Aberdeen American News
This resource provides full-text articles from the Aberdeen community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies,
state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Aberdeen American News Historical Newspapers
Find full-text articles from scanned images of the Aberdeen American, 1907-1922, and Aberdeen Daily News, 1885-1922. Available until June 30, 2010.
Academic Search Premier
The largest multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full-text for more than
3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
AgeLine (1978+)
AgeLine abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and
the health sciences. AgeLine is produced by AARP's Research Information Center
AGRICOLA-CSA |
AGRICOLA-National Agricultural Library
This National Agricultural Library (NAL) database provides selective worldwide coverage of primary information sources in agriculture and related fields. AGRICOLA
is a bibliographic database consisting of literature citations and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations,
audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture. The literature cited is primarily in English, but over
one-third of the database comprises citations in Western European, Slavic, Asian and African languages. Use the NAL Thesaurus to help determine the most effective
search terminology. In addition, the CAB Thesaurus (Info Desk Z695.1.A4T5 1995) is very useful for this purpose.
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
A free collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.
Alternative HealthWatch
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text
articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports,
original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative
medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990.
American Chemical Society Publications
The American Chemical Society--the world's largest scientific society--is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress and is a global leader in
providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. The American Chemical Society
Publications Division currently publishes 35 leading peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related sciences, including the Journal of American Chemical
Society, as well as Chemical & Engineering News, the Society's weekly news magazine.
American History in Video
American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more
than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through
commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries. This release now provides over 1470 titles,
including new documentaries from PBS, equaling approximately 460 hours. Subscription will expire 6-30-10.
American Mathematical Society Journals
For access to the journals of the AMS that SDSU subscribes to, click on
View Your Subscriptions
, then look for available issues directly underneath the
titles of the journals.
America's News Magazines
America's News Magazines provides access to articles covering U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, science and technology
from 27 familiar magazines including Entertainment Weekly, Essence, Fortune, Money, Newsweek, People Weekly, Popular Science, Real Simple, Time, Sports
Illustrated, U.S. News & World Report, among others.
Analytical Abstracts (1980+)
Analytical Abstracts covers 100 international journals and equipment application notes, standards and books.
Ancestry Library
(Not available from off-campus due to contract limitations.) Based on the genealogical database of Ancestry.com, this ProQuest version provides access to more
than 1.5 billion names in more than 4,000 databases. It includes information from U.S. Censuses, immigration records, vital records, court records, church
records, ethnic records, city directories, genealogical societies, Social Security Death Index, and other sources.
ArchiveGrid
ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world.
Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid
can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
Argus Leader Index
An index to the contents of the Sioux Falls, SD, daily newspaper.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
A citation index to periodical articles in humanities publications.
ASCE CE Database
ASCE's Electronic Information Retrieval Service to All Its Publications. Provides Access to over 100,000 Bibliographic and Abstracted Records - Current
Coverage: 1970 - Present
ASTM Standards
(ASTM Workstation, Reference Area, Northeast of the Information Desk.) Full-text downloads of current ASTM Standards are available only when the Information
Desk is staffed. Ask the librarian at the Information Desk to log on.
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Bartleby.com
A free site that provides access to verse, reference, fiction, and nonfiction works.
Biological Abstracts (1996+)
Biological Abstracts is a complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than
4,000 journals internationally. This database provides users with easy access to the latest information in virtually every life science discipline.
Biological Sciences Database (1982+)
This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects
of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, it provides access to literature from over 6000 serials, as well as
conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents.
Biology Digest (1989+)
A compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences. It is primarily intended for an audience at the
high school or undergraduate college level. Its purpose is to aid in keeping students and instructors current on the latest developments in biological research.
Each of over 20,000 records contains an original abstract averaging about 325 words. Key information such as methods involved and conclusions drawn from the
respective research is retained.
BIOSIS Previews
BIOSIS Previews is the world's most comprehensive reference database for life science research. It covers original research reports and reviews in
traditional biological and biomedical areas. It also covers references to primary journal literature on vital biological research, medical research
findings, and discoveries of new organisms.
Books@Ovid
Books@Ovid includes Lippincott, Wilkins, and Williams Primary Care books; a collection of 24 books that includes Griffith's 5 Minute Clinical Consult,
Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient, Reichel's Care of the Elderly, and What
to Order when.
