The following library services are provided for E-Education (distance) and USDSU students enrolled in Dakota State University courses.  If you have questions, please contact Risë Smith or Mary Francis.

Mundt Library Online
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library

Mundt Library Online provides access to the Mundt Library's materials, services, and staff, including links to:

• Research databases that are used to find magazine & journal articles, books, and other materials for research. To select a research database, go to the library home page and click on "Library Catalog" to search the library's catalog or "Databases by Subject" to select another research database.  If you know the name of the database you need, use the "Database QuickLinks" dropdown in the upper right corner of the library homepage.   [Information about IDs & passwords and instructions for access to these services may be found below in the section called "Access to Electronic Resources"]

• tutorials and guides that assist research

• interlibrary loan forms

• and much more

Database Searching Service

When one of the library's electronic information services is inaccessible to an E-Education student, a librarian will do the search for the student and provide a list of citations to journal articles,  books, or other materials. The student may then select items from the list and the library will send them to the student [See "Document Delivery" below].
Please send search request to Risë Smith.

Document Delivery & Interlibrary Loan

The Mundt Library will deliver materials to E-Education and to USDSU students for educational purposes.  For example, materials include:

• photocopies (which can be kept; at no charge -- see costs for details) of articles from magazines, newspapers, journals, and reference sources.

• books and other materials  (which must be returned to the Mundt Library within a designated time period; student pays the cost of returning the item -- see costs).

If an item is not owned by the Mundt Library, the Mundt Library can usually borrow it from another library through our Interlibrary Loan Service.

Please send requests for specific items by using one of the online Interlibrary Loan Forms.   Include a complete citation or as much information about the item (title, author, etc.) as you can, and be sure to include an address if it is to be mailed to you.

Tutorials & Help
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/instruct.html

If you want to learn how to do research or need help finding information, take a look at our Help page to find tutorials, guides, and other instructional materials.       

Ask a librarian
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/asklib.html 
605-256-5205 or 1-800-641-4309 & ask for Risë or Mary

When you need help finding information, please request assistance.  We are happy to help. 
Send your request for research help to Risë Smith or Mary Francis.

The Mundt Library is committed to providing service in a timely manner.  To facilitate your research, we provide as much scholarly material as possible online.  Links to these information services may be found in the yellow "Search Tools" section on the library home page.

However, when we must borrow material from another library and/or send items through the mail to you, we cannot guarantee an exact delivery time.  Please plan ahead and request help and services early.   In general:

• Database search results are sent via e-mail within 3 working days (excluding Saturday, Sunday & holidays) after we receive the request.

• Items owned by the Mundt Library are sent via U.S. mail or UPS within 1 working day (excluding Saturday, Sunday & holidays) after we receive the request.

• Items that must be obtained from other libraries will be sent via U.S. mail, UPS, or some other delivery service when the Mundt Library receives them -- generally 10-15 days.

E-Education students pay the cost of shipping materials back to the Mundt Library. A courier service to the University Center in Sioux Falls is free, and students there may pickup and return items at the Resource Center on the second floor to avoid incurring return shipping charges. The Mundt Library pays all other document and book delivery costs.

E-Education and USDSU students are responsible for returning borrowed items to the Mundt Library by the date designated at the time of the loan.  Students will be charged for overdue, damaged, or lost items.     

Your special library ID number (a 14-digit number which begins with 21578….) and library password (your last name) are the keys to your access to many research databases provided by the Mundt Library when you are not on DSU's Madison campus.  

How to successfully login from off-campus...
When you click on the link to any research database on the Mundt Library website [databases can be found by linking to "Research Databases (by Subject)," "Research Databases (A-Z)," or by using the "Database Quicklinks" dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the home page], you will be required to login with a username and password.

1. The username is your 14-digit library ID number.  The library ID numbers for DSU students, faculty, and staff all begin with the numbers 21578....  (for example:  21578000000000). You can find this number on the front of your DSU ID card. E-Education students or Sioux Falls University Center students, who do not have ID cards, will receive this library ID number (not a card) from the Mundt Library. If you do not receive a library ID number or do not remember your library ID number, please contact the library to request it.
2. The password is your last name (for example, smith).  

If you are unable to login with your ID and password, please contact the library.

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"Members of the distance learning community are entitled to library services and resources equivalent to those provided for students and faculty in traditional campus settings."   
[Source:  Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services. 2000. Association of College and Research Libraries.  18 Apr 2001. <http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/distlrng.html>.]