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US Federal Statutes, Codes and Regulations   (LexisNexis)
US code, U.S. Constitution & court rules at Lexis-Nexis. To search only the Federal code: - In the Select Sources drop down choose the first one 'United States Code Service - Titles 1 through 50'
Coverage: current
Accounting and Tax Research Guide   (Auraria Library)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
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African and African-American Studies Research Guide   (Auraria Library, T. Beck)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Alternative and Complementary Medicine Research Guide   (Auraria Library, I. Ferrer-Vinent)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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America: History and Life with Full Text   (Ebsco)
America history and life is an index to journal articles, books and media reviews, and dissertations covering the US and Canada from prehistory to the present. For articles on the history of the rest of the world see Historical Abstracts.
Coverage: index 1954- Updates monthly.
Argumentative and Persuasive Research Guide   (Auraria Library, N. McCaslin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
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Arguments and Their Evaluation   (T.K. Trelogan, University of Northern Colorado)
Assessment strategy for evaluating arguments and some common confusions about arguments.
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Art and Design ES   (Smithsonian Institution)
Art & design collections, exhibits and artifacts from the Smithsonian Institution's Encyclopedia Smithsonian.
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Astronomy and Physics Research Guide   (Auraria Library, I. Ferrer-Vinent)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Other Spoken-Word Recordings Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Basic Law and Legal Research   (LexisNexis)
Full text coverage of many national and international legal resources; including statutes, codes, case law and regulations, on both the Federal and State levels, and including secondary literature, international legal materials, patent research, and information on careers in law.
Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports   (Robert L. Bolin, University of Nebraska Lincoln)
A catalog of formerly secret government research reports made available by the Federal Government after World War II.
Note: Unrestricted access
Copies of most of the documents listed in this index are available from the Library of Congress Duplication Service.
Bibliotherapy Books for Children and Young Adults Research Guide   (Welch, M.)
Selections of reading material for children and young adults that are relevant to difficult life situations.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index   (Gale Cengage)
A comprehensive index to more than 11 million biographical sketches in over 3,000 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Index linked to many complete articles.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Biological and Biomedical Journal Literature   (Thomson ISI)
A combined search abstracts in Web of Science, Medline and Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS).
Coverage: abstracts 1995-
Book, Movie, Music, Play and Video Reviews   (LexisNexis)
The Lexis Nexis Academic Reviews Group File combines the contents of reviews selected for the books, movies, music, plays and video files. It can be found in the list of sources on the News search page.
Business and Company Resource Center   (Gale Cengage)
Presents full text profiles, including histories, chronologies, civil claims, financial data and rankings, of US and international firms; articles from business journals, newsletters, and the business sections in newspapers; selected investment reports from Investext; industry overviews; and industry trade associations.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Cabell's Business and Educational Directories   (Cabell Publishing, Inc.)
A resource for Business or Education professors, graduate students and researchers seeking to publish their manuscripts in academic journals. Cabell's contains current contact information, publisher websites, publication guidelines and review information for many journals.
Cambridge History of English and American Literature   (Bartelby.com)
Online versionof the 18 volume set, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing. The set encompasses a wide selection of writings on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole.
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Campus Research - News and Business   (Westlaw)
Campus Research (from Westlaw) is a collection of news, business and law-related resources. It is divided under two content tabs, News & Business and Law. Campus Research - News and Business includes newspapers, magazines, journals, international and foreign language publications, newswires, newsletters, and broadcast transcripts, as well as company information drawn from SEC filings and Hoover's company records.
Career, Resume, and Employment Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980   (Adam Matthew Digital)
This collection presents full-text manuscript material relating to the activities and observations of British and American diplomats, missionaries, business people and tourists in China from 1793 to 1980, together with rare periodicals, paintings, maps, photographs and drawings. The resources have been indexed to provide ready accessibility for users by person, place and subject. An interactive map encourages searches by city and region.
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health)   (Ebsco)
Index to professional literature in nursing and allied health fields including veterinary technology, medical imaging and therapies.
Coverage: 1982-
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Limited to 20 simultaneous users shared with CSU and UNC.
Citation Indexes and Journal Ranking Sites Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Communication and Mass Media Complete   (Ebsco)
CMMC indexes more than 400 communication and mass-media related journals with full text online available for about half of the journals. Many of the journals in CMMC have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and searchable citations from their first issues to the present, dating as far back as 1915.
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Connecting and Linking to Library Resources Research Guide   (Auraria Library, G. Bradbeer)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Conservation Plans and Agreements   (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Regional and national summaries of HCP, SHA, CCA & CCAA are included in the different conservation plan and agreement reports.
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Copyright, Plagiarism and Intellectual Property Research Guide   (Auraria Library, G. Bradbeer)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Counseling and Therapy in Video (streaming video)   (Alexander Street Press)
CTIV (Counseling and Therapy in Video, Volumes I and II) provides an online collection of videos available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. Includes videos from Microtraining Associates, Psychotherapy.net, the University of Manchester Department of Psychiatry, Allyn & Bacon, Pacific Seminars, and other sources. Includes counseling sessions/demonstrations, consultations, interviews, lectures and presentations. Online transcripts and video clip-making tools are also provided.
Note: Mobile enabled. Look for the mobile phone icon with a green plus sign.
Note: Auraria campus students and faculty members may bring a current campus I.D. to the Reserves & Video counter to borrow headphones for use on Auraria Library computers or in-house laptops.
Country Reports on Economic and Trade Practices   (U.S. Department of State)
Reports on nations worldwide using data supplied by U.S. Embassies. (Click on the year desired in the left hand column, then on the region of interest, then on the country.)
Coverage: 1999-2001
Note: Unrestricted access
Country Reports on Economic and Trade Practices Archive   (U.S. Department of State)
Reports on nations worldwide using data supplied by U.S. Embassies.
Coverage: 1993-1999
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Criminal Justice and Criminology Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project   (Donald C. Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara)
A digital collection of over cylinder recordings held by the Department of Special Collections, Donald C. Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Freely downloaded or may be streamed online.
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DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index   (ProQuest)
DAAI provides abstracts covering both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewelery, wood, metal smithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Desktop Video: Sharing and Optimization Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable   (Bartelby.com)
Taken from the 1898 edition of the book by Brewer this is a place to look for the meaning and origin of phrases and fables.
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Dissertations and Theses Research Guide   (Auraria Library, I. Ferrer-Vinent)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment   (Alexander Street Press)
Letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of encounters between American Indians, Europeans, Africans, and Americans on the North American continent. Many materials supply descriptions of North America\\'s natural features and interactions among various cultural groups. Searchable by place, year, peoples, cultural/ personal events, flora, fauna, and other factors. Supplies unique perspectives from traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples and officials, both men and women.
Coverage: 1534-1860
Earth Sciences and Geography Research Guide   (Auraria Library, I. Ferrer-Vinent)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online)   (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Pilot site giving current detailed environmental compliance record of more than 800,000 regulated facilities nationwide.
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Econ Data and Links (EDL)   (Dr. John A. Shaw)
Links to recent U.S. economic data, including population, income, productivity, poverty, money, federal finance, exchange rates, and prices. Created by a Professor Emeritus of Economics at California State University, Fresno.
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Economic Crisis and Recovery Research Guide   (Auraria Library, K. Sobel)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Electronic Library of Colorado Architecture, Landscape and Planning   (College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado at Denver)
The Electronic Library of Colorado Architecture, Landscape, and Planning (ELCALP) is an educational tool created by faculty, staff and students of the University of Colorado at Denver's College of Architecture and Planning. Its aim is to make images and information about buildings and sites in Colorado easily accessible in ways that are useful for many different people. This on-line database documents a wide array of sites, structures, and projects, including those which are significant because they have received awards from professional design and planning associations or because they appear on state and national registers of historic places.
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Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice   (Sage)
Fully searchable encyclopedia on all aspects of activism and social justice.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture (2008)   (Ebsco/Netlibrary)
The Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture provides both biographical and thematic entries that map out the presence of queer subjects within American popular culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology   (Idea Group Reference)
Scholarly research from all over the world on all aspects of information science and technologies. Includes terms, definitions and explanations of concepts, processes and acronyms; comprehensive coverage of critical issues related to utilization and management of information science and technologies; and references on existing literature of all research on information science and technologies.
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America (2004)   (Gale Cengage)
A three-volume survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States from the founding. Includes people, public policy, economics, social issues, identities, and culture.
English and American Literature Research Guide   (Auraria Library, N. McCaslin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management   (ProQuest)
A multidisciplinary database that provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations from scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. Includes TOXLINE and Conference Papers Index.
Coverage: 1967-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators   (Columbia University, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Use ENTRI to match environmental treaties with natural resource indicators.
Coverage: current
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European Union Law and Legal Information   (Westlaw)
European Union Law and Legal Information from Westlaw contains comprehensive coverage of European Union legal materials, including legislation, case law, preparatory documents, parliamentary questions, treaties, and information and notices (OJ C Series).
Everyday Life and Women in America   (Adam Matthew Digital)
This collection addresses all aspects of women's lives in 19th Century America. Contents include books, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides (writings distributed on a single sheet of paper).
Coverage: 1800-1920
Federal and State Cases   (Lexis Nexis)
Federal and State case law.
Fieser and Fieser's Reagents for Organic Synthesis   (Wiley-Blackwell)
Provides concise descriptions of reagents, good structural formulas and selected examples of applications. Thousands of entries abstract the most important information on commonly used and new reagents, including preparation, uses, sources of supply, critical comments, references and more. Reagents are considered in alphabetical order by common usage names.
Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text   (Ebsco)
A bibliographic and full-text database covering film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews from journals and ebooks. Also includes Variety movie reviews from 1914 to present and over 36,300 images from the MPTV Image Archive.
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Foreign Countries and International Agencies Resources Research Guide   (Auraria Library, B. Cronin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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French Language and Literature Research Guide   (Auraria Library - N. McCaslin)
Research guide to studies in French including French literature, biograpies and the language itself.
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Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness   (Gale Cengage)
Reference work providing information on the issues and culture of the deaf and hearing-impaired community in most of the major countries around the world.
Gallery of Teaching and Learning   (Carnegie Foundation)
The Gallery of Teaching and Learning provides examples of digital representations of knowledge related to teaching and learning from participants of Carnegie Foundation programs and partners.
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer Studies Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Archibeque)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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German Language and Literature Research Guide   (Auraria Library, N. McCaslin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Guidelines for Preparing Masters' and Doctoral Theses   (Graduate School - UCD)
Guidelines For Preparing Masters' and Doctoral Theses. Graduate School, University of Colorado Denver Downtown Denver Campus, April 2006. See also Grad Student policies page for CLAS
Health and Wellness Resource Center   (Gale Cengage)
Index to medical reference materials, magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, a drug finder, directories, and government information. Also includes health videos from Healthology, Inc., pamphlets and health-related articles from general interest publications.
Coverage: 1980-
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Health Care Management and Administration Research Guide   (Auraria Library, T. Beck)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
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Historical Map and Chart Collection   (NOAA Office of Coast Survey)
The Coast Survey's Historical Collection contains a wide variety of maps 1747-2001 including a Civil War collection, historical topographic maps and early exploration maps of the Pacific Northwest.
Note: Unrestricted access
History and Culture ES   (Smithsonian Institution)
History & culture collections, exhibits and artifacts from the Smithsonian Institution's Encyclopedia Smithsonian.
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History of Internet and WWW   (G. R. Gromov)
A comprehensive overview of the philosophy and history of the Internet. Many related links and a section on pertinent statistics.
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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance   (Iter)
This collection databases includes a bibliography of articles from some 500 journals literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700 AD). Search by author, title, keyword, etc. Citations only. There are also searchable databases of scholars, extant manuscripts, early theatre, and architectural details. Some of the databases are difficult to access from off campus.
Journalism: Jobs, Professional Organizations, and How-To Books Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Library Literature and Information Science Full Text   (Ebsco)
LLIS indexes articles and book reviews of library and information science periodicals. Books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, theses, and pamphlets are also indexed.
Coverage: Indexing 1984 - ; selected full text 1994 -
Note: Limited to one simultaneous user, please close your browser when finished.
Library of Economics and Liberty   (Liberty Fund, Inc.)
Includes classic and modern economics books online, columns and articles, suggested readings, and related works in history, political theory and philosophy, fully search-able. Includes data sets, brief articles, annotated bibliographies, and links to online resources.
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Markets and Industry News   (LexisNexis)
Searches articles on specific topics related to groups of industries from a variety of publications.
Mergent Online - International and Industrial Data   (Mergent)
A suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research on foreign companies, and on U.S. and foreign industries. The information resources included are: foreign company data and annual reports, foreign company archives, and industry reports for North America, Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. THIS DATABASE DOES NOT HAVE U.S. COMPANY INFORMATION, THOUGH IT DOES HAVE U.S. INDUSTRY INFORMATION!
Military Education and Research Library Network (MERLN)   (U.S. Department of Defense)
MERLN provides public access to the library holdings and electronic information resources of many U.S. Defense agencies. It also includes the Military Policy Awareness Links - MiPALs - which provide direct access to defense-related U.S. policy statements on selected key topics.
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National Directory of Scholarships, Internships, and Fellowships for Latino Students   (Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute)
The scholarships listed are for graduating high school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate/professional students. Scholarships only available at particular colleges or for students of specific localities are in the regional section. The national scholarships are available to all students attending, or planning to attend, any college in the country.