Books In Print
Provides bibliographic information, price and publisher information for books that are currently in print, i.e., available for purchase. Selected entries
include book reviews or brief descriptive annotations. Books in Print is also available via the South Dakota Library Network.
Business Source Premier (1922+)
Provides full-text for more than 8,500 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full-text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full-text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals.
This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
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CAB Abstracts
Provides worldwide coverage of literature in agriculture and related areas of applied biology, economics, and human
environmental health.
Camio
OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections
of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete
range of expressive forms.
Capital Journal, Pierre
Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Pierre Capital Journal. Updated
daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, and other sections. Available until June 30, 2010.
CIAO (1991+)
Designed to be a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of
scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs,
foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. It also includes journal and book abstracts, a
schedule of events, policy briefs and economic indicators, links and resources, and maps and country data.
CINAHL
A bibliographic database that covers most English language nursing journals and primary journals in more than a dozen
allied health Disciplines. CINAHL is limited to 20 simultaneous users shared among 5 universities in South Dakota.
CIOS Journal Index System
Searches the indexes of 21 key communication journals.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
The Cochrane Collaboration consists of groups of experts in over 40 clinical specialties who authoritatively review hundreds of studies on topics
in their specialty; select those that meet strict EBM criteria; perform "meta-analyses" when possible on all the included studies; and
then write detailed, structured reviews of the topic and the findings. These reviews allow clinicians to get fast, "bottom line" answers
to their most commonly-asked questions, based on a comprehensive and expert analysis of the available medical literature. Includes links to
PDFs of the Topic Reviews.
College Source Online
Provides information about colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and many other countries. It provides
the full-text of many college catalogs.
Conference Papers Index (1982+)
Provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis
since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older materials also
covers physics, engineering and materials science. Information is derived from final programs, abstracts, booklets and
published proceedings, as well as from questionnaire responses. Records include complete ordering information to obtain
preprints, abstracts, proceedings and other publications derived from the conference, together with title and author
information needed to track the specific papers.
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of
health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the
many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as
aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's
health, etc. CHC offers a unique search interface designed to call attention to the full text content available from many
important source-types, and provide an intuitive means for searching this specific information.
Information provided in
this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice,
diagnosis or treatment.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
Using the InfoTrac interface, CLC Select provides internet access to extensive biographical and critical information about
authors who are currently active or who died in recent years. Search by author name, title, subject/theme,
critics/critical source and other powerful search options. Each CLC entry contains a biographical/critical introduction,
listing of principal works and sources for further study.
CQ User Resources
Provides an index to CQ Weekly Reports (Info Desk 328.73.C763) and CQ Researcher (Reference H 35.E3).
CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher provides unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education,
the environment, technology and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press,
a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.
CQ Weekly (1983+)
CQ Weekly is the largest news team on Capital Hill and it covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan
news and analysis unavailable anywhere else. Reports are published weekly by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly
Inc.
CSA Biological & Medical
Provides access to these databases: Agricola, Biological Sciences, Biology Digest, Medline, Plant Science, and Toxline.
CSA Social Sciences
Provides access to these databases: EconLit, ERIC, National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts, Physical Education
Index, PsycInfo, Sociological Abstracts and other databases are included.
Current Contents
The following subject areas are covered: Agriculture, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Clinical
Medicine, Engineering, Computing & Technology, Life Sciences, Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences, Social &
Behavioral Sciences. Contains the tables of contents and abstracts of articles from thousands of journals.
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Dialy Republic, Mitchell
Find full-text articles on selected local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Mitchell Daily Republic. Updated
daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, and other sections. Available until June 30, 2010.
Discovering Collection
Use this comprehensive database to retrieve in-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of Literature, History,
Biographies, Science, and Social Studies.
Dissertation Abstracts International (1861+)
A database that provides a subject, title, and author guide to over 1.2 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses.
Abstracts for dissertations start in 1980 and for theses start in 1988.
Dissertations & Theses at South Dakota State University
Current research provides access to the full-text (PDF) of recent dissertations and theses completed at SDSU. When accessing,
at the ProQuest page, click on the
Select Multiple Databases
link, then select the
Dissertations & Theses
databases.
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
The Directory of Open Access Journals provides free, full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. DOAJ
aims to cover all subjects and languages there are more than 1,500 journals in the directory. Many DOAJ journals are
searchable at the article level on the site.
