ProQuest Product Maintenance Window: January 7, 2023

 ProQuest will be taking two maintenance windows beginning Saturday, January 7, 2023 to upgrade infrastructure, enhance security and maintain reliability on many ProQuest products.

The window will run from Saturday, January 7, 2023, at 9:00 PM  through Sunday, January 8, 2023, at 7:00 AM  (a total of 10 hours) for the products listed below.

ProQuest
Alexander Street Press
Books in Print
Ebook Central

Library will be closed Jan. 3

 Due to the weather, I.D. Weeks Library will be closed Jan. 3.

 

 

New Years Hours

 Dec 31 - Jan 2 Closed

 

Archives Reading Room - closed Dec. 27-30

Dec. 27-30: Reading room is closed. Services on an appointment-only basis.  

To schedule an appointment or for more information, please email speccoll@usd.edu or call 605-658-3380.

 

 

Annual Report 2022

 https://libguides.usd.edu/Annual_Report

 

Christmas Hours

 Dec 23-26 Closed

 

November 2022 USD RED Readership Snapshot

November 2022, USD RED had 9496 full-text downloads and 15 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1339. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 1109 institutions across 138 countries. 

The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (2409 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156
The Effect of Exercise on College Students' Overall Health (586 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/74
Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (448 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (7631 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis
Dissertations and Theses (708 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis
Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (596 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone

Reference during Winter Break

Virtual Reference Services will be available during Winter Break
Monday - Friday  9 am - 5pm
libanswers.usd.edu

Closed on  Dec. 23, 26 and Jan. 2 

Update to Finals Hours

Due to the incoming weather and online Finals, the Library will be closing early this week

Monday 7:30 am - 10 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday 7:30 am - 5 pm

Winter Hours start Thursday, Dec. 15

Winter Hours

 Winter Hours begin Dec 15

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

Trial - Electronic Resource - Digital Concert Hall

 Digital Concert Hall
Now through January 31.  Follow these instructions from Berliner Philharmoniker.

1.    https://usd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.digitalconcerthall.com login with your USD account.
2.    Follow the yellow button (Start Institutional Access button) and register for an account.
3.    When logged in, you can view all concerts, films and interviews in the Digital Concert Hall free of charge on all supported devices from the network of your institution or from home.


Fill out our feedback form and let us know what you think about this resource: http://libguides.usd.edu/trial

Trial - Electronic Resources- Library Music Source

 The Libraries will be trialing Library Music Source until Dec. 30, 2022

https://usd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://librarymusicsource.com

A collection of digital sheet music, covering many classical composers. It includes a range of vocal solos, opera scores, and orchestral parts. Scores can be printed or saved as PDFs.


Fill out our feedback form and let us know what you think about this resource: http://libguides.usd.edu/trial

Library Closed - Dec 22

The I.D. Weeks Library Building will be Closed Dec. 22 due to Internet Maintenace

 

Finals Hours

 Finals Hours - Start Dec 7

Wednesday-Thursday (12/7-8) 7:30 am - 2 am
Friday (12/9) 7:30 am - Midnight
Saturday (12/10) 10 am - Midnight
Sunday (12/11) 10 am - 2 am
Monday - Tuesday (12/12-13) 7:30 am - 2 am
Wednesday (12/14) 7:30 am - 8 pm

 

 

October 2022 USD RED Readership Snapshot

 Monthly Readership Totals: 

Last month, USD RED had 10018 full-text downloads and 22 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1330. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 1102 institutions across 145 countries. 

The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (2489 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156

The Effect of Exercise on College Students' Overall Health (471 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/74

 
Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (409 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (7582 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis

Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (709 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone

Dissertations and Theses (658 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

Library Hours- Thanksgiving

Wednesday (11/23) 7:30 am - 5pm
Thursday - Saturday (11/24-26) Closed
Sunday (11/27) Noon -10pm

Out of Order- Reference Desk Phone

 The Reference Desk phone is out of order.  If you need assistance, please contact us at https://libanswers.usd.edu/

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry - Scheduled Maintenance - Nov. 10

Psychiatrist.com / The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Please be aware that Psychiatrist.com will be inaccessible Thursday, November 10 from 6:00p CST until at least Friday, November 11 at 5:00a CST. Our team will be conducting routine upgrades and maintenance during this time.
 

Library Hours - Veteran's Day

Thursday (11/10) 7:30 am - 5pm
Friday (11/11) Closed
Saturday (11/12) Noon - 5pm
Sunday (11/13) Noon - 10pm

NEW OVID JOURNALS FULL TEXT READING EXPERIENCE

New journals reading experience is now available to Ovid customers. The goal is to help users access the content they need as quickly as possible, in a user-friendly experience with access to tools that can further enhance their research. 

https://tools.ovid.com/newovidjournalexperience/