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations   (NDLTD)
An open access collection of theses and dissertations from over 200 universities and institutions worldwide. There are two search engines for this database, VTLS and SCIRUS.
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North American plan for avian and pandemic influenza   (Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America)
The North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza outlines how Canada, Mexico and the United States intend to work together to combat an outbreak of avian influenza or an influenza pandemic in North America.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Technology   (Oxford University Press)
Examines all aspects of warfare and military technology in medieval times including articles on military leaders, battles, sieges, individual fortresses, and military technology focusing on subjects such as armor, navigational techniques, and siege warfare tactics. In addition, each regional overview, such as Britain, the Byzantine Empire, and Hungary, includes a discussion of primary sources, an introductory narrative, and an entry on historiography.
Oxford Handbooks Online: Business and Management    (Oxford Handbooks Online)
Gives access to eBooks covering a variety of business and management topics. Auraria Library has purchased access to full text of titles published to OHO in the September, 2009 and the May, 2010 and the September, 2010 updates.
Palgrave Connect eBooks: Literature and Performing Arts   (Palgrave Macmillan)
eBooks covering drama, literature, theatre, and film topics.
Palgrave Connect eBooks: Political Science and International Studies   (Palgrave Macmillan)
eBooks covering political topics and international issues.
Palgrave Connect eBooks: Social and Cultural Studies   (Palgrave Macmillan)
eBooks covering educational, gender, social, and cultural topics.
Patents (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web Patent Databases)   (U.S. Department of Commerce)
All U.S. patents issued since 1790, in the form of searchable patent numbers and current U.S. classifications hyperlinked to full-page images of each page of each patent.
Coverage: 1790-
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Peer Reviewed, Refereed and Scholarly Journals: How To Find Them Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Pew Research Center for People and the Press   (Pew Research Center)
An independent opinion research group with polls on political topics often cited in the newspapers. Formerly, the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press.
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Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases   (Agricultural Research Service)
Compiled "rather randomly from the literature on economic plants" this database is nonetheless extensive and informative. Dr. Jim Duke has devoted a lifetime to studying botanical medicines. Check out his books.
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Prints and Photographs Online Catalog   (U.S. Library of Congress)
The catalog (PPOC) of the Library of Congress contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and other units of the Library. The catalog provides access through group or item records to about 50% of the Division's holdings. About 90% of the records are accompanied by one or more digital images. In some collections, only thumbnail images display to those searching outside the Library of Congress because of potential rights considerations. The Library provides rights information wherever possible as a service to aid patrons in determining the appropriate use of an item, but that determination ultimately rests with the patron. An online exhibit area of selected historical materials is at the Prints and Photographs: an illustrated guide.
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RDS Business and Industry - Selected Documents   (LexisNexis)
A broad-based business information database which includes trade and business publications covering business events around the world from the Gale-Cengage.
RDS Business and Management Practices - Selected Resources   (LexisNexis)
B&MP includes management sources and selected records from over business & insurance sources focusing on how companies and managers make decisions, tackle implementation of new technology or new techniques, plan for the future, dealwith internal and external issues or expand their business. Business methodology is covered with special emphasis on case studies and practical applications including guidelines.
Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine   (Columbia University Medical Center)
The Center's mission is to contribute to the informed research and practice of complementary and alternative medicine and to foster the development of a more comprehensive and inclusive medical system.
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Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image   (Penn State)
SCETI, a fully integrated digital library, was created in 1996 to publish virtual facsimiles of rare books and manuscripts in the Penn Library's collections. Primary source materials including the Furness Shakespeare collection and ERIC (English Rennaissance in Context)
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Science and Engineering Statistics   (National Science Foundation)
Publications, data, and analyses about the nation's science and engineering resources.
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Science and Technology ES   (Smithsonian Institution)
Science & technology collections, exhibits and artifacts from the Smithsonian Institution's Encyclopedia Smithsonian.
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Science and Technology Learning Materials   (Merlot)
Merlot is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education which contains high quality learning resources. This is the section on science and technology.
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Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive   (University of Virginia)
The University of Virginia Scripps Library's multimedia collection is a truly unique collection of material on U.S. public policy. The Library's multimedia archive includes more than 2,500 hours of secret White House recordings, hundreds of presidential oral history interviews, audio and video recordings of Miller Center Forums, and documents related to the executive branch of American government.
Coverage: 1940-
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SEC Filings and Reports   (LexisNexis)
EDGAR filings, annual and quarterly reports and proxy statements. At Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Full text.
Spanish Language and Literature Research Guide   (Auraria Library, N. McCaslin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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SPIN and Scitation   (American Institute of Physics)
Scitation is the re-launch of the Online Journal Publishing Service (OJPS), a leader in online sci-tech publishing and journal hosting since 1996.
AIP's SPIN (Searchable Physics Information Notices) database includes bibliographic records and abstracts for more than 1.5 million articles from major physical science journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the American Institute of Physics, its member societies, and other affiliated organizations. The SPIN database differs from Scitation in that it includes articles that are hosted on other online platforms.
While anyone can search Scitation, searching the SPIN database requires a subscription - either personal or institutional - to one of the publications hosted on Scitation. Links from SPIN to source journals are available for off-platform articles.
Coverage: 1975-
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State and County Quick Facts   (U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau)
Interactive access to facts about people, business, and geography from the Census Bureau.
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Statistics and Facts Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Strange and Unusual Dictionaries   (Craig Conley)
Three online dictionaries that cover single-letter words, all-consonant words (mostly sounds), and all-vowel words. And links. Very difficult to use as does not have a search engine.
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Strauss Complementary and Indigenous Medicine Collection   (UCD Health Science Library)
Books, journals and other materials, related to complementary health practices and alternative therapies around the world housed at the UCHSC library. Books from the collection may be borrowed by Auraria users via interlibrary loan and/or the Prospector System.
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science   (Morgan & Claypool)
This online library consists of ebooks (lectures) that summarize/synthesize important research or development topics in computer science or engineering, authored by an expert in the field. The collection covers engineering areas, primarily related to electrical engineering, computer science, and bioengineering.
Taylor and Francis Online Journals   (Taylor and Francis)
Provides access to fulltext electronic journals in most subject areas, including arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, education, history, engineering, medicine, business, economics, psychology. Note that you can look up the journals in a specific subject by clicking on 'Journals by Subject'.
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Teacher Rules, Roles and Rights   (National Council on Teacher Quality)
A new database of collective bargaining agreements, board policies, and teacher handbooks from the nation's largest school districts, educating 16 percent (over 8 million) of all school children, employing nearly 500,000 teachers and operating 11,000 schools from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ).
The Hill : The Newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress   (The Hill)
A commericial newspaper for and about Congress. Includes political news and a government guides section.
Note: Unrestricted access
Threatened and Endangered Species System   (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Standard Threatened and Endangered Species reports are accessible including taxonomic, range-based and regulatory reports.
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Toxicology and Environmental Health Information   (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
Free access to TOXLINE, TOXNET, the CHEM ID database as well as tutorials and links to toxicology and environmental health. Through National Library of Medicine.
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TRAIL: Technical Reports Archive and Image Library   (Center for Research Libraries (CRL))
The Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) is a cooperatively developed searchable archive of digitized federal technical reports issued prior to 1975. The repository documents are housed at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, in the HathiTrust Digital Repository and in the University of North Texas Digital Library.
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U.S. Industry and Trade Data and Analysis   (U.S. Department of Commerce)
This single-source, industry-by-industry overview of the U.S. economy offers: new macro forecast for U.S. industries, highlighting trends and top performers; historical data on shipments, imports, exports, and employment; discussions of industry trends, technology, and international competition; one-, two-, and five-year forecasts; recent trade patterns and major country markets; graphs highlighting domestic and international trends; expanded coverage of industries driving the information technology revolution as well as several other important industries; detailed discussions of E-commerce vis-a-vis specific industries; and reference lists for further research.
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UN Conference on Trade and Development   (United Nations)
Established in 1964, UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. UNCTAD has progressively evolved into an authoritative knowledge-based institution whose work aims to help shape current policy debates and thinking on development, with a particular focus on ensuring that domestic policies and international action are mutually supportive in bringing about sustainable development.
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Virtual Journals in Science and Technology   (American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society)
Jointly developed by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Physical Society (APS). Each of the virtual journals presents an online collection of relevant papers from a broad range of "source" journals in the physical sciences. Participating source journals include all journals published by APS and AIP, journals from participating publishers on AIP's Scitation, Science, and Nature.
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World Almanac and Book of Facts (current edition)   (LexisNexis)
Quick, comprehensive, and authoritative information on the economy and business, arts and entertainment, U.S. cities and states, nations of the world, sports, the environment, noted personalities, vital statistics, crime employment, lifestyles, education, science and technology, health and nutrition, and more.
Worlds of Words: International Collection of Chilren's and Adolescent Literature   (University of Arizona, Education Department)
This comprehensive website includes a searchable database of children’s and adolescent books focusing on world cultures and indigenous peoples.
Note: Unrestricted access
Federal Aviation Administration   (U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration)
The official site of the FAA with information on aircraft, airports, air traffic, data and research, licenses and certificates, training and testing, regulations and policies. For a repackaging of this info by a commercial site see the Aviation Reference Desk.
Note: Unrestricted access
LexisNexis Academic   (Lexis Nexis)
Full text coverage of many news, legal, and business resources. Online tutorials to help you search.
Coverage: varies, generally from 1994-, NY Times back to 1980
Note: Does not work with IE browser versions 7.x. In IE versions 8.x use the compatibility option to the right of the search box.
Access Science   (McGraw-Hill)
Provides access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of The Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, including dictionary terms, hundreds of Research updates in all areas of science and technology, and thousands of biographies of leading scientists.
Coverage: updated weekly
Accounting Literature   (LexisNexis)
Accounting journals & literature.
Coverage: varies, generally 1987-1995, some federal releases from the 1930's
World Economic Outlook   (International Monetary Fund)
Annual economic and financial survey compiled by the International Monetary Fund. Presents analysis and projection of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups, and in many individual countries. Index to publications.
Note: Unrestricted access
Business Learning Materials   (Merlot)
Merlot is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education which contains high quality learning resources. This is the section on business.
Note: Unrestricted access
Business Directory, U. S.   (LexisNexis)
Check for tradeshows, computer industry information, business statistics and other information. Full text.
Engineering Village   (Elsevier)
Engineering Village 2 offers resources in the applied science and engineering fields. It provides access to Compendex (ex-Engineering Index) and INSPEC.
Coverage: INSPEC: 1969- ; Compendex: 1884-
Note: Opposite click and save the link to the article or download the article to your computer, to personal web space, or to a flash drive instead of sending yourself a link.
Compendex   (Elsevier)
Online version of Engineering Index. Citations and summaries to journal articles, technical papers, conference proceedings and papers in all engineering disciplines. Updated weekly.
Coverage: 1884-
Note: Opposite click and save the link to the article or download the article to your computer, to personal web space, or to a flash drive instead of sending yourself a link.
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)   (Global Legal Information Network)
Official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. GLIN membership is not required to search for information in GLIN. Most of the material in GLIN is freely accessible to the public.
Note: Unrestricted access
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text   (Ebsco)
Citations, summaries and/or full text of U.S. & international journal articles, books, dissertations, papers, and government and other reports, on many criminal justice topics; including crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.
Coverage: 1968-
Note: Mobile interface
Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
LOCUS   (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
LOCUS is SIAM's Online Journal Archive. This link will also lead to full text access to all current Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) journals.
Coverage: 1952-
EDGAR - SEC Filings   (U.S. Securities Exchange Commission)
Full-text SEC filings, including 10-k's, from the Securities and Exchange Commission home page.
Coverage: updated daily
Note: Unrestricted access
Biographies Online   (Marquis)
Biographical database searchable by birth date, education and degree, career history, creative works and more. Profiles from: Who Was Who in America, Who's Who in America, ... in the World, ... of American Women, ... in Science & Engineering, ... in American Law, ... in Medicine & Healthcare, ... in Finance & Business, ... in 20th Century America,... in the East, ... in the Midwest, ... in the South & Southwest, ... in the West, ... in Media & Communications, ... in Entertainment, ... in American Education, ... in American Nursing, ... in Religion, ... of Emerging Leaders in America and ... Among Human Services Professionals.
Note: Limited to 3 simultaneous users, please log out when finished
INSPEC   (Elsevier)
The major database that indexes scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in the fields of physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology. Includes abstracts. Updated weekly.
Coverage: 1969-
Note: Opposite click and save the link to the article or download the article to your computer, to personal web space, or to a flash drive instead of sending yourself a link.
LLB Abstracts   (ProQuest)
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts contains citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, chapters, dissertations, book reviews on the nature and use of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
Coverage: 1973-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with full text (LISTA)   (Ebsco)
LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings in online information retrieval, information management, librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, etc.
Note: Mobile interface
NASA Technical Reports Server   (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Searches NASA technical report servers and non-NASA sites. Some reports are available online.
Note: Unrestricted access
PROMT   (Gale Cengage)
Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology. Use it to research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete. Includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports.
Coverage: 1999-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey   (U.S. Geological Survey)
A catalog of USGS Publications (current and historic maps, aerial photos, satellite images, datasets, reports) and other products (screensavers, earth science image sets for teaching) available for purchase or for free download. see also How to obtain publications of the USGS and USGS publications warehouse.