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EBSCO MegaFILE (1800s+)
A multi-disciplinary database providing full-text for nearly 12,000 total publications and indexing and abstracting for more
than 16,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject areas. In addition, the database
contains more than 84,000 biographies, 86,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more
than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. MegaFILE is comprised of EBSCO's Academic Search Premiere, Business Source Premiere, MasterFILE
Premiere, and Regional Business News databases.
EBSCOhost
Provides access to the following databases: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, CINAHL Plus with Full-Text,
EBSCO MegaFILE, Inspec, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts,
MLA International Bibliography, MasterFILE Premiere, Regional Business News and Teacher Reference Center.
EBSCOhost Electronic Journals
EBSCOHost Electronic Journals provides electronic access to the text of numerous scholarly journals and magazines. Access is
provided through keyboard searches of article titles, journal names, name of publisher, and tables of contents.
EconLit
An index to articles in economics and related journals published by the American Economic Association.
Educator's Reference Complete
Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many
premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices
in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides
24-hour access from school or home.
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (Spanish Language Encyclopedia)
Traducción de lengua española de la enciclopedia del descubrimiento del estudiante del libro del mundo. Los artículos, los
mapas y las imágenes son incluidos.
Spanish-language translation of the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. Articles, maps and images are included.
Access provided for South Dakota citizens by the South Dakota State Library and IMLS.
EndNote Bibliographic Software
For Faculty and Staff (link to the software is on InsideState) |
For Students (e-mail Elizabeth.Fox@sdstate.edu)
EndNote® is an industry standard software tool for publishing and managing bibliographies on the Windows and Macintosh desktop. Using these products,
writers save countless hours of typing and interpreting style requirements when creating bibliographies for curricula vitae, manuscripts, thesis/dissertations,
grant proposals, term papers and other publications. EndNote includes EndNote Web, a Web-based tool for managing and citing references in papers and
creating bibliographies.
Encyclopédie Découvertes (French Language Encyclopedia)
L'Encyclopédie Découvertes (World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia) Les articles, les images, le diccionaire visuel, les
activités et les Websites consultés sont comprise.
French-language version of the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. Articles, images, a visual dictionary, activities
and reviewed websites are included. Access provided for South Dakota citizens by the South Dakota State Library and IMLS.
Engineering Village - Compendex
The premier engineering abstracts database. Sources include journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports in all
areas of engineering.
Environmental Health Information Service
On-campus use only. ID and password are required.) The EHIS is a service of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIH) and the DHHS-National Toxicology Program. This website provides access to the full-text of Environmental
Health Perspectives. Contact a reference librarian for more information and to obtain the password.
ERIC
CSA |
Web |
EbscoHost (1966+)
The premier national bibliographic database of educational literature. The database includes journal articles and a large
number of ERIC documents, which are research reports, conference papers, issue papers, or monographs relevant to most aspects
of education. The Educational Resources Information Center provides free web access to the ERIC database.
Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews
A definitive resource for electronic information in the evidence-based medicine movement (EBM) that combines The Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews, The Database of Abstracts of Reviews and Effectiveness (DARE), The American College of
Physicians Journal Club, and Definitive Controlled Trials. EBM is limited to 6 simultaneous users shared among USD, Wegner,
and SDSU users.
Expanded Academic ASAP (1980-)
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic
disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
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Farm Forum
Find full-text articles on weekly regional agricultural news from current and archived issues of the Farm Forum. Available until June 30, 2010.
Fiction Connection
A product of Books in Print, Fiction Connection helps users discover fiction titles similar to books they already enjoy. Users
may enter titles, authors, or topics to discover books they like. Offers key information about titles including : topic, genre,
setting, character, location timeframe and multiple reviews.
FictionFinder
This prototype version of FictionFinder enables the user to search for works of fiction using a subset of the WorldCat
database. Over 2.5 million WorldCat records are included in the FictionFinder prototype database. The user interface
enables the user to search or browse by authors, titles, fiction categories, characters, settings and more.
FirstSearch
Provides access to the following indexing, abstracting, and informational databases: Arts & Humanities Search, Dissertation
Abstracts Online, and Geobase.
Fish and Fisheries Worldwide (1971+)
Provides over 145,000 citations and abstracts for ichthyology, fisheries aquaculture and related facets of aquatic biology.
