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Minnesota and North Dakota State Governments produce an enormous number of useful publications, including statististical resources and maps.  They are making an increasing number of these publications available through the WWW.  The other states, too, release information on the web and there are ways to locate this information as well.   Below are suggested sites to begin your search for information from Minnesota and North Dakota.  Contact me  for advice and suggestions for determining the best strategies for retrieving information.




Minnesota

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Internet Research Resources

NORTH STAR -- Gateway to Minnesota government information and services.  Agencies provide varying levels of search mechanisms.  A new feature of NORTH STAR is the capability of searching all of NORTH STAR (topical and keyword searching) rather than trying to dig information out by going to an agency first.  Another link provides Information by Organization, an alphabetical arrangement of state agencies/organizations, including the legislature and the judiciary.

Minnesota State Legislature -- Provides links to bills, statutes, rules, etc.

Minnesota House and Senate Email addresses.

CENSUS 2000 -- This will change often as data is loaded online.  
The Minnesota Data Center will be instrumental in providing online access to Census 2000 data.  For example, click here for CENSUS 2000 SUMMARY FILE 1 data.

DATANET -- Datanet is an online information system consisting of summarized statistical information serving Minnesota's governments, businesses, schools, nonprofit agencies and citizens. The system contains statistics about social, economic and demographic conditions in Minnesota. 2000 Census material is now available via this site.

MinnStats -- Minnesota statistical data, prepared by the Economic Research group. 

50 States.Com -- "Explore" states through this site, which provides an assortment of information about all the states, including links to the topics.  This link goes directly to the Minnesota page.  The other states can be found off 50 States.Com's homepage.

50 States.Com also provides links for:   Alphabetical List of Nations; State Biography Directory; College & University Directory; Community Pages Directory; State Fast Facts & Trivia; State Newspaper Directory; Community Pages Directory [Cities]; and other services.

Public Records Search Systems - Free searchable public record databases, containing a variety of information for the state.

North Dakota

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North Dakota Resources on the Internet -- For information from North Dakota, visit this site maintained by the staff at North Dakota State University Library.  

North Dakota: Discover the Spirit --  This is a gateway to information produced by and for North Dakota.  Similar in style to Minnesota's NORTH STAR.

50 States.Com -- "Explore" states through this site, which provides an assortment of information about all the states, including links to the topics.  This link goes directly to the N. Dakota page.  The other states can be found off 50 States.Com's homepage.

Public Records Search Systems - Free searchable public record databases, containing a variety of information for the state.


Minnesota

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Internet Research Resources

NORTH STAR -- Gateway to Minnesota government information and services.  Agencies provide varying levels of search mechanisms.  A new feature of NORTH STAR is the capability of searching all of NORTH STAR (topical and keyword searching) rather than trying to dig information out by going to an agency first.  Another link provides Information by Organization, an alphabetical arrangement of state agencies/organizations, including the legislature and the judiciary.

Minnesota State Legislature -- Provides links to bills, statutes, rules, etc.

Minnesota House and Senate Email addresses.

CENSUS 2000 -- This will change often as data is loaded online.   The Minnesota Data Center will be instrumental in providing online access to Census 2000 data.  For example, click here for CENSUS 2000 SUMMARY FILE 1 data.

DATANET -- Datanet is an online information system consisting of summarized statistical information serving Minnesota's governments, businesses, schools, nonprofit agencies and citizens. The system contains statistics about social, economic and demographic conditions in Minnesota. 2000 Census material is now available via this site.

MinnStats -- Minnesota statistical data, prepared by the Economic Research group. 

50 States.Com -- "Explore" states through this site, which provides an assortment of information about all the states, including links to the topics.  This link goes directly to the Minnesota page.  The other states can be found off 50 States.Com's homepage.

50 States.Com also provides links for:   Alphabetical List of Nations; State Biography Directory; College & University Directory; Community Pages Directory; State Fast Facts & Trivia; State Newspaper Directory; Community Pages Directory [Cities]; and other services.

Public Records Search Systems - Free searchable public record databases, containing a variety of information for the state.

Minnesota State University Moorhead Library is a depository for Minnesota state documents.   Our collection consists primarily of microfiched documents and some paper documents.  The microfiche are filed by the Minnesota government documents number, which must be obtained by searching the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library via WebPALS.  If there is a Minnesota document on your topic, the record for that document must have a Minnesota document number, which consists of a two digit year designation and a four digit number for each document.  The Minnesota document numbers appear this way in the record:
MINN. DOC. NO. 93-1000.  This would indicate the document was issued in 1993, and it was the 1000th document issued that year.  Minnesota documents can be checked out at the documents/periodicals check-out area.   More information about the Minnesota State Documents Program can be found by clicking here.

Minnesota State Document Lists Docs on Fiche -- These lists, now online,accompany the microfiche copies of Minnesota state documents sent to the Minnesota state documents depository libraries by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library and represent the most complete lists of Minnesota documents.

 

North Dakota

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North Dakota Resources on the Internet -- For information from North Dakota, visit this site maintained by the staff at North Dakota State University Library.  

North Dakota: Discover the Spirit --  This is a gateway to information produced by and for North Dakota.  Similar in style to Minnesota's NORTH STAR.

50 States.Com -- "Explore" states through this site, which provides an assortment of information about all the states, including links to the topics.  This link goes directly to the N. Dakota page.  The other states can be found off 50 States.Com's homepage.

Public Records Search Systems - Free searchable public record databases, containing a variety of information for the state.

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