Note: Unrestricted access
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)   (Gale Cengage)
GVRL is a database of scholarly multidisciplinary encyclopedias and specialized reference sources. The e-reference sources in the collection represent numerous topic areas including: Biography, Biology/Life Sciences, Business, Career Overviews, Chemistry, College Data, Communication, Country Overviews, Criminal Justice, Drug-Use, Earth Science/Environment, Education, Film, Law, Literature, Health and Medical Topics, Multi-Cultural Studies, Psychology, Politics, Popular Culture, Religion, Science and Technology, Social Issues, Social Sciences, U.S. and World History. Click on Title List at the top right of the GVRL opening page to view the specific titles that comprise the collection.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Information Bridge   (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Free public access to over 210,000 full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature. Documents are primarily from 1991 forward and were produced by DOE, the DOE contractor community, and/or DOE grantees. Legacy documents are added as they become available in electronic format.
Note: Unrestricted access
Literary Criticism Online   (Gale Cengage)
Literary Criticism Online (LCO) contains full-text critical literary commentary from seven well-known resources: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Something About the Author, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Shakespearean Literature Criticism and Short Story Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography. LCO also links to Gales Lit Index, an index to additional literary compendiums.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Education Learning Materials   (Merlot)
Merlot is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education which contains high quality learning resources. This is the section on education,
Note: Unrestricted access
Humanities Learning Materials   (Merlot)
Merlot is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education which contains high quality learning resources. This is the section on humanities.
Note: Unrestricted access
NIST Chemistry WebBook   (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Chemistry WebBook provides chemical and physical property data for a variety of compounds.
Note: Unrestricted access
EH.Net Encyclopedia   (EH.Net)
The EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History provides students and laymen with high quality reference articles in the field. The articles are written by experts and carefully edited.
Note: Unrestricted access
World Population Trends   (United Nations)
Index to full text resources on fertility, families, mortality, migration and other aspects of world population from the United Nations.
Note: Unrestricted access
Historical Hurricane Tracks   (NOAA Coastal Services Center)
An interactive mapping application to easily search and display Atlantic Basin and East-Central Pacific Basin tropical cyclone data.
Note: Unrestricted access
Merlot   (Merlot)
A free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education which contains high quality learning resources. RSS feed available on the site.
Note: Unrestricted access
SCIRUS   (Elsevier)
Open access scientific database from Elsevier searches across several well known open access (such as BioMed Central) and proprietary databases (Science Direct). It includes electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). More about SCIRUS.
Note: Unrestricted access
United Nations Statistical Databases   (United Nations)
The UN Statistical Databases (UNSD) includes statistics, information on events and initiatives, methodological and data publications, and info on national statistical systems. Includes the Demographic Yearbook.
Note: Unrestricted access to non-subscription content
Music Learning Materials   (Merlot)
Merlot is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education which contains high quality learning resources. This is the section on Music.
Note: Unrestricted access
Avalon Project   (Yale Law School)
Text versions of historical documents in law, history, economics, politics, government and diplomacy with source information and links. Includes Project Diana an online human rights archive.
Coverage: 4000 bce -
Note: Unrestricted access
Climate Monitoring   (NOAA National Climate Data Center)
Presentations for the U.S. of climatic data summaries including precipitation and temperature data, snow data, global products, and drought monitoring.
Note: Unrestricted access
Natural Hazards Center Publications   (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Links to descriptions of individual publication series which are produced at the Hazards Center.
Note: Unrestricted access
NARA   (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
NARA, an independent Federal agency, is America's national recordkeeper charged with ensuring ready access to the essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience. see also digitized photos and documents in the Exhibit Hall. Opportunities for public comment.
Note: Unrestricted access
Images Canada   (Library and Archives Canada)
Search the collections of participating archives, libraries, museums and universities from across Canada by keyword, follow an Image Trail or browse through the Photo Essays for search ideas. In French and English.
Note: Unrestricted access
Picture Australia   (PictureAustralia)
Began in 1998 as a pilot project called ImageSearch, it involved the Australian War Memorial, the National Library of Australia, and the State Libraries of New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. Following the very strong support it was expanded into a new service to libraries, galleries, museums, and archives.
Note: Unrestricted access
Literary Encyclopedia   (A network of scholars)
Profiles of the lives and works of literary authors whose works are valued in the English language, and other prominent figures such as philosophers and musicians whose lives and works are of interest to the literary reader.
Note: Unrestricted access
World Heritage   (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
Web site for the World Heritage Centre, a UNESCO organization devoted to the protection of the cultural and natural heritage.
Note: Unrestricted access
SCRIPT-ed   (AHRB Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law (United Kingdom))
An online, international, interdisciplinary and multi-lingual forum for articles, reports, commentaries, analysis, case and legislation critiques and book reviews pertaining to law and technologies in the broadest sense.
Note: Unrestricted access
Heritage at Risk   (ICOMOS)
These reports identify threatened heritage places, monuments and sites, present typical case studies and trends, and share suggestions for solving individual or global threats to our cultural heritage.
Note: Unrestricted access
NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions   (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Enhanced digital companion to the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions which is published in paper.
Note: Unrestricted access
Health & Medical Care   (LexisNexis)
Searches law reviews, Medline, news, newsletters and blogs on healthcare topics.
Social Sciences Learning Materials   (Merlot)
Merlot is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education which contains high quality learning resources. This is the section on social sciences.
Note: Unrestricted access
Government & Politics   (LexisNexis)
Use this engine to search political magazines and blogs, Federal news services and official websites such as The White House Bulletin, the Congressional Quarterly and many federal websites.
Marquis Biographies Online   (Marquis)
Biographical database searchable by birth date, education and degree, career history, creative works and more. Profiles from: Who Was Who in America, and the many Who's Who (aka Online Biographies) from Marquis ... in the Library in print.
Note: Limited to 3 simultaneous users, please log out when finished
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Total Access Collection   (Ovid)
Collection of full text medical and nursing journals.
Coverage: varies
SIAM Journals Online   (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
Includes full text access to all current SIAM journals. This link will also lead to LOCUS which is SIAM's Online Journal Archive that stretches back to 1952.
Coverage: 1997-
North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project   (North Carolina State Archives)
A searchable online collection of early North Carolina newspapers from the mid-18th through 19th century.
Coverage: selected issues 1750-1925
Note: Unrestricted access
SPIRO   (Architecture Visual Resources Library, University of California, Berkeley)
SPIRO is the visual online public access catalog to the 35mm slide collection of the Architecture Visual Resources Library (AVRL) at the University of California at Berkeley. The collection numbers over 250,000 slides and 20,000 photographs.
Note: Unrestricted access
AFOB Online   (Archeological Institute of America)
One of the largest online listings of fieldwork opportunities in the world. AFOB Online provides information beyond a simple list of excavation opportunities, including general and site-specific bibliographies, how to find and choose fieldwork, advice on preparing for participation in an excavation, and more. Fieldwork opportunities are categorized by region: Africa, Asia, Middle America & Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Near and Middle East, Australasia and Pacific and North America.
Note: Unrestricted access
Medicare   (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
The official website of the medicare program provides a formulary (a list of drugs that are available through a prescription drug plan) and a new link -- "Compare Health Plans and Medigap Policies in Your Area" -- which allows users to weigh the benefits of original Medicare against plans from private insurers. Other new links connect users to tips for lowering costs during the coverage gap and to a digital version of "Medicare & You 2007" information booklet.
Note: Unrestricted access
Philosophy Documentation Center Collection   (Philosophy Documentation Center)
Philosophy Online (previously named Poiesis) is a database of current and recent issues of dozens of philosophy journals from philosophical societies, university departments and presses, and commercial publishers in several countries. Those journals listed that are subscribed to individually by the Auraria Library are available full-text in Poiesis.
NOAA   (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
NOAA is a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere. Includes the National Weather Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Note: Unrestricted access
National Weather Service   (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
The place for info on warnings & forecasts, severe weather, national maps, radar, rivers, air quality, satellite, climate, hurricanes, tsunamis and more.
Note: Unrestricted access
OECD Policy Brief   (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Policy Brief contain concise summaries of country economic surveys and today's global policy challenges.
CAELA   (Center for Applied Linguistics)
The ESL Resource Database is from the Center for Adult English Language Acquisition. CAELA was created to help states build their capacity to promote English language learning and academic achievement of adults learning English.
Note: Unrestricted access
NASA   (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration databases, educational sites, photos and schedules.
Note: Unrestricted access
StoryBlocks   (Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy and Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Services)
Storyblocks is a project of Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy, working in partnership with Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Services. It is a collection of 30-60 second videos designed to model to parents, caregivers, and library staff some songs, rhymes, and fingerplays appropriate for early childhood. Each video clip includes helpful early literacy tips to increase caregivers’ understanding of child development and pre-literacy needs.
Note: Unrestricted access
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)   (American Association of University Professors)
The American Association of University Professors is a professional organization to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good. Their site includes an Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession.
Note: Unrestricted access
DSIRE   (North Carolina State University)
DSIRE (Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency) is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Note: Unrestricted access
OECD Factbook   (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Factbook contains economic, environmental and social statistics for the OECD countries (mostly European) using over 100 different economic indicators.
Note: Unrestricted access
FERC elibrary   (U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
A records information system that contains documents submitted to and issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Continuation of print Reports and Statutes.
Coverage: index: 1981- ;
Note: Unrestricted access
Eighteenth Century Journals   (Adam Matthew Digital)
This collection is a critical resource for the study of all aspects of the eighteenth century, including the American and French revolutions, British and European literature, theatre and popular entertainment, politics and religion, popular morality and social life, and exoticism and imperialism. It offers a wide variety of fully searchable newspapers and periodicals not available elsewhere.
Coverage: 1685 - 1815
WorldWideScience.org   (WorldWideScience Alliance)
Developed and maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information in partnership with the British Library, is a global science gateway enablling federated searching of national and international scientific databases. Users get the most current findings in fields such as energy, medicine, agriculture, environment, and basic sciences, published by contributing nations.
Note: Unrestricted access
Oxford Music Online   (Oxford University Press)
Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press) includes Grove Music Online (full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz), the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Private Company Reports (U.S.)   (LexisNexis)
Direct search of LexisNexis' US Private Companies Group File that covers more than 200,000 private companies.
Momento Project   (Research Library, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Computer Science Department, Old Dominion University)
This experimental project attempts to search directly for and display archived versions of a website from a variety of sources including the websites archive, and the Wayback Machine.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mathematics & Statistics Learning Materials   (Merlot)
Merlot is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education which contains high quality learning resources. This is the section on mathematics and statistics.
Note: Unrestricted access
Library Jargon Glossary   (Association of College and Research Libraries)
The Glossary is divided into two parts: (1) the Language Table, which presents a list of these terms in six languages, and (2) the Definitions, which give explanations in English for each of the terms. In the Definitions, a few terms have multiple meanings, each of which is indicated by Arabic numerals.
Note: Unrestricted access
America's Best Colleges   (U.S. News and World Report)
U.S. News ranks more than 1,400 colleges each year by area, discipline and programs. This links to the freely accessible information. Buy a subscription to get into the 'locked' areas online.
Note: Unrestricted access
DOE Green Energy   (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
This is a search of green energy DOE technical report literature, green energy patent information and more.
Note: Unrestricted access
Informa HealthCare   (Informa HealthCare.com)
Database of pharmaceutical, medical, and life science journals published by Informa HealthCare.
American Association for Cancer Research journals   (American Association for Cancer Research)
Access to five cancer research journals published by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Note: Indexed in PubMed.
AIP Journals   (American Institute of Physics)
Full text access to all the AIP (American Institute of Physics) journals.
Coverage: From the beginning publication date of each journal
Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences   (Morgan & Claypool)
Colloquium content is organized into three series: Cell Biology of Medicine - Editor Joel Pardee, President, Neural Essence; Developmental Biology - Editor: Daniel Kessler, University of Pennsylvania; and Integrated Systems Physiology: From Molecule to Function - Editors D. Neil Granger, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Joey Granger, University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Founders Early Access   (University of Virginia Press, Rotunda)
Previously unpublished documents of the founders of the United States in a free online resource which includes letters and other papers penned by James Madison, John Adams, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and others of the early American Republic.
Coverage: Founders Early Access is the free "pre-publication" edition of the Rotunda American Founding Era collection and will change content regularly.
Note: Unrestricted access
Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Digital edition   (University of Virginia Press)
This collection includes the full-text of collected public and private papers of the third president of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence, and a chief figure of the Enlightenment.
OpenSky   (National Science Foundation, National Center for Atmospheric Research)
OpenSky is the open access institutional repository supporting the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) which manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado and the UCAR Community Programs (UCP), extending free and open access for the benefit of research and education.
Note: Unrestricted access
Web of Knowledge   (Thomson ISI)
The index website for Thomson, the publishers of Web of Science. The search on this page searches several open access databases as well as Web of Science's Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index - Expanded. It also links to several useful researcher tools for collaboration.
Note: Technical Support
Sage Journals Online   (Sage)
Full text access to hundreds of Sage journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. See also the subject index of Sage publications.
Coverage: Varies. Many journals available from vol. 1.
Academic Search Premier Plus   (Ebsco)
Searches Academic Search Premier, eBook Collection and Audiobook Collection simultaneously. Contains full text of thousands of publications, many peer reviewed. Multidisciplinary, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer science, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Includes images, graphs, tables and illustrations.
Coverage: varies, generally from 1998-, some from 1945, 1975
Note: Mobile interface for Academic Search Premier.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)   (Thomson ISI)
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) allows you to evaluate and compare scholarly journals in all areas of the sciences and social sciences. Results can be used to determine which journals are the most important and influential in their respective disciplines by showing the highest impact journals, most frequently used journals, and the largest journals.