This product includes FISHLIT and 11 other international databases. Prominent themes covered include culture and propagation
of this and all aqua culture species, limnology and parasites, diseases, habitat management, fish processing or marketing and
fisheries management.
French 17
Provides a bibliography of work done each year in Seventeenth Century French Studies. It includes reviews of articles,
books, and book reviews. Topics covered include literary history and criticism, bibliography, linguistics and language,
politics, society, philosophy, science, and religion.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
General Science Collection
A collection of over 200 journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific
developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology.
GEOBASE (1980+)
An index covering the worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology.
Global Road Warrior
This database provides information on phone services, electricity, internet connectivity and other communication sources for areas of the world. It also
gives extensive demographic information on specific countries.
Google Book Search
Book Search works just like web search. Try a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When we find a book with content that contains a match
for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given us permission, you'll be able to
see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy.
Google Patent Search
All patents available through Google Patent Search come from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Patents issued in the United States
are public domain government information, and images of the entire database of U.S. patents are readily available online via the USPTO website. Google
Patent Search covers the entire collection of issued patents and millions of patent application made available by the USPTO—from patents issued in the
1790s through those most recently issued in the past few months. We don't currently include international patents, but we look forward to expanding our
coverage in the future. To date, the USPTO has made available approximately 7 million patents and over a million patent applications.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources:
peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and
other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.
GPO Access
A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to products produced by the Federal Government. The information
provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically
noted. Information includes: A~Z Resource List, Federal Depository Library Program, Preservation Agreement with NARA, U.S. Government Online Bookstore,
and Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government.
GreenFILE
A bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns such as, global warming, energy conservation, natural resources, and pollution.
It covers content going back more than 35 years and contains backfiles to volume one, issue one for
Bioscience,
Journal of Environmental
Planning & Management,
Journal of Ecology, and
Conservation Biology.
Grants
(Click on "Funding Opportunities" under University Research.) The SDSU Office of Research and Sponsored Programs makes these two databases available to
the SDSU community. They provide much information relevant to research and grants including the ability to search for funding opportunities matching
specified criteria.
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Health and Psychosocial Instruments database features material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians that are discussed in journal
articles, such as questionnaires, interview schedules, tests, checklists, rating and other scales, coding schemes, and projective techniques. Over 2/3
of the tools are in medical and nursing areas such as pain measurement, quality of life assessment, and drug efficacy evaluation.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics
including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access
to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features
the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
HeritageQuest Online
Provides a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. It provides a collection of over 25,000 family
and local histories, and other significant genealogical content and data. This database is made available courtesy of the South Dakota State Library.
HighWire
A division of the Stanford University Libraries, High Wire Press hosts the largest repository of high-impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1020 journals and
4,126,605 full-text articles from over 130 scholarly publishers.
Homeland Security Digital Library
Quick access to over 57,000 important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources
from universities, organizations and local and state agencies.
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IEEE Xplore
Provides full-text access to select IEEE periodicals.
Indian Country Today Index (1996-2003)
An index to the contents of this Native American weekly newspaper. 1996-2003 available online via the SDLN catalog. Click on
Articles and Indexes
tab and then choose Indian Country today. This database is made available courtesy of the South Dakota State Library.
InformaWorld
The leading provider of specialist information to the global academic and scientific, professional and commercial communities via publishing, events
and performance improvement. Access is provided to the following publications: all journals from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press,
over 180 Informa Healthcare journals, selected encyclopedias (the former Dekker encyclopedia collection) from Taylor & Francis Informa Healthcare,
all Taylor & Francis abstract databases and more than 10,000 eBooks from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Informa Healthcare.
Informe (1994-February 2007)
A collection of hispanic magazines with full-text. Coverage includes business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. To access,
click on link, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on Informe link.
Ingenta
A database indexing the contents of thousands of journals and magazines in a wide range of disciplines. Full-text articles are available for a fee.
Inspec
Inspec is the world’s leading bibliographic database, providing comprehensive access to the world's scientific and technical literature in physics,
electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing, information technology, manufacturing, production and
mechanical engineering. First published in 1898 as the Scientific Abstracts, Inspec now contains close to 10 million bibliographic records taken from
more than 3850 scientific and technical journals and 2200 conference proceedings, as well as numerous books, reports, dissertations and patents, many
with full-text linking. With the introduction of the Inspec Archive, the Database now offers more than 100 years of coverage online, including 875,000
records published in the Science Abstracts between 1898 and 1968.
