We've Got a New Website!

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As many of you know, the SD State Library has recently launched its new website.

A lot of work and time and expertise went into this major update and we hope you find it valuable both professionally and personally.

We'd love your positive or constructive feedback! Just email me and I'll send your message along.

I encourage you to spend some time browsing and even bookmarking pages that you'll know you'll refer back to. I'll list a few that you might find most useful for you and your students.

School Library Services

The School Library Services homepage is a one-stop source for you as a librarian.

SDSL School Library Services
library.sd.gov/LIB/SLC


Note the three 'big hitter' buttons and all the other drop-down topics below those buttons.

We've made the K-12 Student Research button easy to locate and we sought to make it student-friendly by categorizing databases by age group. 

So if you click/tap the K-12 Student Research button on the School Library Services page, you'll land on the Elementary Research page.

This page also has links to Middle School Research and High School Research.

Of course, you can get to any of the K-12 databases by routing through Complete List of Databases page too.

SDSL Databases
library.sd.gov/LIB/ERD/complete


Interlibrary Loan via South Dakota Share It

If you wish to interlibrary loan, you can access Share It via the Services drop-down tab at the top of the home page. 

SDSL Share It
sdsl.agshareit.com


SDSL Resource Guides

The same click/tap sequence is used to access the SDSL Resource Guides, formerly known as LibGuides. Here you'll find even more resources geared more for librarians vs. the average South Dakota citizen.

SD Library Resource Guides page
libguides.library.sd.gov/services

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