Coverage: 2009
Earth Observatory   (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Data and earth imagery from NASA. Includes an "image of the day", news, mission information and experiments to use in the classroom or just for fun.
Note: Unrestricted access
Colorado Grants Guide   (Community Resource Center)
This resource guide contains hundreds of profiles on local foundations and trusts, corporations, national funders, government agencies, and religious organizations.
Note: Access restricted to computers in the Library.
Encyclopedia Mythica   (Micha F. Lindemans)
Encyclopedia on mythology, legends and folklore from all over the world. Includes articles, an image gallery, maps, genealogy tables, a pronunciation guide, a site search engine, links to related sites and related information.
Note: Unrestricted access
Health Information   (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
Consumer resources on health topics from the health related agencies of the United States government presented by the National Institutes of Health. To focus on scholarly resources on medical topics use the Auraria Library access to PubMed. Logging in will allow the citations found in PubMed to be linked to full text resources purchased by Auraria Library.
Note: Unrestricted access
ARTstor   (ARTstor)
ARTstor is a digital library that contains hundreds of thousands of art, architecture, archeology, and humanities images, with descriptive information. ARTstor includes an OIV (offline image viewer). Images may be viewed and analyzed in the OIV, using features such as zooming, panning, saving groups of images online for personal or shared use, or creating presentations to be delivered either online or offline. PowerPoint images may now be incorporated into the OIV. ARTstor continually adds digital collections to the database.
Note:
  The current version requires IE7, Firefox 2.0 or Safari 3.0. If you are in an older browser you must upgrade to use ArtStor.
  The complete functionality of ArtStor including creating folders and using the OIV is not available on an iPad because iPads do not support Java technology. To use these functions you need to use a laptop or desktop computer.
  Monitor resolution should be set at 1280 x 1024 pixels or higher for optimal use of ArtStor.
  Try clearing your browser cache if you have problems viewing ArtStor.
  If you have questions about using ArtStor, please contact Linda Tietjen, Arts & Architecture Collection Development Librarian, at 303-556-4298.
GAO   (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
This is the audit, evaluation and investigative arm of the United States Congress. GAO examines the use of public funds, evaluates federal programs and activities, and provides analyses, options, recommendations and other assistance to help the Congress make effective oversight, policy and funding decisions through financial audits, program reviews and evaluations, analyses, legal opinions and investigations.
Note: Unrestricted access
Country Reports on Human Rights   (U.S. Department of State)
From the U.S. State Dept. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor
Coverage: 1999-
Note: Unrestricted access
Economic Indicators   (U.S. Government Printing Office)
A monthly compilation of economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance. Also in print at GOVPUB Y 4.Ec 7:Ec7.
Coverage: updated monthly
Note: Unrestricted access
Emerald Full Text   (Emerald)
Provides full text access (click on 'Fulltext' icon to search) to journals in management, human resources, information management, library and information services, marketing, operations management, production management, and training and education. Also includes engineering journals. Check the catalog Skyline for specific journal titles availability.
Coverage: varies widely ~1995-
RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals   (Ebsco)
An international bibliography of scholarly writings and primary source documents (journal articles, reviews, news columns and advertisements) on 19th century musical history and culture including ethnomusicology, genres of music, history of musicology, instruments, music theory, notation, performance practice, theory and analysis.
Coverage: 1800-1950
Note: Mobile interface
Energy Citations Database   (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The database provides access to DOE publicly available citations, with continued growth through regular updates. May be used to replace PubScience.
Coverage: 1948-
Note: Unrestricted access
EnergyFiles Portal Search   (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Over 500 databases and Web sites containing information and resources pertaining to energy science and technology, with an emphasis on the physical sciences. Sponsored, developed, and maintained by the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
Note: Unrestricted access
E-print archive   (arXiv.org)
arXiv.org (formerly xxx.lanl.gov) is a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers. Covered areas include physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology, computational linguistics, and neuroscience.
Coverage: 1991-
Note: Unrestricted access
Educator's Reference Desk   (Information Institute of Syracuse)
The Educator's Reference Desk provides access to the following resources: links to resources on a variety of educational issues including internet sites, educational organizations, and electronic discussion groups, lesson plans which were written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States, a question archive of responses to popular questions on the practice, theory, and research of education and the ERIC Database.
Note: Unrestricted access
Financial Aid   (BrainTrack)
Established in 1996, BrainTrack includes a directory of worldwide higher education institutions. BrainTrack may be used to find schools and careers of interest through the College and Career Guide. Also includes original articles on accreditation, financial aid, transfers and studying in the U.S. and interviews with college and career experts.
Note: Unrestricted access
Fedworld Databases   (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service (NTIS))
Provides access to information within the NTIS and acts as an electronic gateway to government databases.
Coverage: current
Note: Unrestricted access
America's Historical Imprints   (Readex, a division of NewsBank)
The database makes available, in digital format, every book, pamphlet, and broadside published in the American colonies or the United States between 1639 and 1800. Among the vast range of publications included are: advertisements, almanacs, bibles, catalogs, charters and by-laws, contracts, cookbooks, elegies, eulogies, laws, maps, narratives, novels, operas, plays, poems, primers, sermons, songs, speeches, textbooks, tracts, travelogues, and treaties. Based on Charles Evans' comprehensive American Bibliography, it includes the more than 37,000 works. Includes Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 and Early American Imprints, Series I: Supplement from the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1670-1800.
Oxford Art Online   (Oxford University Press)
Includes Grove Art Online (a comprehensive online encyclopedia of the visual arts including articles and images), Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
HarpWeek   (HarpWeek)
Full text of Harper's Weekly, 1857-1865.
Coverage: 1857-1865
JSTOR   (JSTOR)
An archival suite of full-text scholarly journals. Auraria Library has access to JSTOR’s Arts & Sciences Collections and Life Sciences Collection. Searches in JSTOR also allow the user to link directly to ARTSTOR images.
Coverage: Usually from the beginning of publication until 3-5 years before the present though current content is available in many cases.
Note: PDF Help
Note: Current Scholarship Program information
Left Index   (Ebsco)
A complete guide to the diverse literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. A secondary emphasis is on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. Covers over 250 periodical publications + many classic texts.
Coverage: 1982-
Note: Mobile interface
Education Development Center   (EDC)
An international non-profit which manages 335 projects in 50 countries that address challenges in education, health, technology and human rights. The efforts are based on the "conviction that learning is the liberating force in human development." Projects include the Digital Divide Network, The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care at the Center for Applied Ethics and Professional Practice and Resources for Educators at the Center for Science Education.
Note: Unrestricted access
NCJRS Abstracts Database (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)   (U.S. Department of Justice)
Database containing summaries of more than 150,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and Local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. This site ONLY searches the Abstracts database. There are some articles online. For the online collection, go to the advanced website search of the NCJRS Virtual Library.
Note: Unrestricted access
SORA - The Searchable Ornithological Research Archives   (University of New Mexico)
The SORA project is a collaborative open access electronic journal archive.This archive provides access to international Ornithological literature and detailed material documenting the history of Ornithology in North America over the last 120 years. The content of this site includes the following titles: The Auk (1884-1999), The Condor (1899-2000), The Journal of Field Ornithology (1930-1999), The North American Bird Bander (1976-2000), Pacific Coast Avifauna (1900-1974), Studies in Avian Biology (1978-1999), and The Wilson Bulletin (1889-1999).
Note: Unrestricted access
Videos: How to Find Them Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
GTOPO30 - Digital elevation model   (U.S. Geological Survey)
GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds (approximately 1 kilometer).
Note: Unrestricted access
Datamonitor 360   (Datamonitor)
Access to lengthy industry reports authored by independent experts in their fields. Coverage of: Financial Services, Healthcare, Consumer Goods, Energy and Telecommunications. Each report includes: case studies; quantitative analysis; interviews with industry executives; discussion of strategic, and more.
Sociological Abstracts   (ProQuest)
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, association papers and reviews in theoretical and applied sociology, social science and policy science.
Coverage: 1963-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
SportDiscus   (Ebsco)
Indexes periodicals, theses, conferences and other writings on sports, leisure, and physical fitness. Updated weekly.
Coverage: books & theses 1949- , journals 1975-
Note: Limited to 8 simultaneous users, please log out when finished.
Mobile interface
Statistical Resources on the Web   (University of Michigan Documents Center)
This is an extensive guide from the University of Michigan Documents Center in the University of Michigan Library.
Note: Unrestricted access
Tax Law   (LexisNexis)
IRS Bulletin, tax regulations (final, temporary, proposed) & more.
Why Files?   (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
The Why Files is a popular and critically acclaimed web site that explores the science behind the news.
Note: Unrestricted access
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center   (Gale Cengage)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) presents both sides of difficult "hot topic" issues using articles, essays, primary documents, biographies of social activists and reformers, statistics, court case overviews, profiles of government and special interest groups, web-sites, and podcasts.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Women in Politics Bibliographic Database   (United Nations)
Women in Politics was developed with the contribution of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The database is regularly up-dated to include new books and articles produced throughout the world on the subject of women in politics
Note: Unrestricted access
Architecture.com (RIBA British Architectural Library Catalogue)   (Royal Institute of British Architects)
The Royal Institute of British Architects' British Architectural Library (RIBA Library) is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the United Kingdom for research and information on all aspects of architecture. There are currently over 215,000 records of material catalogued and indexed since the early 1980s on the database.
Coverage: 1983 -
Note: Unrestricted access
Community Facts   (The Piton Foundation)
Community Facts (The Piton Foundation) provides detailed and current information about Denver's 77 neighborhoods. It includes data, maps and graphs about each neighborhood's population, housing, economic and education characteristics, and the health and safety of its residents.
Note: Unrestricted access
ARBAonline   (Libraries Unlimited)
A database for quality reviews of print and electronic reference works. Derived from the American Reference Books Annual.
Coverage: 1997-
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers   (Gale Cengage)
A searchable full-text facsimile-image database of 19th-century newspapers from across the nation chronicling American culture, daily life and events.
Ecolex   (FAO, IUCN, UNEP)
A gateway to information about environmental law has been developed by combining the legal libraries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Note: Unrestricted access
Environmental Health News   (Environmental Health Sciences)
Worldwide news about a variety of subjects related to the environment and health of humans, wildlife and ecosystems.
Note: Unrestricted access
National Science Digital Library   (Information Institute of Syracuse)
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the NSDL is a digital library of exemplary educational resources for social science, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. For all education levels, elementary through higher education.
Note: Unrestricted access
Bureau of Transportation Statistics   (U.S. Department of Transportation)
"Numbers to move people"
Note: Unrestricted access
Bureau of Labor Statistics   (U.S. Department of Labor)
Statistics related to U.S. and foreign labor, employment, wages, earnings and benefits, inflation and consumer spending including the Consumer Price Index. see also the agencies listed at FedStats - Labor. Use Economy at a Glance for state economic statistics.
Note: Unrestricted access
Musical America.com   (musicalamerica.com)
The magazine that calls itself "The business source for the performing arts." Events, press releases, links and some searches of artists, managers, and companies and organizations.
Note: Unrestricted access
CAM on PubMed   (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the NLM partnered to index articles on complementary medicine.  This research data has been added to the larger PubMed database.  CAM on PubMed is a subset of PubMed and is searched through restricting PubMed searches to those items indexed as "related to complementary and alternative medicine".  Access CAM on PubMed through this link to be automatically directed to the full text resources available only to students, faculty and staff at the Auraria Campus.
Note: Non-Auraria patrons use this access point to search the public version of the CAM on PubMed index.
Social Services Abstracts   (ProQuest)
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, association papers and reviews focused on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy and community development.
Coverage: 1980-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Google Scholar (login required)   (Google, CrossRef)
Leading journal publishers are participating in a CrossRef Search Pilot program to open up scholarly materials to full-text searchability. Initially content was taken from 29 of the more than 1500 CrossRef collaborative publishers and societies, but has now extended to any publisher not specifically preventing access. Includes images, graphs, tables and illustrations.
The editions freely available to Auraria Library patrons will have a link labeled "Auraria Library Resources". When you locate an inaccessible article here first check to see if other editions of the same item are available here. Then note the citation and use our journal finder in Skyline as another way to see what is available through Auraria Library.
Note: Unrestricted access
Using Primary Sources on the Web    (RUSA, ALA)
Primary sources are original records created at the time historical events occurred or well after events in the form of memoirs and oral histories. These sources serve as the raw material to interpret the past. When used with previous interpretations by historians, they provide the resources necessary for historical research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Naxos Music Library (streaming audio)   (Naxos)
Naxos Music Library (NML) is an online music library offering streaming access to classical, jazz and world music labels including BIS, Chandos, CPO, Haenssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Vanguard Classics, VOX, Naxos, ARC, Celestial Harmonies and others. There is also film music, nostalgia, classic and contemporary rock content as well as spoken word (radio shows), amazing nature sounds (see the classical genre list) such as elephant seals, penguins and larks, and resources such as graded music exam playlists.
Note: Please log out using the following process: Click the red "Log-out" button at the top of the "Browse / Search" page. Then, close the browser.
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Digital Library   (Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation)
The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (RMMLF) Digital Library contains RMMLF Annual Conference materials from 1955 to last year in a searchable format.
Coverage: 1955-
Note: Security certificate warnings may appear. It is safe to continue.
Note: No password required, click "Submit" to proceed.