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
Produced by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, this is an essential bibliographic resource for pharmacy. It covers about 750 pharmaceutical,
medical and health-related journals. It is useful for locating literature about biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, drug delivery systems, and almost any
topic relevant to pharmacists. IPA is limited to 4 simultaneous
users.
Internet Classics Archive
(This resource includes full text.) Electronic versions of 400 works of classical literature by more than 50 different authors, including user-driven
commentary and Websites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.
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Journal Citation Reports (2008+)
Journal performance metrics offer a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals.
Journals@Ovid, Your
Your Journals@Ovid includes Lippincott, Wilkins, and Williams Total Access-unlimited full-text access to 249 journals.
JSTOR
Provides full text/image access to the back issues (ranging from 1-5 years ago in publication and prior) of more than 500 scholarly journals in various
fields including: African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Biological Sciences, Botany, Business, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance,
Health and General Sciences, History, Language and Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics.
Junior Edition
(Formerly SuperTOM Junior)
This database was designed for schools to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular
culture and health.
Junior Reference
A comprehensive, cross-curricular database for schools and libraries featuring current, relevant, organized, and easy-to-real information covering science,
biographies, authors, multicultural topics, people and places.
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Kid's Edition
(Formerly PrimaryTOM)
This database is designed for schools to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular
culture, health, etc.
Kid's InfoBits
Meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a
subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information
on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Learning Express Library
Provides online practice tests and tutorials designed to help library patrons, students and adult learners prepare for academic or licensing tests that
must they must take. It provides immediate test scoring, explanations of the answers to all questions, and the opportunity to take the tests and tutorials
multiple times. Student username (user's library barcode) and password (user's last name) required for access.
LexisNexis Academic
Provides online access to full-text and bibliographic information from newspapers, news and business magazines, newsletters, wire services, broadcast
transcripts, and biographical sources.
LexisNexis Congressional
Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc.
LexisNexis Statistical
An index to statistical data produced by the U.S. government; important international intergovernmental organizations; and knowledgeable professional
and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
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Maps - 3-D TopoQuads
(This CD-ROM is located in the Government Documents area, lower level, north of the Documents office.) 3-D topographical maps covering South Dakota.
MarciveWeb DOCS (July 1976+)
Provides citations to United States government publications.
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School
Edition also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 440,207
photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines. Click here for a complete title list. Click
here for more info.
MasterFILE Premier (1975+)
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full-text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with
full-text information. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full-text reference
books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps, and flags. This database is updated daily
via ESBSOhost.
MathSciNet
The American Mathematical Society Mathematical reviews on the web offers access to reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the
mathematical sciences literature. Contains over 2 million items and over 700,000 direct links to original articles.
MEDLINE
Web of Knowledge |
CSA
This National Library of Medicine bibliographic database indexes biomedical literature, including research, clinical practice, administration, policy
issues, and health care services. Access through Web of Knowledge includes years 1950 - present. Access through CSA includes years 1999- present.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a
reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774
biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 440,207 photos, maps and flags. Click here for a complete title list. Click
here for more info.
MyiLibrary
MyiLibrary is an electronic platform that offers library users access to some of the most topical and current e-books available today. Users can access
a wide range of research, reference and reading materials online from any location. Users can search across many e-books or conduct searches within a
particular e-book.
MLA International Bibliography (1963+)
Indexes critical materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore from 1963 to the present. SDSU access to MLA International
Bibliography is limited to 2 simultaneous users. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR's language
and literature collection as well as links to full-text.
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
Contains summaries of more than 185,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research
reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.
NetLibrary
A collection of books in electronic format via the web. Both nonfiction and fiction books are included.
NewsBank Special Reports
NewsBank's Special Reports focus on topics of current interest. They include content from sources throughout the world to provide a global perspective,
current and background information, statistics, maps, images, websites, and suggested search terms. New information is added daily to featured and
current reports. Available through June 30, 2010.
NTIS
NTIS/GPO DARTS- National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and Government Printing Office (GPO) Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Depository
Access to Reports, Technical & Scientific (DARTS) provides bibliographic records to nearly 240,000 publications 1964-2000 and links to online
content when available. Only available in the library. Ask for log in assistance from a Reference Librarian.
