Library extends hours to midnight

The Library will be open until MIDNIGHT on Monday through Thursday, April 25-28 and on Sunday through Wednesday, May 2-4.   FREE snacks and beverages will be available beginning at about 9pm. 

For all library hours, see:  LIBRARY HOURS. 

Library will remain open until midnight on the following days:

Monday, April 25

Tuesday, April 26

Wednesday, April 27

Thursday, April 28

Sunday, May 1

Monday, May 2

Tuesday, May 3

Wednesday, May 4

Stay focused! Have a great end-of-semester!

The Library staff

The Library: http://www.dsu.edu/library - of the curious, by the curious, for the curious

New! downloadable ebooks & audiobooks

The Library is now providing a collection of downloadable ebooks and audiobooks for computers, mobile devices, and e-readers through Overdrive. Our collection is aimed at leisure readers and is focused on popular/bestseller fiction (mysteries, science fiction, romance, etc.) and nonfiction. In some places in Overdrive you may see mention of video and music, but the Library’s collection is limited to ebooks and audiobooks.

..........ACCESS.  Link to “Overdrive ebooks & audiobooks” in the “Database quicklinks” dropdown menu on the upper right side of the Library’s home page. Or go directly to Overdrive: http://dakotastate.lib.overdrive.com

..........SETUP. On the left side of the Overdrive window, scroll down the left side to "Getting Started" to find a list of supported portable devices (direct link: http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/). The fastest way to get setup for download is to use the MyHelp! wizard near the top of the left navigation area in Overdrive. It walks you through the process of downloading what you need to read audiobooks and ebooks on the device you want to use. 

..........CHECKOUT. You can explore the ebook and audiobook collections without login, but you will need your library ID and password to checkout/download a book.

..........LIMITATIONS. Our Overdrive collection is fairly small as we get started, so you are limited to having 3 items checked out at one time. When you finish with an e-book, you can check it back in early.  Unfortunately, audiobooks cannot be checked back in early (blame the technology, not us!), so you may have to experiment a bit with how long to check them out. You are able to choose 7 days, 14 days, or 21 days. At the end of the checkout period, audiobooks and ebooks will be automatically checked back in and made available to others.

..........QUESTIONS/HELP. Help and FAQs are provided in Overdrive. If you aren’t able to solve a problem with Overdrive or need to know your library ID/password, send questions to DSU librarians at Ask-a-Librarian.

..........RECOMMEND ADDITIONS TO COLLECTION.  You can recommend other titles for the Library to purchase in Overdrive by using the “Suggest a New Title” link at the top of Overdrive.

Enjoy Reading!

Library home page: http://www.dsu.edu/library

The Library staff

Timeline of Middle East Protests

In "Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests," the Guardian (U.K) newspaper provides a useful and informative approach for keeping track of recent political protests in the Middle East.

Its "The Path of Protest" interactive timeline, by Garry Blight and Sheila Pulham, allows you to trace events in several different countries from December 2010 to the present in a single timeline.  The timeline is oriented from front to back rather than left-to right, so moving through time is similar to riding a roller coaster. Clicking on an event marker in the timeline will open up a Guardian newspaper article about the event.

The timeline not only helps make clear the timing of events in each country, but also serves as an index to articles that have appeared in the Guardian about the Middle East protests. Countries included are Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen.

You can find additional articles about Middle East protests by searching a library database such as Academic Search Premier which includes magazine and journal articles. Find Academic Search Premier in the "Database Quicklinks" dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the Library's home page. For example, in Academic Search Premier, type:
libya* AND protest*
( The asterisk * tells the database to find any word that begins l-i-b-y-a, including Libya and Libyan, and any word that begins p-r-o-t-e-s-t, including protest, protesting, protester, protesters.  The AND tells the database to find any articles that include both libya* and also protest* ) 
The results of this search will be in "relevance" order.  To re-order the list of articles with the most recent ones at the top, find the "Relevance Sort" link at the top of the results list and change it to "Date Descending Sort."

If you have questions about research, use the Ask-a-Librarian link at the top of the Library's home page to contact us, or stop by the library to talk to librarians Mary Francis or Risë Smith.