South Dakota State Library Services

The South Dakota State Library currently has database subscriptions from the following vendors:

Clarivate

The company Clarivate recently acquired ProQuest. You may see the reference "ProQuest a part of Clarivate" or similar. Here are the "ProQuest part of Clarivate" database subscriptions the South Dakota State Library currently has:

• Ancestry Library Edition (Subscription ends 6/30/25)
• CultureGrams
• Fold3 (Subscription ends 6/30/25)
• HeritageQuest Online (Subscription ends 6/30/25)
• ProQuest Research Library
• SIRS Discoverer
• SIRS Issues Researcher
• US Newsstream

EBSCO

• Learning Express Library ((Subscription ends 6/30/25)

The South Dakota participates in a regental consortium with the South Dakota Board of Regents to provide statewide access to the following EBSCO databases:

• Academic Search Premier
• Alt-Health Watch
• Applied Science & Technology Source
• Business Source Premier
• Consumer Health Complete (Consumer Edition)
• Consumer Health Complete (Journal Search)
• EBSCO eBook Collection
• ERIC
• European Views of the Americas
• Explora Kids
• Explora Educators Edition
• Explora Public Libraries
• Explora Teens
• Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
• GreenFILE
• Health Source: Consumer Edition
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
• Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts
• MAS Complete
• MasterFILE Complete
• MegaFILE
• MiddleSearch Plus
• Newspaper Source
• Open Dissertations
• Points of View Reference Source
• Primary Search
• Professional Development Collection
• Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson)
• Science Reference Source
• Teacher Reference Source
• World Politics Review

Gale Cengage Learning

The State Library subscribes to the following Gale products:

• Books and Authors (Subscription ends 6/30/25)
• Gale eBooks
• Gale Presents: Peterson's Test Prep (Available starting 7/1/25)
• Gale Primary Sources: Archives Unbound
• Gale Primary Sources: Overland Journeys: Travels in the West, 1800-1880
• Gale Primary Sources: Indigenous Peoples of North America
• Gale Primary Sources: Introduction to U.S. History: The American Revolution
• Gale Primary Sources: Introduction to U.S. History: The Civil War
• Gale Primary Sources: Introduction to U.S. History: Slavery in America
• Miss Humblebee's Academy (Subscription ends 6/30/25)
• Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers

Scholastic

The South Dakota State Library subscribes to the following Scholastic products:

• BookFlix

Swank Motion Pictures

The South Dakota State Library currently subscribes to the following Swank Motion Pictures products:

• Swank K-12 Video Streaming (Subscription ends 10/31/25)

This database is accessible for public k-12 educators only. 

WorldBook

The South Dakota State Library currently subscribes to the following World Book Online products:

• World Book Advanced
• World Book Discover
• World Book Dramatic Learning
• World Book Early Learning
• World Book Kids
• World Book Student

Database Usage Statistics

From July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024, the South Dakota State Library database subscriptions were viewed over 3.5 million times and had almost 1.5 million individual user sessions.

Fiscal Year 24 Views: 3,607,019

Fiscal Year 24 Sessions: 1,447,623

Please see the below instructions on how to find your individual library's usage of the South Dakota State Library databases.

The standard for metric for database usage is called a "Counter Report" - however, not all vendors adhere to this standard. Learn more about Counter Reports here: https://www.countermetrics.org/ 

EBSCOhost profiles will be migrated to the new user interface on January 7, 2025.

Learn more about the new EBSCOhost

The following links provide information on the features of the new EBSCOhost as well as upcoming enhancements on the EBSCO's roadmap.

• Introduction to the New EBSCOhost - Tutorial
• The New EBSCOhost - Quick Start Guide
• The New EBSCOhost - Frequently Asked Questions
• New EBSCO User Interfaces - Release Notes
• EBSCO Platform Roadmap

Gale Presents: Peterson's Test Prep Subscription Starts 7/1/2025 

Starting July 1, 2025, the South Dakota State Library will provide FREE statewide access to Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test Prep for all SD citizens. This is a valuable online tool library patrons and students of all ages can use for standardized test preparation, researching and selecting college and graduate schools, finding tuition assistance, and exploring careers.