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OregonPDF in Health & Performance (2003+)
(Formerly Kinseology Publications)
OregonPDF in Health & Performance archives and disseminates masters and doctoral dissertations on microfiche and provides full-text electronic access.
Ovid
Provides access to the following databases: EBMR (Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews), HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments), Lippincott, Wilkins,
and Williams Primary Care books (a collection of 24 books that includes Griffith's 5 Minute Clinical Consult, Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation,
Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient, Reichel's Care of the Elderly, and What to Order When), Lippincott,
Wilkins, Williams Total Access-unlimited full-text access to 249 journals, CAB Abstracts, and Current Contents.
Ovid Books
Includes Lippincott, Wilkins, and Williams Primary Pregnancy and Lactation, Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and management of the Adult Patient,
Reichel's Care of the Elderly, and What to Order When.
Ovid Journals
Includes Lippincott, Wilkins, and Williams Total Access-unlimited full-text access to 249 journals.
Oxford Journals
The Oxford Journals online collection includes over 170 titles. Some of the subjects covered include: Life Sciences, Mathematics and Physical Sciences,
Medicine, Social Sciences, Humanities and Law. The benefit of utilizing the online version of the Oxford Journals is the ability to access finished
manuscripts of journal before they are released in print.
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Physical Education Index(1970+)
A bibliographic database listing published material on a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports standardized
fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology, health education and physical therapy.
Records are indexed and classified from peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the
popular press, and many other publications. Beginning in January 2001, the database includes abstracts, e-mail addresses, expanded publisher and author
information, and other data to facilitate access to the published material.
Plant Science (1994+)
A bibliographical database produced by Elsevier Science. It contains citations and abstracts of a scientific literature on scientific aspects of plant
science, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and environmental biology. Over 250 primary research
journals are scanned by specialized scientific editors to add approximately 23,000 titles to the database each year. From July 1996 to the present,
informative abstracts have been added when available. The print equivalent of Plant Science is Current Advances in Plant Science.
Points of View Reference Center
Points of View is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. High school and undergraduate students can
use Points of View as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills. Each Points of
View Essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from
the world’s top political and societal publications.
Primary Source
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database
are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Professional Collection
A collection of 300 full-text periodicals for professional educators.
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more
than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive
collection of full text education journals in the world.
Project Gutenberg
Provides etexts of public domain books. The collection includes the following three types of books: Light Literature; such as Alice in Wonderland,
Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, Aesop's Fables, etc. Heavy Literature; such as the Bible or other religious documents, Shakespeare, Moby Dick,
Paradise Lost, etc. Reference books; such as thesaurus, almanacs, and a set of encyclopedia, dictionaries, etc.
Project MUSE
Provides full-text/image access to articles from more than 150 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics from Johns
Hopkins University Press.
ProQuest
Provides access to three bibliographic and full-text databases. Discovery is a comprehensive file of periodicals for a broad range of subject areas
including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences,
social sciences, and women's interests. National Newspaper Abstracts provides abstracting and indexing for New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street
Journal. Research Library provides coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children education, general interest, health,
humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. The databases can be search
all together or individually.
PsycINFO (1840+)
This American Psychological Association database provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. PsycINFO is enriched
with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law,
linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain non-evaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are professional journals,
chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally.
PubMed
PubMed provides access to bibliographic information that includes Medline, Oldmedline, as well as the out-of-scope citations (e.g., articles on
plate tectonics or astrophysics) from certain Medline journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals, for which the life sciences
articles are indexed for Medline. Citations that precede the date that a journal was selected for Medline indexing. Some additional life
science journals that submit full-text to PubMedCentral and receive a qualitative review by the National Library of Medicine.
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Rapid City Journal
Offers content currently available on the Rapid City Journal web site. Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more.
Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, and more. Available until June 30, 2010.
Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals,
newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States, This database is updated on a daily basis.
Research Starters - Sociology
Research Starters are study and research guides designed specifically for advanced high school students, college students and selected graduate students.
They consist of comprehensive, yet concise topic summary articles of about 3,000 words in length written by researchers, scholars and other subject matter experts.