DPL Western History/Genealogy Department   (Denver Public Library)
The Western History Collection and the Genealogy Collection holdings started being collected in the first decades of the twentieth century, 1935 and 1910 respectively (history of the collection).
Note: Unrestricted access
Accessible Archives: Civil War era   (Accessible Archives, Inc.)
Full text of Civil War era newspapers November 1860-April 1865 : The Charleston mercury, The New York herald, Richmond enquirer.
Buildings of Ireland   (Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government)
Website of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH). The NIAH is a section within the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.The NIAH identifies and records the architectural heritage of Ireland, from 1700 to the present day. The ongoing surveys are presented by county, and consist of a database record and images of each building/structure surveyed.
Note: Unrestricted access
Entrez   (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine, allows searches across multiple NLM/NCBI databases at one time including PubMed, PubMed Central, Human Genome, BLAST and GenBank.
Note: Unrestricted access
History Matters   (City University of New York and George Mason University)
A project of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning CUNY and the Center for History and New Media at GMU. Provides high school and college United States history teachers with access to online resources. The resources include teaching materials, primary documents (in text, image, and audio), discussion on United States history, and links to other Web resources.
Note: Unrestricted access
Art Full Text   (Ebsco)
Full text plus abstracts/indexing of international peer-selected publications, including yearbooks and museum bulletins, covering Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism as well as advertising art, archaeology, architecture, art history, film, humanities, industrial design, landscape architecture, marketing, motion pictures, photography, pottery, and sculpture.
Coverage: abstracts and indexing 1984- ; selected full text articles 1997-
Note: Search Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective at the same time.
Map Collections   (U.S. Library of Congress)
The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more than 4.5 million items, of which Map Collections represents only a small fraction, those that have been converted to digital form and are available inthis collection.
Note: Unrestricted access
Physical Review Online Archive   (American Institute of Physics)
Online access to the publications of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) including Physical Review A - E, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review Special Topics and Reviews of Modern Physics.
Open CRS   (Center for Democracy & Technology)
American taxpayers fund the Congressional Research Service ($100 million/yr) yet only a portion of these reports are released to the public and there is no systematic collection of them that is publically accessible. Through the cooperation of unofficial collectors Open CRS provides citizen access to CRS Reports already released into the public domain. CDT encourages Congress to provide systematic public access to all CRS Reports.  A related site is the Congressional Research Service Reports Collection at UNT.
Note: Unrestricted access
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)   (Multiple sources)
Abstracts and full text of journal articles and non-journal literature (aka ERIC documents or ED documents) selected by the Educational Resources Information Center. Future additions to the collection may include audio and video materials.
  ERIC (Ebsco) Access to the ERIC database with links to full-text when available (mobile interface).
  ERIC (ProQuest) Access to the ERIC database with links to full-text when available.
  ERIC (U.S. Department of Education) Direct access to the ERIC database from the U.S. Department of Education.
  ERIC (Microfiche) Auraria Library has microfiche of all ERIC documents through July 2004 in the Periodicals Reading Room.
  ERIC (U.S. Government Printing Office) Federally funded ERIC documents (a small percentage) from October 2002 to the present are available online.
Coverage: Abstracts:1966- ; Full text 1993-
In the First Person   (Alexander Street Press)
A free index to thousands of letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives. Only a portion of the material referred to is currently available online for free. If asked for a userid and password that group of documents is NOT free to Aurarians. Try Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment for original source material that is available online.
Note: Unrestricted access
Government Research Databases   (Auraria Library)
Research databases provided by the United States government free in the United States.
Note: Unrestricted access
Denver Business Journal   (American City Business Journals, Inc.)
Online version of the weekly Denver business publication, Denver Business Journal.
Coverage: June 1996 -
Note: Click on the Denver Business Journal on the left. Then use the search box on the right to find articles.
Note: Limited to 15 simultaneous users.
Web of Science   (Thomson ISI)
A multidisciplinary database that provides access to Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. Over 7000 scholarly journals are indexed. WoS is part of a family of databases called the Web of Knowledge. Tutorial on how to use WoS. Quick tip videos from Web of Knowledge these include Thomson Scientific WebPlus, Saving Search Histories and Creating Alerts, and Working with Results.
Coverage: 1975-
Note: Technical Support
Factiva   (Dow Jones and Reuters)
Provides a collection of more than 9,000 authoritative business sources, including the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, and D&B and Bureau van Dijk company profiles. To search in a specific journal or newspaper use 'More Search Options' next to the search box.
Publisher Copyright Policies (SHERPA RoMEO)   (University of Nottingham)
Use this site to find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's rights transfer agreement. Find your publisher and compare contracts of different publishers.
Note: Unrestricted access
PsychiatryOnline   (American Psychiatric Publishing)
Psychiatry Online provides access to the DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition, Text Revision) and the American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of a collection of psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools.
Teacher Toolbox   (Collaborative Digitization Program)
The teacher toolbox at the Collaborative Digitization Program (started in Colorado) includes a repository of lesson plans for teachers using the online resources in the program. The resources range from contents of museums, botanic gardens, historical societies and libraries.
Note: Unrestricted access
GeoScience World   (GeoScienceWorld)
Full text access to a collection of high impact geosciences journals
Coverage: ca. 2000 -
FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)   (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Center for Economic Documents Digitization)
An open archive of economic statistical publications and data, including an image library of economic statistical publications and the data extracted from those publications. Each data point is linked to its source publication. Use in connection with data contained in FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) and ALFRED (Archival Federal Reserve Data). The ability to retrieve series presented in preliminary, revised, and final releases provides a powerful tool in recreating and evaluating previous economic research and policy. Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Note: Unrestricted access
TeacherTube   (Teacher Tube Community)
TeacherTube is a video sharing website similar to, and based on, YouTube. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources such as video, audio, documents, photos, groups and blogs. The site contains a mixture of classroom teaching resources and others designed to aid teacher training. A number of students have also uploaded videos that they have made as part of K-12 and college courses.
Note: Unrestricted access
Wolfram Alpha   (Wolfram Research)
Free online access to tutorials for learning to use Mathematica, an extensive proprietary computing environment from Wolfram.
Note: Online version of each tutorial is free in PDF or html.
Research Without Borders   (Columbia University)
Complete video of Research without Borders, the 2008-09 speaker series on hot topics in scholarly communication.
Note: Unrestricted access
College in Colorado   (College in Colorado Campaign)
One-stop resource to help students, parents and counselors plan, apply and pay for college.
Note: Unrestricted access
Oxford Journals   (Oxford University Press)
Provides full-text online access to electronic journals published by the Oxford University Press.
Coverage: Varies
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Journals@Ovid   (Ovid)
A large, searchable collection of biomedical journals, with many links to the complete article.
Coverage: varies, ca. 1996-
Classroom Connection   (Xcel Energy Foundation)
Classroom Connection is a vehicle for the dissemination and adaptation of exemplary educational programs. This "teacher led" network recognizes and rewards creative teachers by promoting the exchange of good teaching techniques, Classroom Connection serves as a catalyst for focusing more attention and resources on issues concerning education, and on the pivotal role teachers play in this process. The program is available to teachers throughout the service territory of Xcel Energy in Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas.
Note: Unrestricted access
ASCE Civil Engineering Research Library   (American Society of Civil Engineers)
The ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Research Library is a comprehensive online tool for locating articles of interest across all disciplines of civil engineering. The Research Library provides you with full text access to all ASCE journals and proceedings.
Coverage: journals 1995- ; proceedings 1998-
Note: Please click through the popup statement that we need a new Google maps API key to continue on to your search results. This a known problem that is being addressed.
POPLINE   (Info Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs and the U.S. AID)
Database on reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues.
Note: Unrestricted access
eHRAF Archaeology   (Human Relations Area Files)
The eHRAF Collection of Archaeology is a cross-cultural database containing information on prehistory. This unique, annually-growing eHRAF database is organized by archaeological traditions and the full-text documents are subject-indexed to the paragraph level.
eHRAF World Cultures   (Human Relations Area Files)
The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level.
Georgia Historic Newspapers   (Digital Library of Georgia)
Collection contains issues of three historic Georgia newspapers, the Cherokee Phoenix, the Dublin Post, and the Colored Tribune.
Coverage: selected issues 1758-1898
Note: Unrestricted access
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf   (Oxford University Press)
A list of and links to the scholarly reference titles in the Arts (including dance and decorative arts), Literature and language, history and culture, African-American history, science and social sciences from Oxford University Press.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
AtoZ Maps Online   (World Trade Press)
A database of proprietary and royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political, physical, outline, population, precipitation, climate, and other thematic maps.
Coverage: New maps added monthly.
DSM-IV-TR   (American Psychiatric Publishing)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is available online in PsychiatryOnline through this link. Also available are the Handbook of Differential Diagnosis and Cases from DSM-IV-TR ®.
European Views of the Americas: 1493 - 1750   (Ebsco)
A comprehensive guide/bibliography to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750 taken from European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750. It broadly covers the history of European exploration and the European encounter with native peoples. Among topics covered are: commerce, discovery, various ethnic and national groups, Jesuits, piracy, and slavery.
Confidential print: Middle East   (Adam Matthew Digital)
Confidential Print: Middle East, a full-text searchable collection of historical documents from the UK National Archives, covers such important events as the Egyptian reforms of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the nineteenth century, the Middle East Conference of 1921, the Mandates for Palestine and Mesopotamia and the Suez Crisis in 1956, the partition of Palestine, post-Suez Western foreign policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Confidential Print series originated out of a need for the British Government to preserve important papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices. Some of these were one-page letters or telegrams; others were dispatches describing important personalities or economic analysis; and others were large volumes or texts of treaties. All items marked ‘Confidential Print’ were printed and circulated immediately to leading officials in the Foreign Office, to the Cabinet and to heads of British missions abroad.
Coverage: 1839-1969
Awesome Stories   (Awesome Stories)
Awesome Stories gathers primary-source materials and presents them in the context of a story as a means of presenting subject-related links together in an interesting, cohesive way. Resources are from national archives, libraries, universities, and government web sites.
American Rhetoric   (Michael E. Eidenmuller, University of Texas, Tyler)
Index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two. See also a special issue: The Rhetoric of the 9-11
Note: Unrestricted access
Opera in Video (streaming video)   (Alexander Street Press)
Opera in Video is a collection of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon.
Note: Mobile enabled. Look for the mobile phone icon with a green plus sign.
Note: Auraria campus students and faculty members may bring a current campus I.D. to the Reserves & Video counter to borrow headphones for use on Auraria Library computers or in-house laptops.
Chronicling America   (U.S. Library of Congress)
View newspaper pages from 1880 to 1922 from the following states: California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. Also supplies information about newspapers published in the U.S. between 1690-present.
Coverage: 1690-
Note: Unrestricted access
Federal Theater Project Collection   (George Mason University Libraries)
An online poster, costume, and site design slide collection from George Mason University. Images of original designs used on posters for FTP from 1935 to 1939.
Note: Unrestricted access
Empire Online   (Adam Matthew Digital)
Empire Online focuses on the study of the history of British imperialism and colonization. Will ultimately contain documents from the Oriental and India Office Collections of the British Library, the Bodleian Library, and the Public Record Office and State Records of New South Wales.
Alt HealthWatch   (Ebsco)
Information on complementary, alternative and integrated approaches to health care and wellness, including vegetarianism, massage, medicinal herbs, yoga, homeopathic medicine, hypnosis, Chinese medicine, acupuncture and more. The content is from periodicals, peer-reviewed journals, academic and professional publications, magazines, consumer newsletters and newspapers, research reports, and association newsletters.
Coverage: 1990-
Note: Mobile interface
DOE Data Explorer   (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Scientific research data - such as computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, and scientific images - generated in the course of DOE-sponsored research by discipline.
Note: Unrestricted access
Business Directory, Canada   (LexisNexis)
Search the company name, mailing address, telephone number, employment data, key decision maker's name and title, six position SIC codes, modeled sales volume figures, employment size and Yellow Page ad size, from infoUSA.
APA Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders   (American Psychiatric Publishing)
The Practice Guidelines is available online in PsychiatryOnline through this link.
Academic Commons   (sponsored by Wabash University)
A comprehensive web resource focused on liberal arts education built by a community of faculty, academic technologists, librarians, administrators, and other academic professionals.
Note: Unrestricted access. Register to post resources.
Library of Congress photos on Flickr   (U.S. Library of Congress)
Taggable primary source images from the Library of Congress have been added to Flickr.
Note: Unrestricted access
Economic Indicators (Current)   (U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau)
This is a list of commonly cited national monthly and quarterly economic indicators. Includes but not limited to Indicator Release Schedule; Construction; Governments; International Trade; Manufacturing; Retail Trade; Services; Wholesale Trade.
Coverage: Current
Note: Unrestricted access
University of Chicago Press Journals   (University of Chicago Press)
Full text access to about 50 journals in the social sciences, humanities, education, biological and medical sciences, and physical sciences.Off campus users may not be able to see PDFs larger than 350kB. Use the full text link instead.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Kinsey Institute    (The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Inc., Indiana University )
Research Institute investigating and informing about critical issues in sex, gender and reproduction. Has a library and many web resources.
Note: Unrestricted access to website. Library is by subscription.
L'Annee Philologique   (Societe Internationale de B)
A comprehensive index to scholarly work in Classical Studies. APh indexes publications related to the history, language, literature and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome. You may choose a language for the search interface; the records are in French.
Coverage: 1949-
Note: Limited to 10 simultaneous users.
