Winter Break Reference

Starting Dec. 19, reference will be available electronically Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm, at http://libanswers.usd.edu/.

Limited electronic reference services will be available December 26th and 27th. 

Normal reference hours resume in the spring semester.

Archives Hours

The Archives and Special Collections will be opening at 9am on  Dec. 20, and 26.

The Archives will be closed on Dec 19

Library Hours - Winter Break

Winter break hours  Dec 19 - January 10

Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm*
Saturday - Sunday Closed

Library Authentication update - Dec 11!

Summary:     ITS will be performing scheduled maintenance on EZProxy (https://ezproxy.usd.edu)

Description:     Wednesday, December 11, 2019
6:00 am – 7:30 am (All Locations)
•    EZProxy will be unavailable intermittently during this time
•    Once complete, there will be a new login page for Online Research Databases https://ezproxy.usd.edu
•    The new login page will be the same as currently used by http://mail.usd.edu
•    You will continue to log in with your USD username and password
If you have issues logging in please  contact USD-libraryaccesshelp@usd.edu with questions.


Wegner Partners Wegner Partner users, if you login with your first name.last name, you will continue to use that plus an email extension of @wegnerlibrary.org as your user name/account name. Passwords will remain the same.

Your user name and password for Interlibrary Loan (ILL) will not change.


If you have any questions, or experience issues with your user name and password after the 12/11 change, please contact us at wegner@usd.edu or  605-357-1400.

Library Hours - Finals Week

Monday - Friday (12/9-12/13) 7:30 am - 2 am*
Saturday - Sunday (12/14-12/14) 10 am - 2 am*
Monday - Tuesday (12/16-12/17) 7:30 am - 2 am*
Wednesday (12/18) 7:30 - 10 pm*

Library Hours - Thanksgiving

Wednesday (11/27) 7:30am - 5pm*
Thursday - Saturday (11/28 - 11/30) Closed*
Sunday (12/1) Noon - Midnight

Public Service Colloquium

Research Posters – second floor of the I.D. Weeks library building

Monday Nov. 25th , 5-8pm


Sponsored by the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice

New Database - National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) Digital Library

National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) Digital Library
https://login.ezproxy.usd.edu/login?url=https://library.nclc.org/my-treatises

The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) Digital Library is a set of 21 consumer law treatises. Each treatise offers a unique combination of comprehensive and definitive authority from consumer law experts plus practical insights and practice tools. In addition, sample pleadings, practice aids and primary sources are available online with the titles.
The Digital Library offers advanced searching, fluid navigation, an html format allowing easy reading on tablets and smart phones, and live links. Each treatise is regularly updated and the online versions may be updated with new developments almost immediately.

Database provided by USD Law School

Available to USD Law Students and Faculty
Available for Campus-Wide Access

Library Hours - Veterans Day

Saturday- Sunday(11/9 & 11/10) Noon - 5pm*
Monday (11/11) Noon - 10 pm

“Veritas” available in the Digital Library of South Dakota

“Veritas” was a college newspaper created to jointly feature the University of South Dakota and the city of Vermillion. “Veritas” was published by T. H. Ayres of the “Vermillion Plain Talk,” and only six issues were published.

May 25, 1889

June 1, 1889

June 8, 1889

June 10, 1889

June 11, 1889

June 12, 1889

originally posted at https://archivesandspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2019/10/21/veritas-available-in-the-digital-library-of-south-dakota/

It’s Open Access Week!

Come listen to a panel of faculty and students led by the University Libraries about publishing, open access, and using open materials in teaching.

October 24th , 10-11 am.  MT 110. Center for Teaching and Learning

New Staff - Heath Davis

Bound and Unbound V reception

The University Libraries invites you to a reception on October 18, 4-6pm, second floor I.D. Weeks, for Bound and Unbound V, international juried altered book exhibition.

For more information: http://libguides.usd.edu/BU5.

Library Hours - Native American Day

Saturday - Sunday (10/12-13) Noon - 5pm*

Monday (10/14) Noon - 10pm

resolved - Proxy access to databases

Friday, Oct 4 - We are still getting intermittent reports of not being able to connect to the proxy. The proxy is working now but some are now having connection problems.

The Helpdesk recommends restarting computer.

If that doesn’t work, please visit the HelpDesk and they can help get the connection restarted.

If you aren’t in Vermillion, please call the helpdesk. They should be able to walk you through the process on the phone. https://www.usd.edu/technology/contact-the-service-desk

RESOLVED as of 1:30 pm Oct 3. Please email us at library at usd.edu if you have further issues. Proxy Access to all our databases is currently down. We are working on it and will restore access ASAP. Access is currently working on library computers

Silent Witness Initiative

The Department of Political Science is sponsoring Silent Witness Initiative in I.D. Weeks Library during October.


In 1990, the Silent Witness Initiative began promoting and education to support an end to domestic violence through community based exhibits.  It started with a small group of volunteers in one state and grew into an international presence, with projects in all 50 states and 23 countries.


Silent Witness provides hope, help and healing for the victims and violators of domestic violence. Our goal is to eliminate domestic violence homicides by 2020.


Thousands of men and women die each year in acts of domestic violence in the United States.  Each one has a story.  Join our efforts to end this tragedy.

https://www.silentwitness.net/



The exhibit is located in the 2nd floor atrium

Library Hours - Dakota Days

Saturday (10/5) Noon - 5 pm*
Sunday (10/6) Noon - Midnight

Ask an Archivist - Oct 2

Our Archivist will be answering questions on Twitter.  Tweet your questions to @USD_AandSC

New Librarian - Carly Schanock

RESOLVED- Issues with EBSCOhost databases

UPDATE - ACCESS HAS BEEN RESTORED 3:30pm

Some of the EBSCOhost databases are not available today such as Education Research Complete. We are working with EBSCO to resolve the problem.

Please note that some EBSCOhost database are working such as Academic Search Premier. If a database is not working linking will take you to database list. 

If you need an article right away, please submit an inter library loan request.

We apologize for the inconvenience.