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SAGE Journals Collection
This comprehensive database includes more than 220 journals, 160,000 plus articles, book reviews, and editorials, with all the original graphics,
tables and page numbers.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, South Dakota
This collection of digital Sanborn fire insurance maps is a valuable historical tool for urban specialists, social historians, architects,
geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about he history, growth and development
of South Dakota cities, towns, and neighborhoods. These maps may present information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and
construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk
widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. They are available courtesy of the South Dakota State Library.
Science Citation Index (1992+)
A multidisciplinary database of citations and abstracts from journal literature. It can be used as a conventional author-subject index, or it can be
searched by cited author or paper. It covers an extremely large amount of scientific literature including most scientific disciplines.
ScienceDirect Publications
ScienceDirect offers scientific, medical and technical information in the form of peer-reviewed and scholarly journals. Titles include American Heart
Journal, Advances in Environmental Research, Applied Nursing Research, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Journal of Academic Librarianship, and Livestock
Production Science to name a selection.
SciFinder Scholar -
Continuing Users |
First Time Users
Provides extensive coverage of the literature of chemistry and the life sciences including biochemistry, biology, pharmacology, medicine, and
related disciplines. This database requires a free individual account with an SDSU e-mail account. SDSU and other state institutions share one concurrent user in
this database.
Scitation
Produced by the American Institute of Physics and it indexes articles from journals, magazines, conference proceedings, technical publications, and other
publications from scientific societies and technical publishers. Abstracts, references, and citations are available for all references and PDF or html
full-text for many articles from journals to which SDSU subscribes. References are linked from the abstracts and articles referencing the displayed article
can also be searched.
SIRS Discoverer
Helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills. Students can do research, read stories, learn about important
people, places and events, find fun projects to do and much more. The database includes carefully selected full-text articles and images from more than
1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, online sources and government documents. SIRS is available courtesy of the South Dakota State
Library.
SIRS Knowledge Source
A general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political
and global issues. Articles and graphics are selected from 1,500 domestic and international publications. SIRS is available courtesy of the South Dakota
State Library.
Social Sciences Citation Index (1994+)
A multidisciplinary database of citations and abstracts from journal literature. It can be used as a conventional author-subject index, or it can be
searched by cited author or paper. It covers an extremely large amount of social sciences literature including most social sciences disciplines.
Social Services Abstracts
Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy,
and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations,
and citations to book reviews.
Sociological Abstracts (1963+)
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides
abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book
chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and non-evaluative abstracts of journal articles.
South Dakota Library Network
Lists the holdings of over 40 libraries in South Dakota. In addition SDLN provides access to the following databases: Deadwood Historical Index,
ERIC, Indian Country Today Index, Sioux Falls Argus Leader Index.
South Dakota Newspapers via NewsBank
Newspaper content from Rapid City Journal, The Daily Republic (Mitchell), Aberdeen American News, Capital Journal (Pierre), Farm Forum and selected articles
from AP content from the Sioux Falls area. New content is added daily. Available until June 30, 2010.
SpringerLink
Provides a collection of journals for researchers in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science,
humanities, economics, and more.
Student Edition
(Formerly SuperTOM)
Designed for schools to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.
Student Resource Center Gold
Student Resource Center - Gold offers easy access to award-winning content based on national curriculum standards. Covering all core
curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, SRC - Gold provides a premium selection of reference
material, more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video
and audio clips and podcasts. Premier reference content includes the American Journey Series, American Decades, Career Information Center
and the SRC Health Module. New to the database are Lexile reading levels for periodicals, an integrated national and state curriculum
standards search with content correlated to the standards, and popular topic picklists.
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Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals to assist professional educators.
THOMAS The Library of Congress
Provides the public free access to information on federal legislation. The content includes: Bills, Resolutions, Activities in Congress, Congressional
Record, Schedules, Calendars, Committee Information, Presidential Nominations, Treaties, and Government Resources.
Thomas Register
(Each individual user must register for free unlimited access.)
A directory of companies and the products they manufacture.
TOXLINE
Provides access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and articles,
monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, information
in the database is drawn from a number of discrete files including Toxicity Bibliography and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. This version
of TOXLINE does not contain information from Chemical Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or International Pharmaceutical Abstracts; furthermore, it is a
rolling 5-year
database consisting of records from the last 5 years plus the current year.
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UlrichsWeb.com
(The web version of Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.)
