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/

September 2022 USD RED Readership Snapshot

Monthly Readership Totals:
Last month, USD RED had 7108 full-text downloads and 27 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1299. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 841 institutions across 134 countries. 

The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (1443 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156

 
Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (390 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43

 
The Effect of Exercise on College Students' Overall Health (318 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/74


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (5479 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis

Dissertations and Theses (630 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (557 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone
 

ARTWORK BY SOUTH DAKOTA PHYSICIAN AND USD CLINICAL PROFESSOR ON DISPLAY IN THE I.D. WEEKS LIBRARY

 Artwork from the series “Power Grid Cat” by Judith R. Peterson, M.D., MPH, is currently on display on the first-floor gallery of the I.D. Weeks Library building in Vermillion now through Dec. 6.

Peterson, a clinical professor of neurosciences in the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, takes inspiration from her cat, Chai, and the concept of cats as a power grid absorbing and radiating energy.

Peterson received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She specializes in anesthesiology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, sports medicine and pain medicine and practices in Yankton and Sioux Falls.

 

 

Originally posted at https://www.usd.edu/the-south-dakotan/artwork-by-south-dakota-physician-and-usd-clinical-professor-on-display-in-the-id-weeks-library

Morningstar - maintenance - Oct 8

 Morningstar will be conducting a disaster recovery test for Morningstar Investment Research Center (MIRC) on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, from 09:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CDT.

During this time frame Morningstar Investment Research Center will be unavailable. During the outage period, any user attempting to access Morningstar Investment Research Center will see a screen noting maintenance in progress.

Library Hours - Native American Day

Sat-Sun (10/8-9) Noon - 5 pm
Monday (10/10) Noon - 10 pm 

Banned Book Week 2022

 Banned Books Week (September 18-24, 2022) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. (American Library Association)

Banned Book Week 2022
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021
1.    Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
2.    Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
3.    All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
4.    *Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
5.    *The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
6.    *The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
7.    *Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
8.    *The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
9.    This Book is Gay by June Dawson
10.    Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
*Part of University Libraries’ Collections

 

 

August 2022 USD RED Readership Snapshot

August 2022 USD RED Readership Snapshot 

Monthly Readership Totals:
Last month, USD RED had 4778 full-text downloads and 19 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1294. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 534 institutions across 124 countries. 

The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (753 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156
The Art of Breaking Up: Ending Romantic Relationships (188 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/223
Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (168 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (3487 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis
Dissertations and Theses (594 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis
Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (394 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone
 

Siouxland Artists’ Annual Show & Competition Traveling Show

  Art from Siouxland Artists Traveling Art Show will be on display in the University Libraries first floor gallery from Aug. 13-Sept. 15. Siouxland Artists Incorporated has been promoting art and artists for three-quarters of a century. https://facebook.com/SiouxlandArtistsIncorporated

 

Oxford Academic is currently unavailable

We are currently experiencing technical issues with our Oxford Academic subscriptions.  Oxford is working on a widespread fix to resolve the issues. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Library Hours - Labor Day

Saturday - Sunday (9/3-4) Noon - 5pm

Monday (9/5) Noon-10pm

July 2022 USD RED Readership Snapshot

July 2022 USD RED Readership Snapshot

Monthly Readership Totals:
Last month, USD RED had 4594 full-text downloads and 3 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1260. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 457 institutions across 130 countries. 

The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (839 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156

 
The Art of Breaking Up: Ending Romantic Relationships (177 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/223

 
Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (175 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43


The most popular publications were: 

Honors Thesis (3477 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis

 
Dissertations and Theses (422 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

 
Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (375 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone

 

Library Hours - Fall Semester

Saturday (8/20) 10 am - 5 pm

Sunday (8/21) Noon - Midnight

 

Fall hours begin Monday, Aug. 22

Monday -Thursday 7:30 am - Midnight
Friday 7:30 am - 10 pm
Saturday 10 am - 10 pm
Sunday 10 am - Midnight

RED Readership - June

June Monthly Readership Totals:
Last month, USD RED had 5832 full-text downloads and 15 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1251. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 613 institutions across 125 countries. 

