The Karl E. Mundt Library

The Karl E. Mundt Library’s goal is to graduate students who are able to find, evaluate, and use information to solve problems and to make decisions effectively. These students should have the knowledge and skills to function successfully as continuous learners in a continuously-changing information world. To successfully meet its goal, the Library provides excellent collections, information systems, services, instruction, and staff.

The Karl E. Mundt Library provides access to an extensive collection of materials through its online library catalog which includes the over 3.7 million holdings of more than 75 libraries in the South Dakota Library Network (SDLN). In addition to being an online catalog, the SDLN has been enriched by the addition of number of external databases, most notably, ERIC Journals in Education and ERIC Resources in Education, Argus Leader Index, Indian Country Today Index, and Books in Print. SDLN also provides the full text and images of articles online through the databases of Infotrac. Web-based access to the information services of the South Dakota Library Network, Infotrac, ProQuest, Lexis-Nexis, ACM digital Library, Project Muse, FirstSearch and others provides students with access to databases critical to their disciplines. Materials held by other libraries are readily available through the electronic interlibrary loan system or full text, so rarely is the Library unable to quickly meet student or faculty information needs.

The Library Audiovisual Equipment collection serves the non print needs of the campus. Meeting rooms and a viewing room equipped with a large screen TV connected to various types of players and satellite downlink receiver are also available.

The Mundt Library is also home to a large networked computer lab designed for providing hands-on instruction in information retrieval and research methodologies. In addition to the collections, systems and services offered, library staff provides assistance and instruction to faculty and students through workshops, classroom and one-to-one instruction.

The library building is open seven days a week during fall and spring semesters, but 24-hour access to many resources and services is available through the World Wide Web. Visit the Mundt Library’s homepage (http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library) to search for information, request services, and learn more about the Library.