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Subject librarians support your teaching and scholarship by:

• Collaborating on the design of research assignments.
• Providing research instruction and library orientation activities for your courses.
• Supporting student research assignments.
• Supporting faculty research projects.
• Facilitating access to library resources.
• Updating faculty on new services and resources.
• Working with faculty to develop the library's collections.
  • Request a book
  • Request a new journal

Meet our subject librarians and areas of responsibility:

• Michele Christian for American Indian Studies; Archives and Special Collections.
• Robin Daniels for the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; College of Natural Sciences.
• Kristin Echtenkamp for College of Education and Human Sciences.
• Elizabeth Fox for College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Annisija Hunter for College of Nursing; College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions.
• Laura Larson for School of English and Interdisciplinary Studies; School of Communication and Journalism.
• Nancy Marshall for College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences.

Briggs Library Materials

Check out materials, equipment, study rooms and more using your SDSU employee ID card. Faculty and staff may borrow circulating collection materials for one year with a due date of Oct. 1. Bound periodicals are checked out for one week. See our reserves guide for information about short-term checkout for items your students will need for course assignments.

Proxy Form

Authorize others to use your SDSU ID card to checkout materials for you using the proxy form.

Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery (ILL)

If the library does not have access to the books, scanned articles and other materials you need, they can be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Our document delivery service provides scans of articles and chapters available in print in the library.

Submit requests from library databases or via the ILL link on our homepage. Contact ILL at 605-688-5573 or email Interlibrary Loan for additional information.

The library offers instruction tailored to the needs of your course and students. Whether you're teaching an introductory course or an advanced seminar, your subject librarian can work with you to help students develop the research and information literacy skills they need to succeed.

For introductory courses, such as Composition I (ENGL-101), Foundations of Communication (CMST-101) and First-Year Seminars, librarians provide foundational instruction on topics such as finding and evaluating information, using library resources, developing search strategies and understanding the research process.

For upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses, instruction is customized to your assignments and learning objectives. Sessions may focus on discipline-specific databases, advanced search techniques, literature reviews, evidence-based research, citation management, scholarly communication or other research skills relevant to your course.

Instruction can be delivered in person or online. The library also has two instructional classrooms, Rooms 125 and 130, where librarians can host hands-on research and library instruction. Librarians are also available to provide one-on-one research consultations for students who need additional support.

Contact your subject librarian to learn more about library instruction services or to schedule instruction for your class.

Copyright

Learn about how you can appropriately use copyrighted material in teaching and research and get protections for material you produce.

Patents and Trademarks

SDSU is a Patent and Trademark Resource Center and can offer instruction on searching and applying for patents and trademarks.

Disclaimer

We are not attorneys, and we cannot give legal advice.

Rooms 125 and 130 are available for faculty to reserve when not in use by librarians. These rooms may be reserved for one-time use up to four weeks ahead of need. See the Hilton M. Briggs Library Policy 4:2 Classroom Use for details. Contact your subject librarian to reserve a classroom.

To access library resources from off campus, start from the library's website and click on the link to the database or resource you need. When prompted, enter your SDSU network credentials (the same login that you use for your university email or InsideState).

Students taking online courses, as well as faculty and staff not located on the Brookings campus, should use the library's Interlibrary Loan system to request articles and books. The library will deliver items to you electronically or via USPS that are owned by Briggs Library or borrowed from other libraries.

For help or more information, email the Library Services desk or call 605-688-5107 or 800-786-2038.

Read and Publish Agreements

Open access publishing agreements are available from several publishers. These agreements allow SDSU faculty to publish without paying traditional publication fees.

Research Impact

As you create your faculty annual review, use the library's guide on evaluating scholarly publications for tenure and promotion to find resources on altmetrics, journal impact factor and other measures of value for publications.

The Division of Research and Economic Development has resources related to finding and applying for grants. Librarians can help with preliminary research as you prepare to apply for grants.

EndNote

Manage your citations and create formatted bibliographies with this reference management software. See the EndNote Research Guide for more information.

Library Resource Guides

Our Research Guides provide guides to those resources the library provides that are especially good in a particular topic.

Open PRAIRIE

Open PRAIRIE is the SDSU institutional repository. It supports the collection, preservation and dissemination of SDSU’s scholarly and creative output from faculty, staff and students. Open PRAIRIE allows for permanent storage of and public access to institutional materials. For more information, contact Michael Biondo, electronic resources and scholarly communications librarian.

Archives and Special Collections

The South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections contains the university archives and material related to South Dakota history and life.

E-textbooks

When possible, the library will purchase e-textbooks from participating publishers, saving students money. Contact your subject librarian for more information or to check if an e-textbook is available for your course.

Reserves

Make required or supplemental items available for students to use on a short-term basis or link to online library resources in your D2L course.

Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits free use and repurposing by others. Some benefits of Open Educational Resources include increased retention, cost savings to students, and opportunities for creativity, collaboration and innovative teaching.

Contact Shari Theroux, systems and discovery librarian, or your subject librarian with questions.