Ulrichsweb.com provides information about magazines, journals, newsletters, and other periodical publications. The entries include the publication
name, the frequency of publication, the year the title began publication, the publisher name and address, subscription and ordering information, and
more. Many entries include reviews or tables of contents for several years of publication.
Universal Digital Library
1.5 million books online as of 2008 hosted at Carnegie Mellon University. Books can be searched by title on the main search screen with browsing
capabilities from the advanced search screen. Most of the books are in Chinese but over 360,000 are in English and 19 other languages are also
represented. Some books are covered by copyright and those are viewable only in part.
USA.gov
Easy-to-search, free-access website designed to give you a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state, and federal government
agency websites. Topics include: Benefits and Grants, Consumer Guides, Defense and International, Environment, Energy, and Agriculture, Family,
Home, and Community, Health and Nutrition, History, Arts, and Culture, Jobs and Education, Money and Taxes, Public Safety and Law, Reference and
General Government, Science and Technology, Travel and Recreation, and Voting and Elections.
U.S. Census Bureau (U.S. Fact Finder)
Data from Census Bureau sources delivered in the form of maps, tables, and reports.
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ValueLine
(Only available at the Library Services Desk.)
This investment resource provides detailed information about individual companies and their stocks.
Virtual Technical Reports Center
This free site provides links to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds.
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Web of Knowledge
Provides a simple search interface for Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Medline, and 14 additional databases, including
Agricola, Civil Engineering Database, NTIS, and others covering many topics. However, it does not allow cited reference searching, which must be
done in Web of Science.
Web of Science
Provides access to Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. It allows very sophisticated searching including cited reference searching.
Western Waters Digital Library (WWDL)
(Launched in 2003)
WWDL is a work-in-progress aimed at becoming a comprehensive digital resource about water in the west. The WWDL is a collaborative regional project,
currently offering centralized searching of materials contributed by academic research libraries in five western states.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
The world's largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians -- over 527,600 bibliographic records, many include abstracts. All
aspects of wildlife and wildlife management are covered. Approximately 18,000 records are added per year. The following databases are included: Wildlife
Review Abstracts (1935 to the present) which is produced by NISC (formerly published by the U.S. National Biological Service), Swiss Wildlife Information
Service (1974 to the present) which is produced by the Federal Office of Environments, Forests & Landscape and the University of Zurich, Wildlife
Database (1960 to the present) which is produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Reference Service, BIODOC (1970-1999) which is produced by the National
University of Costa Rica with an emphasis on Central and South American fauna, Waterfowl & Wetlands Bibliography (Duckdata, 1838-2000) which is
reproduced by the U.S. Geological Survey and IUCN--The World Conservation Union (1946 to the present).
Who's Who, Marquis'
Marquis Who's Who has grown to include the biographies of millions of leaders and achievers from around the world and from every significant field of endeavor.
Wiley Interscience
Wiley Interscience includes access to over 2000 journals full-text in a broad range of topics including topics in the humanities, social sciences,
and sciences.
World-newspapers.com
This free internet site offers users access to newspapers from around the world.
World Book Advanced
Powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases. Features include the ability to create timelines,
save research to a personalized homepage, and more. Access provided for South Dakota citizens by the South Dakota State Library and IMLS.
World Book Kids
This resource contains thousands of easy to read articles, interactive games, teacher resources and more. Access provided for South Dakota citizens
by the South Dakota State Library and IMLS.
World Book Online Reference Center
Find all the articles from the 22-print volume set plus thousands more reference articles. World Book Online Reference Center has thousands of selected
web links, historical features, audio, video and animation, student activities and more. Access provided for South Dakota citizens by the South Dakota
State Library and IMLS
WorldCat
Basic |
Advanced
Provides access to over 67,000,000 records for all types of materials, e.g., books, music, videos, software, web pages, etc., cataloged by libraries
in the United States and many other countries. The Basic link leads to Worldcat.org, which is a free version with a simplified search interface. The
Advanced link leads to WorldCat on FirstSearch, a subscription product with more sophisticated search options, but this search requires the user to
obtain a username and password (specific for this particular database) from the information desk to enable him/her to log in from off-campus. Both
interfaces provide complete bibliographic information for each item and enable the user to identify libraries that own each item.
WorldWide Science Database
A global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of
national and international scientific databases and portals.
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