Hi All, MeL Michigana, http://mel.org/michigana is the history steeped part of the Michigan eLibrary. On it you can find excellent digital collections that speak to Michigan history or more importantly, Michigan's place in American history. These primary resources can assist students and adult researchers who are needing access to photographs, diaries, oral histories, maps and more for class assignments, projects or personal research. The digital collections in MeL Michigana are also searchable from the search box you will see on the page. Included in MeL Michigana are 2 subscription resources: HeritageQuest Online<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-proq.php?database=HERITAGE> and Michigana: Sources in U.S. History Online<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=SMIH>. Of course as with all MeL databases, these are available at no cost to all Michigan residents. Did you know that you can search City Directories in HeritageQuest? In Michigana: Sources in U.S. History Online, you can find actual published documents written by people who either lived that history or who knew/interviewed someone who did! For example, you will find a "Narrative of The Battle of Brownstown" fought on August 9, 1812 under the command of Brigadier General Hull. MeL Michigana also has a selection of excellent web sites that have been selected by Library of Michigan reference librarians to further enhance the digital content in this portal. MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned for next week's MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact@mel.org<mailto:contact@mel.org> or visit http://mel.org. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your colleagues. Deb Renee Biggs, MA AMLS Library Consultant/Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-373-4466 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit MeL at: http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> and on Facebook at: http://facebook.com/mel.org Check out the curated content on the LM homepage including state and national CE offerings, LM events, stats reports, headlines from around the library world and intriguing snapshots of our varied collections at http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan