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MacKay Building
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Pierre, SD 57501
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Academic Search Premier
A general, multidisciplinary research database, with thousands of acclaimed full-text journals, magazines and other valuable resources.
Category: General Research, Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
AGRICOLA
The National Agricultural Library provides information for all aspects of agriculture. Includes abstracts, bibliographic records, and journal citations from around the world.
Category: General Research, Scholarly Research
AHFS Consumer Medication Information
A recognized standard for patient drug information, published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Category: Health & Medicine
Alt-HealthWatch
A full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Category: Health & Medicine
AncestryLibrary
Research family and local history with access to thousands of collections from around the world, with immigration, military, birth, death, census records and more.
Access: Inside Library Only
Category: Genealogy
Archive Grid
Collection of over four million archival material descriptions from thousands of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies.
Category: Genealogy, Scholarly Research
Black Hills Knowledge Network
Information for the Black Hills region, including community data, news and historical photos and documents.
Category: Genealogy, South Dakota
BookFlix®
Talking books for early readers. It pairs approximately 135 animated stories with a nonfiction talking book on a similar subject.
Category: Educators & Librarians, Elementary School
Business Searching Interface
Search for company profiles, country economic data, industry information, market research, and more.
Category: Business
Business Source Premier
Top journals covering all business disciplines; including marketing, management, accounting, finance, international business, and economics.
Category: Business, General Research, Scholarly Research
ChiltonLibrary
Repair, maintenance and service information for thousands of domestic and imported car, truck, van and SUV models from 1940 to the present.
Category: Auto Repair
Consumer Health Complete (Consumer Edition)
Convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Browse medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
Category: General Research, Health & Medicine
Consumer Health Complete (Journal Search)
Searches Journals for health-related topics. Content covers all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream to holistic medicine.
Category: Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
EBSCO eBooks Collection
Over 10,000 books in the arts, humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, business, computers & more.
Category: Business, General Research, Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research, High School
EBSCO MegaFILE
A combined search of EBSCO's Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Regional Business News databases. It includes thousands of articles and covers a wide variety of topics. Select "Choose Databases" to expand your search.
Category: General Research, Scholarly Research, High School
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
Indexed and full-text education literature and resources; essential for education researchers of all kinds.
Category: Educators & Librarians
Explora Educators
Journal articles and other tools for educators. It includes lesson plans, student tools, and curriculum standards.
Category: Educators & Librarians
Explora Kids (Grades K-6)
An encyclopedia especially for elementary school students. Additional searching available through EBSCO's advanced search.
Category: Elementary School
Explora Libraries
A research database especially for public libraries, with material from encyclopedias, magazines, books, and more.
Category: Educators & Librarians
Explora Teens (Grades 7-12)
A research database especially for middle and high school students, with material from encyclopedias, magazines, books, and more.
Category: Middle School, High School
FDSys Federal Digital System
The United States government's official depository of online documents.
Category: Government & Directories
FirstSearch
Search for information on a wide range of subjects in twelve databases: ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, ebooks, ECO, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, OAlster, PapersFirst, Proceedings, WorldCat, and WorldCatDissertations.
Category: Business, Educators & Librarians, General Research, Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
A student encyclopedia that provides over 25,000 entries on a wide variety of topics.
Category: General Research, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Dozens of reference books for all ages. Includes health, history, government, science, education, business, and more.
Category: Business, Educators & Librarians, Genealogy, General Research, Scholarly Research, Middle School, High School
GreenFILE
Scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments, and minimizing negative impacts.
Category: General Research, Scholarly Research
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Consumer health information includes magazines, reference books, and current health pamphlets.
Category: General Research, Health & Medicine
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
Category: Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
HeritageQuest by Ancestry
Research family and local history; it includes census, military, and gravestone records with over 25,000 family and local history books. Powered by Ancestry.com.
Category: Genealogy
HighWire Press
Offering free access to millions of articles from hundreds of publications in the sciences.
Category: Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
Ingenta Connect
A global research index, with millions of citations from over 30,000 publications, including over 6,000 on-line journals.
Category: General Research, Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
Learning Express Library
Practice tests and self-paced courses for all learners. ASVAB, GED, GRE, SAT, resume/cover letter writing courses and more.
Category: Career and Test Prep, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Indexes and abstracts for key library and information science journals, books, research reports and more.
Category: Educators & Librarians, Scholarly Research
MAS Ultra School Edition (Grades 9-12)
Contains full-text articles of popular high school magazines covering a range of subject areas, including history, science, and careers.
Category: High School
MasterFILE Premier
For public libraries; EBSCO provides magazines, reference books, primary source documents, and an extensive image collection with photos, maps and flags.
Category: General Research
MedlinePLUS
From the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in understandable language.
Category: General Research, Health & Medicine
MiddleSearch Plus (Grades 5-8)
For middle schools; it has biographies, primary source documents, reference books, a vast image collection, and articles from popular middle school magazines.
Category: Middle School
Points of View Reference Center
Presenting multiple sides of issues, it helps one create persuasive arguments and essays, understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
Category: General Research, High School, Scholarly Research
Primary Search (Grades K-6)
For elementary schools; it contains articles from popular children's magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries and a large image collection.
Category: Elementary School
Procitizen in English
An interactive course for immigrants preparing to take the Naturalization Test.
Category: Career and Test Prep, Languages
Procitizen en Español
Un curso interactivo para los inmigrantes que se preparan para tomar el examen para obtener la ciudadanía.
