Library for Minnesota, includes countless articles taken from magazines, journals, newspaper articles, eBooks and other kinds of reference sources. It’s the place to find information you can trust on almost any topic under the sun. And it’s always accessible, a library that never closes.

Minnesota Reflections is an online collection of more than 32,000 photographs, maps, journals and documents from Minnesota’s past. Images have been collected from historical societies, public libraries, universities and other sources to provide a visual history of the state, now shared across Minnesota.

AskMN is an instant online chat service that allows you to get help from an experienced librarian any time, day or night, seven days a week. If you’re doing college research, you can even choose to connect with an academic librarian.

Research Project Calculator is a tool to help students stay on track with research assignments. It’s a five-step process that can involve teachers, media specialists and students. The steps are Question, Gather, Conclude, Communicate and Evaluate.