Databases / Reference Sources / South Dakota Newspaper Indexes
MagazinesProQuest Research Library - request a barcode and password from the librarian
InfoTrac databases (Gale) - request a barcode and password from the librarian
Findarticles.com - A free online article-search service, accessing more than 300 reputable magazines and journals.
Ready Reference & Homework Help
SIRS Discoverer (ProQuest) - request a barcode and password from the librarian
SIRS Researcher (ProQuest) - request a barcode and password from the librarian.
Reference Sources - a selection of ready reference tools to use when you can't get into the library.
Education & Libraries - request a barcode and password from the librarian
World Book Advanced - encyclopedia - request barcode and password from librarian
Britannica Encyclopedia Online
Your Dictionary.com - grammars, dictionaries, and language links for a large number of languages, including English and Lakota.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Rhyming Dictionary
Crossword Puzzle Resources
Legal & Government:
Law Check
LexisNexsis - request a barcode and password from the librarian
South Dakota Grant Directory
Government - local, state, federal, and world government links.
SD Legislative Research Council
SD Birth Records
State of South Dakota
South Dakota (State Government)
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
The White House
Internal Revenue Service
IRS Forms
Health:
Gale Virtual Reference Library - request a barcode and password from the librarian
Highwire Press
MedlinePLUS
PubMed
Health & Medicine
National Library of Medicine
Genealogy & history:HeritageQuest (ProQuest) - request a barcode and password from your librarian.
RootsWeb
Obituary search on RootsWeb
Index of Potter County, SD, obituaries 1883-present via email attachment
AncestryPlus (available only in the Library)
genealogical sites
News & E-Books
South Dakota NewspapersNewsBank Inc.(Sioux Falls Argus Leader and Aberdeen American News) - request a barcode and password from your local librarian.
NetLibrary (OCLC) - request a barcode and password from your local librarian.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - request a barcode and password from your local librarian.
The Paperboy - online newspapers from around the world.
News & Newspapers - request a barcode and password from your local librarian
Aberdeen American News
Argus Leader
Rapid City Journal
Watertown Public Opinion
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
USA Today
CNN Interactive
KDLT
KELO-LAND Television
KSFY Television
Practice Tests:
Learning Express - You may also click: printable handouts - request a barcode and password from your librarian
Consumer Protection:Consumer Information - product and purchasing information.
Science
Business
America's Job Bank
Thomas RegisterBusiness & Investments - request a barcode and password from your librarian
Price It! -- Antiques and Collectibles
GrantsSouth Dakota Grant Directory
Grants Gov
People Finders and Phone Books
Internet 800 Directory
Switchboard
QwestDex
White Pages
Atlases
MapQuest
National Geographic
National Atlas of the United States of America
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- * We're located at 106 E Commercial Ave., Gettysburg, SD 57442 - in the center of the business district next door to the city auditorium
- * EMAIL ADDRESS: pclibrary@venturecomm.net
- * PHONE: 605-765-9518
- * HOURS: 10-5 on Mon., Tues., Wed., & Fri.
- 10 - 6 on Thursday.
- 11 to 2 on Saturday
- Closed Sundays.
FAMILY-FRIENDLY LIBRARY
- *We are NOT quiet!
- *Helpful service with a smile.
- *We like toddlers, tweens, & teens.
- *Strollers, wheelchairs, walkers, and canes are welcome.
- *We like the computer literate as well as the computer illiterate.
- *We're wireless and laptop friendly..
- *Handicapped-accessible building and restroom.
CALENDAR
- - Feb. 27 @ 5:15 - book club: Food-related topic
- ~ Book Club Meets: last Monday of the month at 5:15 p.m. except in May, August, and December.
- ~ Library Board Meets: 4th Tues. of odd months at 5:15 p.m.
ABOUT THE LIBRARY
- + Books and Beyond: Information, Magazines, Videos, Audios
- + Wireless Hotspot. Public Internet and email access.
- + Hours: 10-5 most weekdays, 10-6 Thursdays, 11-2 Saturdays. Closed Sundays
- + Bookmobile goes to Hoven on the first Wednesday of each month.
- + Once-a-month pick up and delivery of books to day care centers and the homebound.
Got a question?
- Ask a librarian. She'll tell you everything she knows.
- + We're on facebook under Potter County Library
- - We're also on a facebook group called POTTER COUNTY'S LIBRARY. Members have to request to join.
- EMAIL: pclibrary@venturecomm.net
- PHONE: 605-765-9518
Hours, Location, Contact Info
About Gettysburg
- Potter County Library
- Gettysburg, SD
- Gettysburg, SD, is "where the battle wasn't." The town, however, was named by Civil War veterans who settled the area in 1883.
Links
- Library on Facebook
- Gettysburg - Official Site
- Gettysburg - Unofficial site
- Gettysburg - School
- Dakota Sunset Museum
- Index to 100th Anniversary Book
- Index to 75th Anniversary Book
- West Whitlock Recreation Area
- Bob's Resort
- Hoven - Official Site
- Hoven - St. Anthony's - Cathedral of the Prairie
- Lebanon
- Tolstoy
- Museum of Radar Bases
- South Dakota State Library
GETTYSBURG BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS
- - No book for May.
- - Apr. 30 : ONE ROOM COUNTRY SCHOOL. Discussion made possible by the South Dakota Humanities Council and featuring scholar/speaker Dorothy Liegl.
- - Mar.: book you consider "spiritual"
- - Feb. 27 : Food related - either fiction or nonfiction
- - Jan. 30: MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS by Kidder.
- Nov. 23 : ADAMS HOUSE REVEALED by Kopco
- Oct. 31 : THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PIE SOCIETY by Shaffer.
- Sept. 26: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Ford.
- June 27: JOURNEY OF CRAZY HORSE by Marshall
- Past Selections: ORDINARY HEROES by Turow, THE VINEYARD by Delinsky, GLASS CASTLE by Walls, THREE CUPS OF TEA by Mortenson, THE MASTER BUTCHER'S SINGING CLUB by Louise Erdrich, TWENTY WISHES by Debbie Macomber, The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, THE SWEETNESS OF THE SOUL by Kirkpatrick, BRYSON CITY TALES by Larimore, MARLEY AND ME by Grogan, FIRESTORM by Barr, WAS GOD ON VACATION by van der Geest, THE WHISTLING SEASON by Doig, WISH YOU WELL by Baldacci, THE RICHEST MAN IN TOWN by V.J. Smith, THE WORK OF WOLVES by Kent Meyers, BREAKING SOD ON THE PRAIRIES by Taber, DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Larson, FOR ONE MORE DAY by Albom, I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK by Ephron, MOLOKAI by Brennert, SUSANNAH'S GARDEN by Macomber, and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS.
About the Library
STAFF & TRUSTEES
- * Peg Williams, Director
- * Linda Byrum, Librarian
- * Holly Wright, Bookmobile Librarian
- * Board of Trustees: Jean Dreis, Norma Marks, Renee Kirby, Barb Worth, Holly Wright, Delvin Worth
WANTED: YOUR FAMILY STORY
- Long or short, every family story is valuable. Please share yours.
- _____________________________
- Here's what to include. Your family's connection to Potter County. Where they came from. How they got here. When. Why. Occupations/Business history. Who was born, married, or died here.
- _____________________________
- Email stories to pclibrary@venturecomm.net
- Postal mail stories to us at 106 E Commercial Ave. , Gettysburg SD 57442