Category: Career and Test Prep, Languages
Professional Development Collection
Full-text information for educators, professional librarians, and education researchers.
Category: Educators & Librarians, Scholarly Research
Pronunciator
Learn over 80 different languages. There are also 50 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. Includes oral phrases, flash cards, learning guides, and live online instruction.
Category: Languages, High School, Middle School
ProQuest Research Library
A truly multidisciplinary resource featuring a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other timely sources across the top 150 subject areas.
Category: Business, Educators & Librarians, General Research, Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research, High School
PubMed
More than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
Category: General Research, Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
Readers’ Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson)
Searchable full coverage of the original paper volumes of a broad selection of periodicals.
Category: General Research, Scholarly Research, Middle School, High School
ReferenceUSA
A directory of people, job postings, and both historic and current US businesses.
Access: Must Use a State Library-issued eCard on a Computer Outside of a Library/School Network. If you get a “System Error!” message, clear cache and restart your browser.
Category: Business, Career & Test Prep, Government & Directories
Regional Business News Plus
Full-text worldwide business information. Includes newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, trade publications, magazines, newswires and videos.
Category: Business
SAGE Knowledge
A social science digital library for students and faculty. Has nearly 5,000 titles of eBook and eReference content, as well as business case studies and streaming video.
Category: Business, General Research, Health & Medicine, Scholarly Research
Sanborn Maps
Historic Fire Insurance Maps for 82 South Dakota communities spanning 1867 to 1970.
Category: Genealogy, South Dakota
Science Reference Center
Articles from hundreds of science magazines, encyclopedias, reference books, and a large image collection; primarily for K-12 students.
Category: General Research, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
SciTech Connect
Science, technology, and engineering research information from the U.S. Department of Energy. Includes technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia, and software.
Category: Scholarly Research
SIRS Discoverer (Grades K-8)
For students and educators, this multidisciplinary database covers current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and more.
Category: Elementary School, Middle School
SIRS Issues Researcher (Grades 7-12)
Provides the background and current analysis necessary for the research and understanding of over 300 current and leading issues.
Category: Middle School, High School
South Dakota Newspaper Indexes
Historical newspaper indexes from the following: Deadwood/Black Hills (1877-1900), Indian Country Today (1991-2003), Rapid City Journal (1999-2005), SDSU Collegian Index (1970-2000), and Sioux Falls Argus-Leader (1979-2003).
Category: Genealogy, South Dakota
South Dakota Public Notices
Locate public and legal notices about hearings, advertisements for bids, financial reports, adoption of ordinances, and other government activities legally requiring public notice.
Category: Government & Directories, South Dakota
South Dakota State Library Catalog
Search for both print and electronic items held by the South Dakota State Library.
Category: Government & Directories, South Dakota
SDSL: Digital Collections
Reflects the history and culture of South Dakota. Primarily of interest to librarians, researchers, and genealogists, collections include newspaper articles, photographs, state documents, and more.
Category: Government & Directories, South Dakota
Teacher Reference Center
Indexing and abstracts for over 200 of the most popular peer-reviewed teacher and administrator trade journals.
Category: Business, Educators & Librarians, Scholarly Research
US Newsstream
Full-text articles from over 1000 newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and digital-only websites. Includes same-day publication access to over 250 titles.
Category: Business, General Research, Genealogy, Scholarly Research
World Book Activity Corner
For educators and parents, it offers thousands of projects suitable for the classroom and library. Each activity has easy-to-follow steps and a list of required materials.
Category: Educators & Librarians
World Book Advanced (Grades 9-12)
Full encyclopedia and multimedia databases supplemented with online books, primary sources, website links, back in time articles, special reports and more.
Category: High School
World Book Discover
Has reference resources for differentiated instruction, such as ESL, reluctant readers, and adult learners. Also includes an extensive life skills section.
Category: Career & Test Prep, General Research, Languages
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (Spanish Language Encyclopedia)
A beginner's Spanish-language reference tool, it includes the elements of World Book Kids — thousands of articles, videos, maps, and games and activities.
Category: Languages
World Book : L'Encyclopédie Découverte (French Language Encyclopedia)
Written in Canadian French to a level appropriate for young native French speakers, as well as for older students and adults for whom French is a second language.
Category: Languages
World Book Kids (Grades K-5)
A general reference for elementary students, it offers easy-to-read articles with embedded multimedia, images and videos as well as games, science projects, and activities.
Category: Elementary School
World Book Student (Grades 5-9)
Includes the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, videos, student activities, and research tools.
Category: Elementary School, Middle School
WorldCat
The world's largest online network of books and other materials, from more than 10,000 worldwide libraries. Select the WorldCat link once you access the OCLC's First Search database.
Category: General Research, Scholarly Research
If you are experiencing problems accessing any of the databases contact a Digital Resources Coordinator at 605-773-3131 or via email .
Puzzle Map 
Download and print this PDF file for a listing of electronic resources made available to South Dakota.
Updated August 2018
SDSL Electronic Resources Quick Guide 
Downloadable handout with the most popular searching categories, access and search tips.
Updated December 2018
South Dakota State Library Cornerstone
SDSL's e-Newsletter articles include:
- Electronic Resources
- Language
- Practice Tests
- South Dakota Titles To Go
And many more!
Contact:
David Bradford
Digital Resources Coordinator
605-295-3174
605-773-3131, Option 5, 3