The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (1225 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156

Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (251 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43

The Art of Breaking Up: Ending Romantic Relationships (196 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/223


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (4469 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis

Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (472 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone

Dissertations and Theses (458 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

New HOTP books

 Need something to read this summer?  Check our our Hot Off the Press books!

https://libguides.usd.edu/hotoffthepress
 

Library Hours - 4th of July

 July 2-4 Closed

RED May Readership

May Monthly Readership Totals: 

Last month, USD RED had 8328 full-text downloads and 60 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1246. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 962 institutions across 138 countries.
The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (2469 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156

The Effect of Exercise on College Students' Overall Health (270 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/74

The Effect of a Universal Basic Income on Life Decisions: Evidence from a Student Lab Experiment (266 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/69


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (6680 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis

Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (609 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone

Dissertations and Theses (603 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

Library Hours - Juneteenth

 June 18-20 Closed

1972 Rapid City Flood

 From USD's Digital Library collections...

On June 9, 1972 a devastating flood ravaged Rapid City and the surrounding area in the Black Hills.

The South Dakota Oral History Center has a collection of oral histories about the flood.  https://tinyurl.com/RapidCityFlood

Addition information and primary resources can be found at

https://tinyurl.com/RapidCityFloodPictures

https://1972flood.omeka.net/collections/browse

https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/images-of-the-past/the-1972-rapid-city-flood/

Library Hours - Memorial Day

 May 28-30 Closed

Scheduled Journals Maintenance-Ovid

On 19 May 2022 starting at 9 pm Central time, the Ovid journals platform will be unavailable for around 45 minutes due to maintenance work.

 

 

 

RED April Readership totals

In April, USD RED had 8990 full-text downloads and 51 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1218. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 1069 institutions across 130 countries.
 

The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (2967 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156
The Effect of Exercise on College Students' Overall Health (417 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/74
The Effect of a Universal Basic Income on Life Decisions: Evidence from a Student Lab Experiment (396 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/69


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (7507 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis
Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (514 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone
Dissertations and Theses (448 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

BoardVitals maintenance -May 14-15

BoardVitals site is undergoing a planned procedure! Hopefully you are sound asleep while it is happening and it won't interrupt your studies too much. Access to the desktop and mobile app will be unavailable from Sat, May 14 10:00 PM (CST) - Sun, May 15 10:00 AM (CST).

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

 

 

 

Virtual Reference Schedule, May 9-August 19, 2022

 Reference services will be available virtually May 9-August 19, 2022

https://libanswers.usd.edu

Hours available

Monday - Thursday
9 am - 11:30 am
1pm - 3:30 pm
6 pm - 9 pm

Friday
9 am - 11:30 am
1pm - 3:30 pm

Sunday
2pm - 5 pm
6 pm - 9 pm

Library Hours - Summer

Summer Hours Start May 9

Monday - Thursday 7:30 am - 8pm
Friday 7:30 am -5pm
Saturday and Sunday Noon - 5 pm

Finals Week - Library Hours

Sunday (5/1) 10 am - 2 am
Monday (5/2) - Thursday (5/5) 7:30 am - 2 am
Friday (5/6) 7:30 am - 8 pm
Saturday (5/7) Noon - 5 pm
Sunday (5/8) Closed

CEU Press provides free access to ten of its titles on Ukraine

 CEU Press is making its most pertinent titles on Ukraine and its neighbours freely available on the Project MUSE platform.

How did the Russian Empire in the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries try to “solve” the question of Ukraine? Can history explain the causes of the current military confrontation? Who are the Ukrainians of today?

For a deeper look into the history of Ukraine and how it affects the present, you can read, download and share the eBooks following the links below:

The Ukrainian Question by Alexei Miller
Along Ukraine’s River by Roman Adrian Cybriwsky
A Laboratory of Transnational History, edited by Georgiy Kasianov and Philipp Ther
Heroes and Villains by David Marples
The Moulding of Ukraine by Katarzyna Wolczuk
State-Building: A Comparative Study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia by Verena Fritz
Regionalism without Regions: Reconceptualizing Ukraine's Heterogeneity, edited by Oksana Myshlovska and Ulrich Schmid
Where Currents Meet: Frontiers of Memory in Post-Soviet Fiction of Kharkiv, Ukraine by Tanya Zaharchenko
Memory Crash by Georgiy Kasianov
The War in Ukraine’s Donbas, edited by David Marples
 

For more about these titles, you can find a summary here.

https://ceupress.com/article/2022-03-01/ceu-press-provides-free-access-ten-its-titles-ukraine

Archives & Special Collections and the South Dakota Oral History Center renovations complete!

