Elsevier/ScienceDirect Update

Collection Management and Discovery Division

In December 2020, the Auraria Library’s subscription to Elsevier journals comes up for renewal. Currently, the Library subscribes to all of Elsevier’s journals though the ScienceDirect platform. That’s over 2,700 scholarly journals that cover dozens of disciplines and research areas. The Library subscribes to Elsevier resources through the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, a group of 15 academic libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. Renewing contracts with publishers is something that…

Unearthed: The Poems of Ossian

Special and Digital Collections Unit

The latest addition to our collection of literary odds and ends is a curious collection of poems by a fictional poet name Ossian. Originally published in 1760 (our edition hails from 1856) The Poems of Ossian is a collection of poems and prose by Scottish author James Macpherson, who claimed he'd collected purportedly lost ancient Gaelic poems written by fictional epic poet Ossian. There is some debate as to whether…

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Auraria Library Statement of Support for Open Access

Collection Management and Discovery Division

Auraria Library supports the widest possible dissemination of the scholarly research and intellectual output of the three Auraria campus institutions. We support open access in the many ways detailed in Auraria Library and Open Access document. 

Learn about it in the Open Access - Scholarly Communication Research guide.

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GeoWeek is Coming!

Researcher Support Services

GeoWeek is happening in mid-November and there are lot of events occurring along the Front Range, including some in our very own library!

On Wednesday, November 13th, there will be geospatial-centric activities at the Discovery Wall all day, including:

  • Building a photo map of Auraria Campus with Mapillary - bring a jacket, a smart phone and help create a way for students to see our campus from afar.
  • Creating vector art from map data - print your…

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New Digital Collection: Hispanic Link Weekly Report

Special and Digital Collections Unit

The latest addition to Auraria Library Digital Collections is The Hispanic Link Weekly Report. Originally published in 1983 and running for almost 30 years, the Hispanic Link Weekly Report was a product of the Hispanic Link News Service, which was co-founded in 1980 in Washington, D.C. by journalists and activists Sebastiania Mendoza Ericksen and Charlie Ericksen. The Service syndicated thousands of articles over its 33-year run to…

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