Fiscal Year 2023 Electronic Resources Views: 3,044,774
- Fiscal Year 2022: 4,354,756
Fiscal Year 2023 Electronic Resources Sessions: 970,568
- Fiscal Year 2022: 1,396,521
Although overall usage was down, some databases increased their usage from the previous year by a substantial amount.
Databases with the largest increase in usage from FY22 to FY23:
- Professional Development Collection: 292% increase in views
- Nineteenth Century Newspapers: 227% increase in views
- eBooks on EBSCO: 222% increase in views
- LISTA: 202% increase in views
- Business Source Premier 197% increase in views
- Archives Unbound – Overland Journeys: 184% increase in views
- Applied Science & Technology Source: 154% increase in views
- Swank K-12 Video Streaming: 153% increase in views
- European Views of the Americas: 123% increase in views
- Academic Search Premier 111% increase in views
Top 5 Most Used Databases from FY23:
- Total EBSCO: 1,399,866 searches, 481,993 individual sessions
- World Book Online: 1,084,842 views, 104,438 sessions
- BookFlix: 778,167 views, 306,674 sessions
- CultureGrams: 421,355 views, 38,766 sessions
- SIRS Issues Researcher: 258,471 Views
The South Dakota State Library subscribes to a variety of general and subject-based online databases with statewide access. A complete listing of these databases can be found at https://library.sd.gov.
