Module 3:
SD Library Network
How to Access SDLN
How to Search SDLN
Examples and Practice

Contents:
Introduction
Module 1: How to Solve an Information Problem
Module 2: Search Techniques
Module 4: Proquest
Module 5: Infotrac
Module 6: Lexis-Nexis
Module 7: OCLC Firstsearch
Module 8: 
Module 9: 
Module 10: 
Module 11: Internet Searching
Module 12: Evaluating Internet sources
Module 13: Scholarly vs. Popular
Module 14: Citing sources
Module 15: How to Get Material Not Available Online

Module 3: How to Access SDLN

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• Library ID number and Password

While on campus, students, faculty and staff may access the South Dakota Library Network from labs, offices, dorm rooms, and the library without using an SDLN ID or password.

However, when accessing SDLN from off-campus, an ID and password will be requested when you attempt to connect to some databases of SDLN. You will then need to use your SDLN Library ID and password (which are different from a DSU computer ID and password).

• How to get a Library ID and password

If you have a Dakota State University ID card or a guest borrower library card from the Mundt Library, you will find your library ID number (a number which begins 21578...) on the front of the card. Your password is your last name.

If you are taking a distance education course through the E-Education Services office, you should have been issued a Library ID number (a number which begins 21578...) by them.  Distance Education students who have not been issued a Library ID number should contact DSU's Office of Distance Education or the Library.  Students in Sioux Falls usually get their library ID numbers from their instructors. If you have not received a library ID number, e-mail reference@dsu.edu to request it [and include your full name, address, and the course(s) you are currently enrolled in]. 

• Connecting to SDLN through the Mundt Library (DSU) home page

1. In your browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), you will first go to the Mundt Library's homepage: http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library

2. Click on the "SD Library Network" link, which is in the yellow "Search Tools"  section of the Library's home page.

3. Click on "Connect to SDLN - Web version" -- which will take you to a screen where you select a library & a resource to search.

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