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Welcome to Hilton M. Briggs Library!
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Upper Level

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Lower Level

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Color photograph of the outside front (south side) of Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University. Flowering Crabapple trees and pine trees line the front sidewalk.

Interested in a physical tour of the library?  Check out the schedule or schedule an individual tour at:  http://lib.sdstate.edu/lib11/instruction/student.html#tours

Opened in 1977, Hilton M. Briggs library is named for Dr. Hilton M. Briggs, South Dakota State University President Emeritus, President from 1958-1975. Briggs Library serves inquiring minds, with:

  • 31 full time staff

  • 620,000 volumes

  • 2,150 periodical subscriptions

  • 17,600 online electronic journals

  • 15,000 electronic books

  • 542,000 government documents

  • 6,500 interlibrary loans for you annually

  • 15,000 reference questions answered each year

  • 340 instructional sessions attended by over 6,000 students annually.

As you enter the library lobby, notice the following:

  • To your left is the circulation/reserve desk.

  • To your right is the stairwell, and also a long, narrow hallway to the microcomputer lab and the restrooms.

  • Straight ahead is the entrance to the reference room.  

We hope you enjoy your tour! 

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For more information contact:

Reference Services
Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University
Box 2115, Brookings, SD 57007-1098
Telephone: (605) 688-5570, Fax: (605) 688-6133
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This page was designed June 2001 by Laura M. Wight.
Last updated on 7 September 2005 by lmw.