Please Contact
Kim Bonen
Digital Resources Coordinator
kim.bonen@state.sd.us
605-295-3174 or 605-773-3131, Option 5, 3
Nina Mentzel
Metadata Librarian
Nina.Mentzel@state.sd.us
605-773-6391 or 605-280-6911
NOTE: If patron IP address is not recognized as being within South Dakota, a pop-up screen will be displayed showing "Allow this application to use your location?"
Select your library from the dropdown list, enter your barcode and password on the SHARE-IT log in screen as you have in the past.
If you have your own personal State Library eCard, select the South Dakota State Library from the CHOOSE YOUR LIBRARY HERE dropdown, enter eCard barcode and PASSWORD IN ALL CAPS.
If your library does not participate in South Dakota Share-it, select South Dakota State Library (SDSIL) from the CHOOSE YOUR LIBRARY HERE dropdown. Then enter your local library’s eCard barcode and PASSWORD IN ALL CAPS. *If you do not have the library’s eCard information, please contact your local library.
For some libraries that are participating in South Dakota Share-it, select your local library from the CHOOSE YOUR LIBRARY HERE dropdown, enter barcode (username) and password that you use to check out materials. *You may need to contact your library for the barcode/password.
For other libraries that are participating in South Dakota Share-it, log in using your local library’s eCard barcode and password. At the log in window, select your local library from the CHOOSE YOUR LIBRARY HERE dropdown, then enter the library's eCard barcode and PASSWORD IN ALL CAPS. *If you do not have your local library’s eCard, please contact your local library.
The South Dakota State Library provides FREE access to many databases in every library in SD and from home. A full listing of the online databases is available above. SD residents can access the databases WITHOUT needing a library card. Ancestry Library is an “in library use only” resource.
Proof of South Dakota residency may be required.
Patron authentication for electronic resources licensed through the South Dakota State Library is provided through South Dakota Share-It.
*Authentication is the process which matches user logins to the information within an authentication server. If the logins match, the user is granted access to the electronic resources.
Register your library's static, public/external IP addresses to create local access to databases licensed for statewide by the SD State Library.
These websites will reflect back to your PC the IP address of that PC at that moment:
However, these websites cannot tell whether the public/external IP addresses are static (unchanging) IP addresses or are part of an static IP address range that is used only by equipment in your library or on your campus. Your ISP will know that.
Here is a list of things to try if you are having trouble accessing the SDSL databases.
Try using Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Firefox as your internet browser - NOT Internet Explorer.
Clear your internet browser’s cache (history), close out of the browser, reopen the browser, then try to access the database
Are you using the correct link?
Here are some questions you may be asked about access issues:
Is there a specific SDSL database that you are unable to access?
Can you access any of the SDSL databases?
Are you attempting to access a SDSL database within a library/school or outside the building?
Are you attempting to access a SDSL database within the state of South Dakota or out of state?
What website are you visiting to access the database and what URL link are you clicking on?
Did your library/school recently install a new computer system with a new IP address?