Virginia Gazette (Colonial Era)   (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
The colonial-era Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg between 1736 and 1780. This valuable primary resource covered news for all Virginia and also supplied some news of other colonies, Scotland, England, etc. Though really three papers published successfully by competing publishers, this site presents the full-text of the three iterations of the Virginia Gazette.
Coverage: selected issues 1736-1780
Note: Unrestricted access
HealthFinder   (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
Gateway to consumer health information from the U.S. Government.
Note: Unrestricted access
Ulrichsweb   (ProQuest)
This directory identifies active and defunct periodicals of all types and can be used to identify: peer-reviewed publications, academic and journalistic writing outlets, and the universe of periodicals within subject areas.
Note: For information about the journals only. There is no linked access to Auraria Library content. To reach Auraria Library content search Skyline for the journal title.
Visible Knowledge Project   (Georgetown University)
Archive of projects on the scholarship of teaching and learning. However the latest new project is 2009.
Note: Unrestricted access
United Nations Economic Development Resources   (United Nations)
United Nations web resources related to world development issues,
Cochrane Library   (Wiley Interscience)
The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Based on the best available information about healthcare interventions, Cochrane reviews explore the evidence for and against the effectiveness and appropriateness of treatments (medications, surgery, education, etc) in specific circumstances.
Learning Express Library   (LearningExpress, LLC)
Online guide to test preparation in basic skills and career advancement. Includes practice tests for: academic, ACT, advanced placement, ASVAB, basic skills success, civil service, college preparation, cosmotology, EMS, ESL (Spanish) skills improvement courses, firefighter, GED, graduate school entrance, GRE, law enforcement, LSAT, MCAT, military, NCLEX-RN, real estate, SAT, skills improvement courses, teacher certification, technical and career college, TOEFL, nursing exams and US citizenship.
Note: Registration is required to use this program.
Facts on File World News Digest   (Facts on File News Services)
Facts on File World News Digest brings together and enhances news stories and editorials since 1940. This archival record of domestic and international news is updated weekly and contains more than a million hyperlinks. Major political, social, and economic events are included.
Coverage: 1940-
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database   (Therapeutic Research Center)
A database of evidence-based, clinical information on natural medicines. Access to 2 seats provided by the UC Denver Health Sciences Library, Florence G. Strauss Indigenous Medicine Collection Fund.
Note: Please log out when finished.
Bibliography of the History of Art    (J. Paul Getty Trust )
The Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is a comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writings in English and French about the history of western art. The Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is now available freely on the Getty web site along with the International Bibliography of Art (IBA).
Coverage: BHA, 1990-2007, IBA, 2008-2009. This is an archival repository and is no longer updated.
International Bibliography of Art    (ProQuest)
The International Bibliography of Art (IBA) is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) from the Getty Research Institute and includes the content of the BHA.
Coverage: 2008-
Annual Reviews   (Annual Reviews)
Compilations of critical review articles in the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences fields.
Coverage: 1996-
Note: Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
ACRLMetrics   (ACRL)
ACRLMetrics is a web portal that provides access to ACRL (American College of Research Libraries) and NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) academic library statistics.
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Images: How to Find Them Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Biography Research Guide   (Auraria Library, N. McCaslin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Campus Research   (Westlaw)
Campus Research (from Westlaw) is a collection of news, business and law-related resources. It is divided under two content tabs, News & Business and Law.
FAQ on Deaf Culture    (Gallaudet University Library)
A quick reference guide to information on deafness from Gallaudet University Library. Gallaudet University is a university in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students.
Note: Unrestricted access
IBISWorld Industry Market Research   (IBISWorld)
IBIS World Industry Research Reports provides current reports on U.S. industries. Each report consists of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more.  The Library subscribes only to this section of IBISWorld.
Note: The subscription to Industry Market Research is paid for jointly by Metropolitan State College of Denver and the Auraria Library.
MetaLib   (U.S. Government Printing Office)
MetaLib is a federated search engine from the U.S. Government Printing Office that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, such as EPA, ERIC, Library of Congress, PubMed, and usa.gov, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.
Note: Unrestricted access
European Parliment   (European Union)
The EUs Fact sheets on the European Union are broken down in two ways -- by Topics and by Contents. These are essentially different ways of presenting the main subject areas discussed in the fact sheets.
Note: Unrestricted access
MADCAD   (CompuTecture)
MADCAD provides full-text access to numerous building codes and standards, including the International Building Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International Fire Code, etc.
Social Explorer Professional   (Oxford University Press)
Users can create demographic maps and reports down to the U.S. neighborhood and street level using U.S. census data, the American Community Survey, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1790 to the present. Users can visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout U.S. history. And users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of programs and statistical packages for further analysis and use in reports and presentations. Auraria Library provides premium access to this database.
Coverage: 1790-
Historical Census Browser   (University of Virginia Library, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center)
Historical Census reports and maps from 1790 to 1960.
Note: Unrestricted access
Global Energy Management Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Hartford Institute for Religion Research   (Hartford Seminary)
The Hartford Institute for Religion Research (HIRR) at the Hartford Seminary in Hartford, MA has extensive online resources for the social/scientific study of religion, including articles, religious statistics, research resources, and links to the web pages of scholars working in the fields of sociology of religion and religion research.  Includes the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society,  William H. Swatos, Jr. Editor.
Note: Unrestricted access
Knowledge Cycle Research Guide   (UC Irvine Library)
A tutorial on the information cycle.  Good basic information to know to begin your research.
Note: Unrestricted access
National Climate Data Center (NCDC) Library   (U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
NOAA and the National Climatic Data Center provide access to data from research projects, weather stations, and satellites.
Note: On campus access only.
Note: Requires Internet Explorer browser.
Country Profiles   (LexisNexis)
Data and articles about countries from several sources. This screen only allows searching one source at a time. For quick facts on a country try the Country Studies / Area Handbooks from the Library of Congress or the CIA World Factbook.
Country Studies/Area Handbooks   (U.S. Library of Congress)
Each study deals with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social and national security systems and institutions. Over 80 countries are featured. From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
Note: Unrestricted access
InfoNation   (United Nations)
A database from the United Nations that allows viewing and comparing the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States; up to seven countries may be selected.
Note: Unrestricted access
National Tourism Database   (Michigan State University Extension)
This site contains information on numerous resources related to tourism education, including bulletins, research reports, videos, and training programs.
Note: Unrestricted access
AJOL   (African Journals OnLine)
AJOL links to citations representing multi-disciplinary articles from journals published in Africa. Articles not in Auraria Library may be borrowed, if available, via Interlibrary Loan or purchased through this database.
Note: Unrestricted access
Antarctic Bibliography   (American Geological Institute)
Covers all disciplines related to the region including biological and geological sciences, meteorology, oceanography, atmospheric and terrestrial physics, expeditions, logistics equipment and supplies, and tourism. Produced with support from the National Science Foundation with contributions from the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge.
Coverage: 1950-
SRDS   (SRDS Media Solutions)
SRDS is a search engine for media opportunities and marketing information. It includes demographic and lifestyle information for counties and metropolitan areas in the U.S, as well as rates and contact data for national and/or international magazines, digital media, newspapers, television, radio, direct marketing, and out-of-home businesses. SRDS includes 15 separate datasets: 1) Business Media Advertising Source, 2) Consumer Media Advertising Source, 3) Direct Marketing List Source, 4) Interactive Advertising Source, 5) Local Market Audience Analyst, 6) Newspaper Media Advertising Source, 7) Out of Home Advertising Source, 8) Print Media Production Source, 9) Radio Advertising Source, 10) TV & Cable Source, 11) IMG Business Asia Pacific, 12) IMG Business – Americas, 13) IMG Business – Europe, 14) IMG Consumer, and 15) IMG Newspaper (IMG is International Media Guide).
Note: Requires an IE browser on a PC for this database.
Note: SRDS does not work on Macs or with the Firefox browser.
Statesman's Yearbook   (Palgrave McMillan)
Includes current and historical archival information (dating back to 1864) about every country in the world, including history, leaders, population, territory, social statistics, climate, government, elections, defense, economy, energy, natural resources, industry, trade, communications, social institutions, religion, culture, diplomatic representatives, further readings.
Cambridge Journals Online   (Cambridge University Press)
This database provides full text access to 200+ journals published by Cambridge University Press. Journals represented are from a wide range of disciplines: archaeology and anthropology, biology, computer science, economics, history, literature, mathematics, medicine, etc.
Note: Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Mobile or low band width interface
NLM Gateway   (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
A Web-based system that lets users search simultaneously in multiple NIH databases. The current Gateway searches Medline/PubMed, TOXLINE Special, LOCATORplus, MedlinePlus, ClinicalTrials.gov, DIRLINE, Meeting Abstracts, HSRProj, OMIM, and HSDB.
Note: Unrestricted access
BioMed Central   (BioMed Central)
BioMed Central Ltd., an independent publisher in London, England, provides free access to biomedical research publications. These publications include biology and medicine journal articles, current reports, and meeting abstracts. BioMed Central offers information about current controlled trials, as well as topics in modern biology.
Note: Unrestricted access
MIT CogNet   (MIT)
MIT CogNet is a full text library of electronic books,journals, and conference proceedings in the cognitive and brain sciences fields. This resource is relevant to the following subject areas: psychology, biology, medicine, artificial intelligence, linguistics, neuroscience, and philosophy.
US Code / Law (2006 ed.)   (U.S. Government Printing Office)
The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the United States Code has been published every six years. In between editions, annual cumulative supplements are published and available on the U.S. House of Representatives website (search 1994 to present). For laws after 2006 search the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) which publishes the official code as it changes quarterly from 1997 through the current year.
Note: Unrestricted access
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids   (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers to teach how our government works, our civic responsibilities and how to use primary source materials available from the United States government departments, research institutes and agencies.
Note: Unrestricted access
Journal of Music History Pedagogy   (American Musicological Society, Pedagogy Study Group)
The Journal of Music History Pedagogy (JMHP) is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal on teaching music history to all levels (undergraduate, graduate, or general studies) and disciplines (western, non-western, concert and popular musics).
Coverage: 2010-
FDSys   (U.S. Government Printing Office)
The U.S. Government Printing Office's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies. The previous system, GPO Access, has been shut down.
Publish not Perish   (Libraries of the University of Colorado)
This tutorial focuses on the how to and why of publishing in scholarly journals. It includes the following: the role of scholarly publishing in an academic career, essential steps of planning and writing a scholarly paper, developing a personal publication plan, compares and contrasts the different publishing models currently in use, describe the types of articles and the pros and cons of collaborative authoring, and finally describes the tools and resources a scholarly writer needs to have on hand.
Note: Unrestricted access
ACM Digital Library   (Association for Computing Machinery)
Provides access to bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and full text articles published in ACM journals, transactions and conference proceedings since the founding of ACM in 1947, together with selected works published by affiliated organizations.
Coverage: 1947-
Adherents.com   (Adherents.com)
Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations, references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. "Adherents.com is an Internet initiative and is not affiliated with any religious, political, educational, or commercial organization."
Note: Unrestricted access
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals   (U.S. Department of Defense)
Air University Library is a Department of Defense (DOD) library housing collections in the fields of war fighting, aeronautics, Air Force and DOD operations, military sciences, international relations, education, leadership, and management. The Index to Military Periodicals has significant articles, news items, and editorials appearing in military and aeronautical periodicals. Updated quarterly.
Coverage: index 1990-
Note: Unrestricted access
Animal Behavior Abstracts   (Proquest)
Index and abstracts to the scientific literature on the study of animal behavior, aggression, behavioral ecology, communication, learning, dominance, genetics of behavior, foraging, memory, neurophysiology, parental-filial and reproductive behavior.
Coverage: 1982-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Colorado State Publications   (Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department of Education)
The State Publications Library provides Colorado residents with convenient access to information produced by state government through a system of acquiring and loaning publications as well as answering questions related to state information. State publications are valuable sources of information published by state agencies that include annual reports, budgets, planning reports, newsletters, consumer information, legislative reports, and directories. They cover a wide variety of topics including health, business, education, crime, agriculture, mining, employment, taxes, water quality, wildlife, and the environment.
Note: Unrestricted access
Biography Center   (EuropeanServers Ltd.)
Features an index to biographies of contemporary celebrities. Offers versions of the Web site in English, German, Spanish, and French.
Note: Unrestricted access
Architectural Index   (Architectural Index)
Index to 18 prominent journals in the areas of architecture, interior design, and construction.
Coverage: index 1982-
Aria Database   (Robert Glaubitz)
A collection of information about opera and operatic arias. The Database includes translations for many arias and provides access to a collection of operatic MIDI files to give visitors an idea of what each aria sounds like. Currently, the Database holds information on the complete operatic aria collections of Mozart, Verdi, Berlioz, Wagner, and Puccini as well as the partial collections of over 50 other composers.
Coverage: current
Note: Unrestricted access
NewsLink   (NewsLink Associates)
Organized links to newspapers, magazines, television and radio news worldwide.
Note: Unrestricted access
Scitopia Partners List   (Scitopia.org)
The Scitopia partner societies regret to announce that the Scitopia free federated search portal has been discontinued in 2012. All of the Scitopia partners wish to thank our users for their support over the last few years, and we encourage you to visit the sites of the society partners for the best scholarly content in science and technology.
ASME Digital Library   (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
ASME Digital Library (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) access to all the journals and conference proceedings published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Coverage: journals 2000- ; proceedings 2002-
Open Library   (Internet Archive)
Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive, and is funded in part by a grant from the California State Library. This is an Open project - the software is open, the data is open, the documentation is open, and the site is open.
