Text Box: Library · Red Lake Nation College Library is located in the Ozhibii’igewigimig. Students can check out books by using their student identification card. · Red Lake Nation College students also have access to the Archives and Library at tribal headquarters. There is a complete law library in addition to a large cataloged print holdings and tribal collections. · Partnership with Bemidji State University that allows students access to the A.C. Clark Library, which “houses nearly a quarter of a million books, more than 900 periodical subscriptions and collections of government publications, audio visual materials, maps and microforms.”   Interlibrary Loan If you are unable to locate a title you are searching for within our catalog, you may request it using our Interlibrary Loan Request Form. We can interlibrary loan materials from other library systems in the state of Minnesota and throughout the country. To access other libraries in the state of Minnesota, you will need to complete a card application form.   Online Resources   Internet Public Library “The Internet Public Library (IPL), is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information. IPL provides library services to Internet users. Activities include: finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating information resources; and direct assistance to individuals.”   Library of Congress “The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts.”   The AIHEC Virtual Library “The AIHEC Virtual Library is a collection of online resources by, for, and about the indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific. You can browse the resources by tribe, by subject, or by geographic location using the tabs above.”   ERIC Online Database “The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. ERIC provides a public Web site for searching nearly 1.2 million citations going back to 1966 and, with contributor permission, accessing more than 110,000 full-text materials at no charge. ERIC is moving forward with its modernization program, incorporating new technologies to facilitate the addition of materials and help users identify, evaluate, and obtain education-related research and other materials.”   Other Great Online Resources   To access these online resources, you need to become a registered borrower by meeting identification requirements and completing a card application form.   Your library card is free. You will need to provide a valid Minnesota driver's license, a Minnesota I.D. card or a tribal card with the current address. Residents will be asked to present the I.D. and to complete a library card application. You will also be given a Personal Identification Number (PIN) when registering for a library card. The PIN is needed for placing your own requests and for viewing selected information in your library account. A PIN is a 4 digit number that provides an extra level of security when using your library card to reserve books, to access some online databases, or to look up your personal information in the catalog.   You will be asked to choose a PIN when you register for your library card. If you do not choose one, we will use the last 4 digits of your library card number.   NOVELIST NoveList  is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.   Academic Search Premier The worlds largest academic multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.   Business Source Premier The worlds largest full text business database provides full text for nearly 7,800 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,125 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922.   MasterFILE Premier Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 450 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.   Regional Business News This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.   Ebsco MegaFile EBSCO MegaFILE is a multi-disciplinary database providing full text for nearly 12,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 16,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 86,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags.

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