Monday, March 18, 2024

RED Readership - February 2024

In February, USD RED had 10186 full-text downloads and 2 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1719. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 960 institutions across 138 countries. 


The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (953 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156


Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (514 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43


The Effect of Exercise on College Students' Overall Health (348 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/74


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (6127 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis


Dissertations and Theses (1903 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis


South Dakota Law Review (746 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/sdlrev


Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Digital Humanities News

 Throughout the spring semester, USD Digital Humanities Librarian Lindsey Peterson has hosted several primary source workshops for K-12 students. She visited Flandreau High School to speak to history, government, and economics students about the importance of archival research to their studies and future careers. Working with six class sessions of students, they workshopped how to identify tertiary, secondary, and primary resources and locate primary sources in digital and physical archives, like USD’s Archives and Special Collections and the South Dakota Oral History Center. They also discussed how to evaluate the benefits and limitations of historical documents, place them in context, and identify perspectives found within sources.

In collaboration with Iowa’s National History Day program and the Iowa State Historical Society, Peterson also worked with middle school students from central Iowa schools to develop methods for critically analyzing primary sources and including them into their National History Day research. Using a sample thesis statement about the American Civil War as a turning point in history, students used the Emancipation Proclamation, Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the 1866 Cherokee Nation’s treaty with the U.S. government, and nine letters from the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project to critique the limitations of their test thesis. Students incorporated a variety of perspectives and experiences—including letters authored by former slaveholding men and women, Mississippi Unionists, freedmen, and officials from Mississippi’s state penitentiary system—to craft a far richer, more complicated history about emancipation. The primary source evaluation and argument revision skills they practiced today will benefit them as they develop their projects on turning points in history for National History Day.  

Finally, she delivered a guest lecture and ran a workshop in March with the New York Historical Society’s Student Historian Internship program. High school students transcribed CWRGM documents and discussed the importance and challenges of editing historical documents for born digital editions. Then Peterson introduced students to the workflows and components of scholarly digital editions like CWRGM, and they discussed importance of increasing digital access to cultural heritage materials, like nineteenth century governors’ records, and the challenges they can present.




IEEE - maintenance downtime - March 16

On Saturday, 16 March, IEEE Xplore will undergo scheduled maintenance from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Due to the nature of the upgrade, the platform will be unavailable for the entire duration of this timeframe. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. 



Monday, February 26, 2024

Library Hours - Spring Break

Friday (3/8) 7:30am - 5 pm
Saturday - Sunday (3/9-10) Closed
Monday - Friday (3/11-15) 7:30am - 5pm
Saturday (3/16) Closed
Sunday (3/17) Noon - Midnight

Friday, February 16, 2024

RED Readership - January 2024

January 2024, USD RED had 9703 full-text downloads and 26 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1714. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 788 institutions across 135 countries. 


The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (764 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156

Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (386 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43

The Art of Breaking Up: Ending Romantic Relationships (206 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/223


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (5380 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis

Dissertations and Theses (1959 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

South Dakota Law Review (849 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/sdlrev

Monday, February 12, 2024

Presidents' Day - Library Hours

Saturday - Sunday (2/17-18) Noon - 5pm
Monday (2/19) Noon - 10pm

 


 

Friday, February 2, 2024

Database name change

The database American Indian Histories and Cultures has changed its name and linking to the following


Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America

https://usd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.indigenoushistoriesandcultures.amdigital.co.uk

Monday, January 22, 2024

Celebrating 50 years of Wacipi at the University of South Dakota

 Celebrating 50 years of Wacipi at the University of South Dakota

https://listen.sdpb.org/arts-life/2024-01-21/celebrating-50-years-of-wacipi-at-the-university-of-south-dakota

Photo credit: Sarah A. Hanson-Pareek/
University Of South Dakota Libraries, Archives, And Special Collections

 


 

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Save the date- Open House April 18, 2024

Open house: Save the date
Archives & Special Collections, Digital Humanities, Digital Imaging Lab, and South Dakota Oral History Center
IDW 3rd Floor 321
Join us for refreshments, guided tours, interactive stations and guest speakers.

Thursday, April 18, 2024
4:00-6:00pm
 


 

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

David Wachira, University Libraries’ Business and Data Services Librarian

 Help us welcome David Wachira as the University Libraries’ Business and Data Services Librarian.

David, who is a December 2023 candidate for the MS in Business Analytics from the USD Beacom School of Business and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Digital Scholarship and Research Services (DSRS) initiative of the University Libraries, will bring proficiency in SPSS, R-Programming, and Tableau; a demonstrated commitment to delivering excellent service to library users; and a strong knowledge of business and finance information tools, including Bloomberg Terminal and WRDS. 




RED Monthly Readership Totals - December 2023

In December, USD RED had 10226 full-text downloads and 14 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1709. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 712 institutions across 133 countries. 


The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (950 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156


Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (401 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43


The Art of Breaking Up: Ending Romantic Relationships (312 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/223


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (5423 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis


Dissertations and Theses (1810 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis


South Dakota Law Review (1082 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/sdlrev

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Closing due to weather

 Due to the weather

I.D. Weeks Library will be closing at  5 pm on Thursday, Jan. 12

We will be closed Friday, Jan. 12

Holiday Hours will be observed
for Jan. 13-15

Noon - 5pm Saturday and Sunday
Noon - 10 pm Monday

 


 

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Library Hours - Martin Luther King Jr Day

Saturday - Sunday (1/13-14) Noon - 5pm
Monday (1/15) Noon - 10 pm

 


 

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Spring Semester Hours

 

Spring Semester Hours

Sunday (1/7) Noon - Midnight

Regular hours begin Jan. 8

Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - Midnight
Friday 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. - Midnight
 

 

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

RED November Readership Totals

 In November 2023, USD RED had 12998 full-text downloads and 101 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1687. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 1102 institutions across 157 countries. 


The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (1660 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156


Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (878 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43


The Effect of Exercise on College Students' Overall Health (564 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/74


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (7812 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis


Dissertations and Theses (1795 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis


Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (1080 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone

New Database - Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.

https://usd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?db=a9h

 

Academic Search Complete has replaced Academic Search Premier