Note: Unrestricted access
Background Notes   (U.S. Department of State)
Succinctly covers the history, geography, culture, government, politics, economics, climate, and transportation of nations worldwide. Only selected titles are available in print, but all are on the Web site.
Note: Unrestricted access
Big Book Yellow Pages   (Yellow Pages)
Directory of company addresses and phone numbers by name, industry or location. Can also search for types of business within a designated radius of a specific geographic point.
Note: Unrestricted access
Biographical Information   (LexisNexis)
Searches documents which contain biographical sources, people-related news sources and selected biographical stories, obituaries and business related stories covering company executives. At LexisNexis Academic under people. Full text.
Checkpoint   (RIA)
Provides primary tax documents and secondary analysis for federal, state and local taxation, estate planning, pensions and benefits, international taxation and payroll deduction from RIA and WG&L publications.
BIOSIS Previews   (Thomson ISI)
BIOSIS Previews (includes Biological Abstracts) is an index to biological and biomedical literature in journals, patents, meetings and books. Includes abstracts. Search BIOSIS Previews, Medline and Web of Science simultaneously.
Coverage: abstracts 1926-
BNA Tax Management   (BNA)
BNA's Tax Management Portfolios Plus on the Web. Comprises analysis, practice tools (including interactive forms), primary sources, and news regarding taxation of U.S. income; estates, gifts and trusts; and foreign income.
Coverage: current
Book Review Digest Plus   (Ebsco)
Reviews of books, journals and magazines includes descriptive summaries of books as well as excerpts of book reviews, with all the book review citations and text of book reviews from eleven other technical and science databases from Wilson.
Coverage: Updated monthly. 1983-
Business Index ASAP   (Gale Cengage)
Perform in-depth research on management issues, economic indicators and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies and industries worldwide. Academic and business journal articles with full text and images.
Coverage: 1980-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Business Source Premier   (Ebsco)
Business Source Premier supplies access to thousands of regional, national, and international scholarly business journals, business periodicals, and industry publications, on topics such as management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. There is full text coverage for a high percentage of the titles. Includes embedded full page images for many of the full text journals. Also has country economic reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit, WEFA, CountryWatch and the Icon Group.
Note: Mobile interface
Business Wire   (BusinessWire)
The most current five-days worth of full-text news releases on U.S. companies, searchable by company name. News items are geared to public relations professionals and investors.
Coverage: last 5 days
Note: Unrestricted access
CancerNet   (U.S. National Cancer Institute)
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) many sources of cancer information including information on over 100 types of cancer including: treatment options, screening and detection tests, prevention, coping with cancer, complementary and alternative medicine, and cancer genetics, and the CANCERLIT database (updated monthly).
Coverage: 1963-
Note: Unrestricted access
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance   (U.S. General Services Administration)
This is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. Updated bi-weekly.
Note: Unrestricted access
CCH Tax Research Network   (Commerce Clearing House)
Full text federal and state tax information including cases, regulations, and rulings.
Note: Users must register for personal access the first visit and then log in to use the database each time thereafter.
Chemfinder   (CambridgeSoft Corporation)
A chemical database which provides CAS registry numbers, physical property data and 2D chemical structures.
Note: Unrestricted access
Chicano Database   (OCLC from the Ethnic Studies Library, University of California)
Contains citations from "The Chicano Periodical Index"; "The Chicano Index"; "Arte Chicano: An Annotated Bibliography of Chicano Art, 1965 -1981; Chicana Studies Index; and "The Chicano Anthology Index."
Coverage: 1967-
Note: Limited to 5 simultaneous users, please log out when finished.
ECanon   (James R. Adair)
ECanon, a part of TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism, is a database of canonical texts, currently containing various versions of the Bible and is designed to be a free online tool for scholars, students, clergy, and other interested people. Text available in English and Greek. Bible translations include the King James Version, Revised Standard Version, New Revised Standard Version, and Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament.
Note: unrestricted access
CollegeSource Online   (Career Guidance Foundation)
Provides cover-to-cover access to both current and past catalogs (varies by institution) for all 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools in the U.S.
ArtSearch   (Theatre Communications Group)
This regularly updated bulletin lists employment, internship, and summer job opportunities in theater, music, fine arts, and other related fields.
Colorado Supreme Court Library   (Colorado Judicial Branch)
The Colorado Supreme Court Law Library, established in 1874, serves the Supreme Court, the Colorado Court of Appeals, the state's district and county courts, numerous state agencies, and is open to the public. The Library holds all fifty state statutes and session laws, all regional reporters, pre-regional reports, the federal statutes, federal regulations and all federal reporters. Including statutes and cases from the territorial period forward, and numerous Colorado municipal codes. The library is a depository for State Justice Institute publications, a repository for the Colorado Women's Bar Association, and a partial federal depository.
Note: Unrestricted access
The Colorado Supreme Court Library has opened in its new location on the first floor of the Denver Post Building (formerly known as the Denver Newspaper Agency Building) at 101 W. Colfax Avenue. The library is open to the public from noon until 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding state holidays.
Encyclopedia of life sciences   (Wiley Interscience)
A fully searchable database of articles covering the biological sciences. Articles are of three levels: introductory (undergrad) , advanced (upper division, grad, researcher), and keynote (articles discussing unique and often controversial topics of special interest in biology).
Computer Database   (Gale Cengage)
Index to articles and reviews, many articles available on line, on computer-related topics.
Coverage: 1997-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Congressional   (ProQuest)
Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information, including full text of proposed bills and status, full text hearings 1980-2003, legislative histories, Congressional Record, full text of laws from 1789 to present, congressional committee information, campaign contributions and PAC activities, articles from "National Journal" and the historical Congressional Index 1789-1969. This module indexes Congressional hearings and reports and documents found in the Serial Set back to its beginning in 1789. Previously known as LexisNexis Congressional.
Coverage: 1789-
Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800   (Accessible Archives, Inc.)
The Pennsylvania Gazette is considered the New York Times of the 18th century. It provides the reader with a first hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution, and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of the time. Also included is the full-text of such writings as: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Letters from a Farmer, Thomas Payne`s Common Sense, The Federalist Papers, etc.
Coverage: 1728-1800
Contemporary Authors   (Gale Cengage)
A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical references for authors worldwide.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
State of Working America   (Economic Policy Institute)
An interactive tool from the Economic Policy Institute demonstrates how growth in average income was shared between the richest 10% and the other 90% of Americans. All figures are in 2008 dollars.
Corporate Information   (Wright Investors' Service)
Click on any country to find web sites containing company information for that nation. Also links to basic country statistics, such as population, GDP, inflation, GDP, currency, per capita growth, and corporate structure and such guides as the World Fact Book and Country Commercial Guides. Users must register.
Note: Unrestricted access
CQ Researcher plus Archive   (CQ Press)
Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and political issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Full text.
Coverage: 1923-
Marketing Resources Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Current Index to Statistics   (American Statistical Association and Institute of Mathematical Statistics)
Index to journal articles, proceedings, book chapters, etc. about statistics and related subjects.
Coverage: 1975-
Note: Searching terminology is a little different .. see Help.
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature   (L.R. Bartle)
Access book titles via keyword or phrase searching, or by using a form to indicate reading level, genre, language, historical period, gender of the protagonist, and ethnicity of the protagonist, among other elements. Books listed have been recognized with awards ranging from the Caldecott Award to ALA Notable Books for Children.
Coverage: 1921-
Note: Unrestricted access
Davis Bacon Wage Determination Decision   (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service)
The Davis Bacon Wage Determination Database contains wage determinations made by the U.S. Department of Labor under the mandate of the Davis-Bacon Act and related legislation.
Note: Unrestricted access
Defense Technical Information Center   (U.S. Department of Defense)
Indexing and full text documents in scientific and technical information over a wide range of DoD, federal, commercial and international sources. Access includes DTIC collections, Science.gov, the Library of Congress, and World Wide Science.org.
Note: Unrestricted access
Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection   (Collaborative Digitization Program)
Search 18 Colorado newspapers including Colorado Daily Republican & Rocky Mountain Herald, Colorado Miner, Rocky Mountain News Weekly, Denver Daily Times, and the Daily Register Call.
Coverage: 1859-1923
Note: Unrestricted access
Rocky Mountain News   (Multiple sources)
Rocky Mountain News (1859 - 2009) was the oldest newspaper in Colorado.
  America's Newspapers (Newsbank) Index and full text excluding ads from 1989 - 2009.
  Rocky Mountain News (Rocky Mountain News) Access to articles in the paid archive, which go back to 1989, are not free.
  Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection (Colorado State Library) Searchable digitized issues from 1860-1875.
  Microfilm copies (Periodicals Reading Room) All issues from 1878 - 2009.
Environmental Studies   (LexisNexis)
Search law reviews, news, and federal documents (including EPA, OSHA and Superfund site reports) on environmental topics.
Dictionary of American History   (Gale Cengage)
Written by academic specialists, the signed and original articles in this resource range from 100-word definitions to 7,000-word essays. Topics range from specific places, incidents and institu-tions to broadly sweeping concepts, covering all aspects of American history and daily life including: sports, diplomacy, labor, art, economics, wars, institutions, legends, places, scandals, Acts of Congress, cultural icons, government agencies and much more. Illustrations and maps are also included.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Librarians' Internet Index   (University of California Berkeley SunSITE)
A searchable index to the internet of websites that have been selected for reliability, accuracy and currency.
Note: Unrestricted access
Current Research @ University of Colorado System   (ProQuest)
Search citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by post-graduate students from all University of Colorado campuses and published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts. Full text of many of those published after 1996 are downloadable.
DOE Information Bridge   (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Free access to full text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
Coverage: 1995-
Note: Unrestricted access
Black's Law Dictionary   (Westlaw)
Legal definitions, quotations, alternative spellings, legal abbreviations. New terms in the 2004, 8th edition include "Amber Alert," "antispamming law," "Child Online Protection Act," "cyberpiracy," "cyberterrorism," "chad," "repressed-memory syndrome," "ethnic cleansing," "Strategic National Stockpile," and "grandparent rights."
Knovel Library   (Knovel Corporation)
An extensive collection of reference eBook titles in science and engineering. Content includes data handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, monographs, conference proceedings and datasets. Many of the reference works are embedded with Knovel's productivity tools for data analysis.
EconLit with Full Text   (Ebsco)
EconLit with Full Text provides indexing and abstracts of journal articles, books, collective volume articles, dissertations, working papers, and book reviews in all fields of economics and full text for more than 400 publications.
Coverage: 1969-
Note: Mobile interface
Associations on the Net   (Internet Public Library)
Internet Public Library's (IPL) list of sites on U.S. and international professional and trade associations and other non-profit organizations.
Note: Unrestricted access
Electronic Journals Service   (Ebsco)
Electronic versions of many of Auraria Library's journals. Tables of Contents and abstracts for many more.
Envirofacts Warehouse   (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Envirofacts Warehouse allows you to retrieve environmental information from EPA databases on air, chemicals, facility information, hazardous waste, risk management plans, Superfund, toxic releases, and water permits. You may retrieve information from several databases at once, or from one database at a time. Note: expert searchers "technical users" may want to register to have access through the Direct Connect Option, see http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/technical.html
Note: Unrestricted access
Environmental Health Perspectives   (U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
Extensive database on the environment, toxicity, and cancer. A password is required for some data and publications in the database. As a depository library Auraria Library has free access. Request password from the Research Help Desk.
Note: Unrestricted access
Environmental Journals on the Internet   (National Library for the Environment)
Many full text journals and table of contents. From the National Library for the Environment.
Note: Unrestricted access
SHERPA   (University of Nottingham)
SHERPA is investigating issues in the future of scholarly communication. It is developing open-access institutional repositories in a number of research universities to facilitate the rapid and efficient worldwide dissemination of research. Use this site to find information, advice and materials relating to building and using repositories. There is also a summary of open access and guidance for authors.
Note: Unrestricted access
EPA databases   (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
A gateway to the resources of EPA that are of particular use to researchers. It includes plans, data, reports and funding programs.
Coverage: current
Note: Unrestricted access
Food Science Central   (IFIS)
A website with food and nutrition news and an index to articles on food, nutrition and food production.
Note: Unrestricted access
ETDE Web   (International Energy Agency)
The world's largest collection of energy literature, with more than 3.8 million abstracted and indexed records. Access is free but you must register and be a citizen of a member country. For the U.S. they promise a response to your registration in 3 - 5 days.
Coverage: Updated twice monthly
Note: Unrestricted access
Ethnic NewsWatch   (ProQuest)
Full text articles in English and Spanish from Ethnic and Minority newspapers, journals and magazines. Searchable in English or Spanish. Click on the English button to begin searching. Or oprima el boton "Espanol" para comenzar a buscar (utilizando la interface en Espanol).
Coverage: 1990-
Expanded Academic Index ASAP   (Gale Cengage)
Index, with abstracts and much full text, to journal and magazine articles in most fields.
Coverage: 1980-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Federal Bulletin Board   (U.S. Government Printing Office)
The Federal Bulletin Board (FBB) is an electronic bulletin board service of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Federal agencies use the FBB as a means to distribute electronic files to the public and to provide to the public free, immediate, and self-service access to federal information in electronic form. Users can access information from the White House and Executive Branch agencies (includes independent agencies).
