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Communication Studies 701: Library Catalog

Communication Studies Librarian

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Kristin Echtenkamp
Contact:
Briggs Library 123
Phone: 605-688-5958

Database

Primo, Library Catalog

This link takes you to the login screen for our "discovery" system. The discovery system will search for those items that are physically in our library; electronic books, media, and government documents; and articles in many journals.

Types of Searches

Basic Search - one search box with options that will drop down as you begin typing.

  • Briggs Library = Books, media, government documents, articles
  • Books & More = Library catalog - Books, media, government documents
  • Course Reserves = Items behind the Library Services Desk on reserve for specific courses
  • OpenPRAIRIE = SDSU's Institutional Repository with articles, presentations, etc. by SDSU facutly, staff, students, and alumni
  • Digital Archives = SDSU's Archival material in the South Dakota Digital Archives
  • SDBOR Libraries = Library catalogs from all 6 Board of Regents institutions (Black Hills State, School of Mines, Northern State, Dakota State, University of South Dakota, SDSU)

Advanced Search - two or more search lines with ability to search various fields, limit by source type or other criteria. The same collections are available here as in the Basic Search.

Search History - Lets you look at searches you have performed in the current session in Primo and combine them.

Search history button: Search History Image in Primo

Features

Favorites: Favorites Icon

You can save articles, books, etc. into a file to print or download into EndNote.

Articles/books saved to favorites stay there when you log in later.

You can add labels to the records so you can find sets of records in your favorites at any time.

You can save searches and rerun them later.

When you save a query, you can mark it to send updates.

 

Primo and EndNote

Add the records you want to add to EndNote to your favorites using the Favorites Icon button.

Go to your favorites and select those articles you want to add to EndNote.

Click the three dots Action icon button in the header above the records.

Choose the EndNote Desktop icon.

EndNote icon in Primo

Click Download (ignore the Encoding button).

Primo EndNote Download link

Some browsers will download the file. If that happens, click on the download file name to open the file in EndNote.

Firefox may give you the choice to save the records directly to EndNote, if so, you may need to choose the program to open the records in - just browse to EndNote and open them in EndNote.

Your Library Card

You can review what you have checked out or renew those items using "My Library Card.

You can monitor items that are checked out to someone else but you have requested (hold or recall requests).

You can check on the information we have regarding your address and contact information as well as any fines or fees owed.