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November 4 ~ On this day in 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt . Discover King Tut for youself @ your library. The first wagon train arrived in California on this day in 1841. Learn more about the westward movement @ your library.

November 3 On this day in 1871, after 8 years of searching darkest Africa , American journalist Henry M. Stanley first utters the phrase, “ Dr. Livingstone , I presume?" Relive the adventure @ your library. Linus Pauling wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on this day in 1954.

November 2 Today is Election Day. Need help? The South Dakota Secretary of State provides personalized voting information and individualized sample ballots. Can’t find your polling place? Google has a special voting map search just to help. And don’t forget personal, individualized assistance is always available @ your library. Happy anniversary South Dakota. On this day in 1889 South Dakota became the 40th state. What do you want to know about the state? Discover it @ your library.

Locating articles following a bibliographic search is frequently the last and most frustrating hurdle a library user faces. With that in mind, the Devereaux Library has established a service to improve access to library resources. SFX is a commercial mediation service designed to assist the library user in locating copies of articles. While it does not replace the expertise of a librarian, it may prove useful in your research. We invite you to give it a try. As always, assistance is available @ your library. The Joy of SFX SFX is a service provided by the Devereaux Library to help our researchers and students link from database references (like GeoRef, WilsonWeb, Web of Knowledge) to a copy of the corresponding full text document. Further SFX is designed to lead the reader to “appropriate” full text documents, i.e., those which are licensed by the Library for the use of students, faculty and staff. Many databases have their own internal linking services. These are often helpful, but in...

We continue to have problems with the catalog. AquaBrowser will be search able but holds and ILL requests via the catalog will not be possible. Please place holds using our webform and use WorldCat for ILL requests (search for the item in WorldCat and click Request Item) Please email or phone 394-2418 the library to renew materials or with any questions. We will be working to resolve the issues as quickly as possible. We will send an update as soon as we have more information. On campus and VPN access to all databases should not be impacted. If you use your library barcode to access databases from off campus, you may need to use VPN instead. SDLN staff

November 1 On this day in 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations using 24 locations that provided reports via telegraph. Want to know more about weather forecasting? It’s @ your library. The world’s longest suspension bridge, the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, opened on this day in 1957. Learn more about the design and construction of bridges @ your library.

$2.8 million Goodell Physical Education Complex completed, facility includes olympic-sized swimming pool, two handball courts, a squash court, a basketball court, two classrooms, a music room, rifle range, and other facilities [Stymiest, Ruth Anne. "Centennial: An Illustrated History, 1885-1985". 1985, pg. 140 &] October 31 - official inauguration of President Schleusener is first major event held in the new Goodell Gymnasium [Stymiest, Ruth Anne. "Centennial: An Illustrated History, 1885-1985". 1985, pg. 145]