The new Archives and Special Collections and South Dakota Oral History (SDOHC) space is open to visitors as of March 28th, 2022. The renovation and expansion project saw increase in teaching, research, office, and collections spaces for the ASC and SDOHC.

We encourage anyone to stop by to see the new space.

The 30-seat reading room serves as both a research and teaching space. Here we will seat individual users of both ASC and SDOHC materials. We will also welcome classes for primary source instruction sessions. Use as general study is encouraged during business hours.  

 
The processing space where students and staff will conduct collections work.  

Older spaces will serve as additional collections storage.  This space will become the new home of the following book collections: Cash, Chilson Oversize, Health Sciences Rare Books, Mahoney, and Special Books.

 
A new state-of-the-art digital imaging lab will aid in our digitization and preservation efforts. 

Library Hours - Easter Weekend

April 14 7:30am - 5pm
April 15-17 Closed
April 18 Noon - 10 pm

 

 

Hot Off the Press Collection

Looking for something to read? The library has a rotating selection of recently published books in its Hot off the Press (HOTP) Collection!

The most recent additions to the Hot Off the Press collection are located on the rotating display shelf in the entrance of the I.D. Weeks Library. The rest of the collection is shelved at the west end of the first floor. All Hot Off the Press books can be checked out for four weeks by anyone with a USD ID or community borrower card.

The HOTP committee selects and manages this leased collection of current reading material to support the leisure reading interests of the USD community. Each month committee members make suggestions for books to include in the collection and vote on the nominations to decide what to order. Selections include fiction and non-fiction titles published within the last two months, and the committee strives to include everything from history to science fiction to sports to mystery and suspense to technology.
Each title is leased for one year, and at the end of the lease period the library is allowed to keep 20% of the leased titles for the main collection. The committee evaluates each book at the end of the year to decide which books to keep, keeping in mind factors such as whether a book could be useful for a specific department and the authority of the author.

Stop by to find your next read!

https://libguides.usd.edu/hotoffthepress

 

 

Connecting to Interlibrary Loan

A lot of times books and articles can be found through the library’s online catalog and easily accessed without asking for help, but sometimes the library doesn’t have what you need. When that happens, you can submit request through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). ILL is a way for library patrons to obtain books, videos, music, or other items as needed from other libraries—not only from around the state, but from around the world—usually at no cost to our patrons.

The ILL department provides scans of book chapters and journal articles for our patrons not physically located on campus and will also mail items to home addresses for distance students. We also lend items from our collection to other libraries to promote the sharing of library resources which helps connect people to the information they are looking for.

In addition to all of this, ILL also maintains electronic course reserves for faculty members to make book chapters, poems, and articles available to students and help defray the cost of buying textbooks. 

https://libguides.usd.edu/ILLiad

https://libguides.usd.edu/wegnerILL/createaccount 

 

 

https://libguides.usd.edu/ILLiad

https://libguides.usd.edu/wegnerILL/createaccount

 

Liaison Librarian, Danielle Loftus

 Liaison Librarian, Danielle Loftus

Each department or program on campus has a designated liaison librarian who serves as the first point of contact for any library-related questions or services. Liaisons are your go-to librarians, connecting you to library services and collections. They are subject specialists who provide support for faculty and student research, instruction, and scholarly communication, who build rich library collections or can refer you to other library experts. I am the Fine Arts liaison and work with Art, Theater and Music, and these are some my engagement activities:

•    Instruction, consultation, collection building
•    Scholarly communication
•    Digital scholarship and tools
•    Outreach to community
•    Exhibits and event planning

Be sure to contact your library liaison if you need research help or would like to purchase items in your area of research for the library collection. To connect with the liaison librarian in your area contact the reference desk ask@usd.libanswers.com or Circulation 605-677-5373

It’s National Library Week! April 3-9, 2022

 
University Libraries works aims to connect you to library collections and services that support your teaching, learning, and research.  As the theme of National Library Week (NLW) this year is “Connect with Your Library,” each day this week the library blog will highlight a way(s) you can connect to library resources.  

