Data Bases from the South Dakota State Library

• AGRICOLA (1970+) Indexes journals and other publications on all aspects of agriculture
• eBooks Full text of 10,000+ commercially Published in the arts, humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, business, computers & more, plus Cliff Notes
• EBSCOHost (all)
  Links to six EBSCOHost databases: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, Teacher Reference Center, and Regional Business News.
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) (1966+) Provides indexing and some full-text access to education literature and resources.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  Core collection of online reference books in the following subject areas-health, history, government & law, science, education and business. These resources are available to an unlimited number of users at one time.
• HighWire Press, Stanford University The largest repository of free full-text life science articles in th world, with more than 750,000 free, full-text articles online
• Kids Catalog (SDLN) A Library Catalog designed for kids from birth thru 6th grade
• Learning Express Library
  Online learning platform of 300+ practice tests covering ACT, SAT, GED, and more. Complete answer explanations and study suggestions.
• Library Catalog (SDLN) Describes, indexes & locates items owned by the SD State Library, as well as 70+ other SD libraries, including every academic library in SD
• MedlinePLUS This resource is designed to assist the public in locating appropriate, authoritative health information sources.
• netLibrary
  Full text of 10,000+ commercially published books in the arts, humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, business, computers & more, plus Cliffs Notes.
• ProQuest (1986+)
  Provides the full text (image or text+graphics) from 1,700+ magazines/journals and newspapers for k-12, college, and general users, including Barron's.
• PubMed (1986+) Search 11 Million abstract/citations from 4000+ peer-reviewed medical sciences and other health-related journals published worldwide
• SIRS Discoverer (grades K-9)
  Full-text articles and graphics from more than 1,600 U.S. and international magazines, newspapers and U.S. government documents, which were carefully selected for their educational content, interest and level of readability for middle and elementary curriculum topics
• SIRS Issues Researcher® (grades 6-12)
  A general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues.
• World Book School Edition World Book version designed for schools. World Book Kids (grades K-5) contains thousands of easy to read articles, interactive games, teacher resources and more. World Book Student (grades 5-9) contains encyclopedia articles, maps, images, timelines and more. World Book Advanced (grades 9-12+) is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book and primary source databases. World Book Discover (differentiated instruction, i.e.ESL, reluctant readers and adult learners) is a reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases. Features include article read aloud, and a job and life skills section.
• WorldCat A Worldwide catalog of 56 million items found in 9,000+ libraries, including State Library & 25+ SD libraries. Additional indexes to books, articles, dissertations, and archive material are also available.