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State Library provides free
access to resources
Educators can take advantage of three new
resources offered by the South Dakota State Library. The online
resources, which normally require a subscription, include the
Learning Express Library and the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
“These resources are a part of the State
Library’s new mission and represent an important piece of the
State Library’s support of library services at the local level,”
said State Librarian Dorothy Liegl. “People can access the
resources for free via the State Library’s Web site.”
The first resource, Learning Express
Library, is an online learning platform of more than 300
practice tests. The Learning Express Library consists of a wide
assortment of tests, appropriate for ages ranging from
grade-school level to adulthood. Tests include ACT, SAT, GRE, 4th
grade math diagnostic tests, and more.
The Gale Virtual Reference Library
is a core collection of virtual reference books, available 24
hours a day, seven days a week. The collection covers the
following reference areas: business, education,
history/terrorism, medicine, law and government, and science.
Through the American Newspapers
database, users can browse current and archived items from the
Aberdeen American News and the Argus Leader. This resource will
be useful for general reference or to research local and
national issues, events, people, government, education, arts,
business, sorts, real estate and much more.
Anyone with a library card from a South
Dakota Library Network library can access these new resources
from their home computer or a computer at their local library.
Simply log on to the State Library Web site at
www.sdstatelibrary.com and look for the Databases
link. Users should be prepared to provide their library card
number as a log-in and their last name as a password.
To get a library card to access the databases, users can apply
online at
www.sdstatelibrary.com/forms/orderlibrarycard.htm or
at a South Dakota Library Network library.
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