National Library Week (April 3-9, 2022) is a time to celebrate our nation’s libraries, library workers’ contributions and promote library use and support. www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks#nlw

Connecting to Reference and Research Services

As the semester nears its end, remember librarians are ready to help you find and use library resources. Contact Reference and Research Services for help with navigating the library’s webpage to locate articles, books, LibGuides (Research Guides), tutorials and more! Librarians are available in person at the Reference Desk (first floor I.D.Weeks Library on the west side) or virtually through Ask A Librarian where you can email you question(s) or have a chat.

Reference hours:
In person and virtual: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Virtually only: Monday – Thursday, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. and Sunday 2 p.m. – 9 p.m.

 

Library Voices

Two students share what it is like working at the I.D. Weeks Library.

What does working at the library mean to me? I can approach many different tasks from easiest to the most complicated; in return, my skills are improving and growing day by day.

My projects are mostly about processing the gift books and the graduation theses. These items will be the property of the USD library and should be useful to students who need references for their papers or projects.  

My part working in the library is to help the students indirectly.

Dolan Nguyen, Technical Services

 

I like working at the library because the environment and my coworkers are great. The schedule is flexible, so I am able to work around all of my medical classes pretty well.

A job at the library means I get to meet a lot of new people and make new friends while helping members of the community and students on campus. We get to provide a great available study space for students no matter how they study best.

Camyron Ballard, Circulation
 

Archives and Speical Collections Reopening!

Archives and Special Collections will be open to patrons starting March 28, 2022

Archives and Oral History Center Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m to 5 p.m., by appointment only.

If you need additional information please contact the Archives at speccoll@usd.edu or 605-658-3380

Location: Room 321, University Libraries, I.D. Weeks Building

https://libguides.usd.edu/ASCCollections
https://libguides.usd.edu/OralHistory 

New USD Website Launch

USD has launched its new website and urls for pages have changed.  Please update your bookmarks!

Library Home pages:

I.D. Weeks  https://www.usd.edu/Academics/Libraries/ID-Weeks-Library

Wegner Library  https://www.usd.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wegner-Medical-Library

McKusick Law  https://www.usd.edu/Academics/Libraries/McKusick-Law-Library

 

 Additional Links to Library Resources

Library Databases https://libguides.usd.edu/az.php?

Research Guides https://libguides.usd.edu/

Inter-library Loan https://libguides.usd.edu/ILLiad

Room Reservations  https://apps.usd.edu/campus/rooms/

Library Catalog links
https://usd.primo.exlibrisgroup.com

I.D. Weeks Catalog link - https://tinyurl.com/CatalogUSD
Law Library Catalog link - https://tinyurl.com/CatalogLaw
Wegner Library Catalog link - https://tinyurl.com/CatalogWegner

 

If you have questions or need help finding information please contact library@usd.edu

TODAY! 4pm - Don Barnett Lecture

 Join us today at 4pm for the Don Barnett Lecture https://fb.me/e/16BhD9Xp9

Second Floor - I.D. Weeks Library

 

 

New URLs for Primo One Search

We have updated our Primo One Search Catalog.   The urls have also changed.  Please update your bookmarks!

 https://usd.primo.exlibrisgroup.com

I.D. Weeks Catalog link  - https://tinyurl.com/CatalogUSD
Law Library Catalog link - https://tinyurl.com/CatalogLaw
Wegner Library Catalog link - https://tinyurl.com/CatalogWegner

 

 

USD RED - February 2022 Readership Snapshot

Last month, USD RED had 6693 full-text downloads and 7 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1121. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 770 institutions across 132 countries. 

The most popular papers were:
 

A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (2073 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156
 

Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (342 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43
 

The Effect of Exercise on College Students' Overall Health (275 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/74


The most popular publications were:
 

Honors Thesis (5603 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis
 

Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (408 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone
 

Dissertations and Theses (256 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

Library Hours - Spring Break

Spring Break March 11 - 20

Friday (3/11) 7:30 am - 5 pm
Saturday - Sunday (3/12-3/13) Closed
Monday - Friday (3/14-3/18) 7:30 am - 5 pm
Saturday (3/19) Closed
Sunday (3/20) Noon-Midnight

Regular Library Hours resume March 21

 

USD RED - January 2022 Readership Snapshot

Monthly Readership Totals:

Last month, USD RED had 5604 full-text downloads and 69 new submissions were posted, bringing the total works in the repository to 1118. University of South Dakota scholarship was read by 623 institutions across 132 countries. 

The most popular papers were:
A Criminological Analysis of Notorious Serial Killers in the United States (1470 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/156
The Effect of a Universal Basic Income on Life Decisions: Evidence from a Student Lab Experiment (264 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/69
Application of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory in Family Medical History (221 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/43


The most popular publications were:
Honors Thesis (4680 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis
Occupational Therapy Capstone Presentations (408 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/ot-capstone
Dissertations and Theses (169 downloads)
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis

Library Hours - Presidents' Day

Saturday - Sunday (2/19-1/20) Noon - 5pm
Monday (2/21) Noon - 10 pm

 

Artstor is searchable in JSTOR

 

Artstor is searchable in JSTOR.  Artstor collections are being added to JSTOR - about 95% of the licensed Artstor collections are now visible on JSTOR as of June 2021.

Black History Month

Follow us on our social media as we spotlight library collections to celebrate Black History Month.

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Library Voices

Whether working at a service desk, or behind the scenes on a project, student workers help keep the library running smoothly to make sure users can take advantage of the libraries’ varied resources and services. We greatly appreciate our undergraduate and graduate student workers and have asked a few of them to share what working at the library means to them. Enjoy their responses below!

 

My meaning here at the library is to create more accessible forms of various archives to allow for everyone to enjoy.
 

Being given the opportunity to grow my knowledge and appreciation for the numerous resources available for students at the University of South Dakota is my favorite thing about my job here at the library.
 

My most recent projects have been creating online access to former Honors Thesis as well as creating more accessible transcripts for archived articles over the history of the Dakota's for the Digital Library of South Dakota.
   

William Kaiser, Technology Fellow

 

 

 

Working in the library means helping spread our words. Here at the library, we have so many different resources that students may not be aware of, and I am happy to help bring the recognition it deserves.
 

My favorite part about working in the library is the atmosphere. There is nothing more comforting then being surrounded by all the knowledge that we are.  The noise level is perfect as well 🙂.
 

My projects mainly bring awareness to what we do at the library, resources we have, and honoring accomplishments. 

Shaina Determan, Technology Fellow

 

I enjoy working at the library because last year I never spent any time there but working at the ILL has helped me to know my way around the place, which makes me feel comfortable there. I also like that I know how to navigate the shelves to find journals and books. I would have never known how to do that if I weren’t given this opportunity. I feel important when I’m at work!

  Katie Rust, Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Library Hours - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Saturday - Sunday (1/15-1/16) Noon - 5pm

Monday (1/17) Noon - 10 pm

ProQuest Maintenance - Jan. 15

 ProQuest will be taking up to an eight-hour maintenance window beginning Saturday, January 15 at 9:00pm to preform upgrades on many ProQuest products. During this maintenance window, the following products will be temporarily unavailable.

Research Databases

• ProQuest Platform 

• Chadwyck-Healey databases (Both US and UK)

• ProQuest Trials

• EBook Central

Bibliographic and catalog enrichment resources

• Books in Print ®

New Electronic Resources - AccessPhysiotherapy and the F.A. Davis PT Collection

The Libraries has purchased the following databases.  

AccessPhysiotherapy

https://usd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/index.aspx 

F.A. Davis PT Collection

https://usd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://fadavispt.mhmedical.com/index.aspx

AccessPhysiotherapy® from McGraw-Hill is a comprehensive online medical resource devoted to

the study, instruction, and practice of physical therapy. Authoritative, trusted, and constantly updated

knowledge, compiled from the best minds in PT.

The modern learner thrives using learning resources in different formats. With AccessPhysiotherapy®,

students have access to:

⊲⊲ An always updating collection of leading textbooks including fully searchable archive, and NPTE-focused test prep

⊲⊲ Guided lectures by experts

⊲⊲ Case files to ground them in real-world scenarios

⊲⊲ Multimedia content spanning the entire curriculum of PT

Library Hours - Spring Semester

Library Hours Spring Semester

Monday - Thursday 7:30 am - Midnight

Friday 7:30 am - 10 pm

Saturday 10 am - 10 pm

Sunday 10 am - Midnight

Access issues - JAMA - resolved

Resolved - Jan. 4, 2022

 

Access to JAMA journals are currently unavailable.  We are working to restore access.