Note: Unrestricted access
Federal R&D Project Summaries   (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Searchable descriptions and awards amounts of current federal research projects funded with federal grants from U.S. Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation.
Coverage: current
Note: Unrestricted access
FindArticles.com   (LookSmart, Gale Group)
An "archive of published articles that you can search for free." At present, contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
Note: Unrestricted access
Henry Stewart Talks   (Henry Stewart Talks)
Available from your computer desktop, the Henry Stewart Talks consists of animated audio visual presentations by leading world experts, covering topics in biomedicine and the life sciences.
American West   (Adam Matthew Digital)
Contains the digitized contents of The Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Contents include original manuscripts, ephemeral material (including trade cards, wanted posters, photos, claim certificates, news-sheets, etc.), maps, and rare printed works.
Google Books   (Google)
Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them. You'll be able to see everything from a few short excerpts to the entire book, depending on a few different factors. About Google Books.
Note: Unrestricted access
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia   (Ebsco)
This online encyclopedia, updated annually, consists of over 25,000 informative articles on a wide range of subjects. Useful for high-school and lower-division college level research.
Note: Mobile interface
Genamics JournalSeek   (Genamics)
A database of freely available journal information available on the Internet. The database presently contains more than 8500 titles; journal information includes the aims and scope, journal abbreviations, web links, and ISSN for journals.
Note: Unrestricted access (does not work with Netscape 4.7 or 4.08)
General Business File ASAP   (Gale Cengage)
Index to business articles, many full text. Incorporates Investext research reports and includes full text company and industry investment reports and directory listings for companies.
Coverage: 1982-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
General Reference Center Gold   (Gale Cengage)
Index to general magazines, newspapers and reference sources, many articles available online. A good source for popular culture, sports, etc.
Coverage: 1980-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
GeoRef   (Ebsco)
Citations for U.S. and international journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, theses, and maps in Geology and the Earth Sciences. Includes GeoRef in Process content.
Coverage: North American geology from 1785-; international geology from 1933-
Note: Mobile interface
BiologyBrowser   (Thomson BIOSIS)
Offers resources for the life sciences information community. Includes the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology, the Zoological Record Thesaurus, and links to current science news stories and relevant web sites.
Note: Unrestricted access
PLANTS database   (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, plant links, references, crop information, and automated tools.
Note: Unrestricted access
Granger's World of Poetry   (Columbia University Press)
Grangers poetry on-line resource contains 250,000 full text poems and 450,000 citations, as well as poetry commentary, poets' biographies, and literary glossary terms.
GuideStar   (GuideStar)
Directory of more than 700,000 charities and non-profit organizations. Search by name, keyword, category, location, or revenue.
Note: Unrestricted access
Health Reference Center Academic   (Gale Cengage)
Index to magazines and journals in the health and related fields, many articles available online. Provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the personal health information sources in the Health Reference Center.
Coverage: 1980-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Population Index on the Web   (Princeton University)
An annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. This website provides a searchable and browsable database of abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index.
Coverage: 1986-2000
Note: Unrestricted access
Highwire Press   (Highwire)
A database of back issues of selected scholarly journals in the sciences and medicine. Many articles are full text and freely available, while some require a subscription. Browsing Tips.
Note: Unrestricted access
Historical Abstracts with Full Text   (Ebsco)
Index to journal articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations covering world history from 1450 - present. Updates monthly. For US and Canadian history, see America: History and Life
Coverage: 1955-
Hoover's Online   (Hoover's)
Comprehensive company, industry, contact and market information: in-depth coverage of worldwide businesses, updated daily. Data is searchable by company A-Z and by geography, by industry, by individual executives and by stock index. There is also a browsable 'business boneyard' with records of companies that no longer exist.
IEEE Xplore   (IEEE)
IEEE Xplore provides full text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE Standards.
Coverage: 1988-
Note: Limited to 5 simultaneous users, please log out when finished. Mobile interface
InfoPlease Almanac   (InfoPlease)
This almanac/encyclopedia offers overviews, facts and statistics on numerous subjects, and has special sections on sports and entertainment topics.
Note: Unrestricted access
Educational CyberPlayground   (Karen Ellis)
Online educational resources for teachers, parents and everyone. Includes the National Children's Folksong Repository.
Note: Unrestricted access
CompleteRSS (beta)   (CompleteRSS)
A database of RSS feeds for news feeds and blogs.
Note: Unrestricted access
Internet Library of Early Journals   (ILEJ)
A joint project by the Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford, the Internet Library has digitized selected twenty-year runs of three eighteenth-and three nineteenth-century journals and placed the images online. Journals include: Annual Register (1758-78), Gentleman's Magazine (1731-50), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1757-77), Blackwood's EdinburghMagazine (1843-52), Notes and Queries (1849-69), and The Builder (1843-9).
Note: Unrestricted access
Internet Movie Database (IMDB)   (IMDB)
Search for information on movies, directors, actors and more.
Note: Unrestricted access
Internet Public Library   (IPL)
The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.
Note: Unrestricted access
Inter-play   (Inter-play)
An on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals. Provides access to the locations of printed plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals. Includes editor and translator information and page numbers when available. Separately published plays are not included.
Note: Unrestricted access
ISI Emerging Markets   (Internet Securities, Inc.)
EMIS, Emerging Market Information Service, presents news, industry information, company profiles, reports, and financial data, closing price quotes, macroeconomic statistics and forecasts, and legal and political news from emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe including the Baltic States and Russia.
Searches can be narrowed to resources in English though they include many in over a dozen languages.
Note: Choose a country and modify other parameters using the links on the left side of the screen.
General OneFile   (Gale Cengage)
News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.
Coverage: Updated daily
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Law Reviews   (LexisNexis)
Articles from law reviews. Full text. Check for specific titles in Lexis Nexis. It searches documents which are dedicated to the scholarly review of legal topics and developments.
LegalTrac   (Gale Cengage)
Article citations and summaries for law-related topics from law reviews and journals. Some documents available online.
Alternate access from on campus.
Coverage: 1980-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
MagPortal   (Hot Neuron)
Updated each business day, the site organizes articles into twelve main categories, with varying numbers of subcategories. The articles are briefly described, with links to the article and the main site of the periodical. In addition, users can access a list of similar articles via an icon at the end of most article descriptions. A keyword search engine is also provided.
Coverage: Updated daily
Note: Unrestricted access
Making of America   (Multiple sources)
Primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction, focusing on education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. Housed at two sites, Cornell University and the University of Michigan.
Coverage: Cornell - 1840-1900; Michigan - 1870-1877
Note: Unrestricted access
ARD - the anthropology review database   (SUNY Buffalo)
ARD is an ever-growing, free, and fully searchable database of reviews covering the entire gamut of anthropological publications, including books, audiovisual materials, software & multimedia, exhibits, tourist sites, conferences, and on-line resources.
Coverage: 1990-
Note: Unrestricted access
I Hear America Singing   (U.S. Library of Congress)
Music, theatre and dance collections from the Library of Congress.
Note: Unrestricted access
MAS Ultra -School Edition   (Ebsco)
Useful for high school and community college level research, this database provides full text for over 500 general interest publications, pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags. Emphasis is on recently published material; some key resources go back as far as 1975.
Coverage: ~1985-
Note: Mobile interface
MathSciNet   (American Mathematical Society)
MathSciNet is the online version of the American Mathematical Society publications Mathematical Reviews, and Current Mathematical Publications.
Coverage: 1940-
Znet   (Znet)
Includes thousands of articles and links arranged by subject about current social and political topics. Links to Z Magazine whose archived issues are available free.
Note: Unrestricted access
Drudge Report   (Drudge Report)
An online newswire service. Provides links to web sites of international news services, journalists/columnists, and people in the news. Includes search engines for AP, UPI, and Reuters news services and links to front pages of 292 newspapers from 39 countries.
Note: Unrestricted access, includes prominent advertisements and is sometimes blocked by internet providers security systems.
Library Environmental Scan 2003    (OCLC)
Pattern Recognition report was produced for OCLC's worldwide membership to examine the significant issues and trends impacting OCLC, libraries, museums, archives and other allied organizations, both now and in the future. The scan provides a high-level view of the information landscape, intended both to inform and stimulate discussion about future strategic directions.
Note: Unrestricted access
MEDLINEplus   (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
MEDLINEplus provides information to help answer health questions bringing together, by health topic, authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), government, non-profit and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MEDLINEplus and give easy access to the medical research literature. The database also provides consumer health information, drug information, dictionary, and an illustrated medical encyclopedia.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros)   (Ebsco)
Contains descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standardized English-language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievements and intelligence tests. Online version contains 9th (1985) Yearbook through the current edition.
Coverage: updated semi-annually
Note: Mobile interface
Middle Search Plus   (Ebsco)
Designed primarily for middle- and junior high school audiences, this database contains full-text for more than 150 popular magazines, and provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and pamphlets and primary source documents. Also included: Essential Documents in American History, 116,000 images (photos, maps and flags), and 96,600 biographies.
Coverage: Full text 1989- Indexes & abstracts 1984-
Note: Mobile interface
MLA International Bibliography   (ProQuest)
Indexes critical literary and language scholarship and provides access to journals and serials, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.
Coverage: 1926-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Music Index   (Ebsco)
The Music Index indexes (geographically as well as by subject area) international music periodicals and covers all styles and genres of music. It also cites book reviews, obituaries, new periodicals, as well as news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry.
Coverage: 1976-
Note: Mobile interface
Merriam-Webster Online   (Merriam-Webster)
Dictionaries (Collegiate and Unabridged) with pronunciation and etymology.
Note: Unrestricted access
AskOxford   (Oxford University Press)
An online dictionary included in an interesting site with games and quotes.
Note: Unrestricted access
Nation Master   (Rapid Intelligence)
An excellent resource for finding current details about just about any country in the world. Currently, Nation Master has 335 statistical data sets, ranging from library books to airports. It shows the most frequently requested stats, allows easy comparison between countries using graphs, is searchable and has links to national profiles. Particularly useful for students looking for basic statistics on different countries and for teachers as a teaching aide.
Coverage: current
Note: Unrestricted access
National Academies Press   (The National Academies)
Fulltext access to books (ebooks) in science, engineering, and health from the National Academy of Sciences.
Note: Unrestricted access
National Newspaper Index   (Gale Cengage)
This file indexes 25 major U.S. national and regional newspapers.
Coverage: Updated monthly. 1994-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory   (LSU Libraries)
Originally created in 1994, the directory is a partnership of Louisiana State University and the Federal Depository Library Program. The directory lists current/active/existing U. S. Federal Government agencies as represented in the United States Government Manual. Indentations will inform the reader of the institution's place in the hierarchy. If an institution is not represented here, try the parent organization. Searchable by agency keyword (e.g., Treasury Bureau) NOT subject.
Note: Unrestricted access
National Resources Inventory   (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The National Resources Inventory (NRI) is a statistically based sample of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. nonfederal lands. It is the most comprehensive database of its kind ever attempted anywhere in the world.
Note: Unrestricted access
National Technical Information Service   (U.S. Department of Commerce)
Technical and government contractor reports which are usually the result of U.S. government sponsored research grants and produced by universities or research centers. Abstracts of reports, many of which are available from the National Technical Information Service Full Text Pilot Project or the University of Colorado at Boulder Government Publications Library, which has an extensive, comprehensive, historical collection in microfiche of technical reports from various federal agencies such as NTIS, NASA, Atomic Energy Agency (AEC), and Dept. of Energy (DOE). An interlibrary loan request will produce a microfiche copy of the report which you may keep or donate back to the Auraria Library. Be sure to indicate clearly on your request that it is a U.S. government technical report to be requested from UC Boulder.
Coverage: 1964-
Note: Unrestricted access
NCJRS Virtual Library (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)   (U.S. Department of Justice)
Search NCJRS' Justice Information Center web site and the web sites of the agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and the While House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Full text.
Note: Unrestricted access
U.S. Government Agencies Research Guide   (Auraria Library, B. Cronin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
GeoNames   (Marc Wick)
The GeoNames geographical database is available for download free of charge under a creative commons attribution license. It contains over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.5 million unique features whereof 2.2 million populated places and 1.8 million alternate names.
Note: Unrestricted access
News   (LexisNexis)
Full text coverage of many radio, television, internet and print news resources. Includes wires, transcripts and press releases in sports, legal, medical, business, arts, university and world events. Dates of coverage vary, many update daily.
Coverage: Updated daily.
Newspaper Source   (Ebsco)
This comprehensive news source contains: full text for 159 regional U.S. newspapers; 18 international newspapers; newswires from 6 sources including AP Online, Asia Pulse, Canadian Corporate News, Canadian Press Wire, Newsbytes News Service and World Stream Newswires; full text of The Christian Science Monitor and The Los Angeles Times; and indexing and abstracts for USA Today, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
Note: Mobile interface
Bibliography of Native North Americans   (Ebsco)
Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. Includes citations to books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.
Note: Mobile interface
Congressional Research Service Reports on the Environment   (National Library for the Environment)
These CRS reports were produced by the Congressional Research Service, a branch of the Library of Congress providing nonpartisan research reports to members of the House and Senate. The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) has made these reports available to the public at large, through the National Library for the Environment (NLE).
Note: Unrestricted access
Non English Language News   (LexisNexis)
Choose Non-English Language News under select sources. It contains articles from over 100 foreign newspapers and magazines, in Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. All articles are full text. Dates of coverage vary.
Academic OneFile Plus   (Gale Cengage)
News and peer-reviewed periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology and many general interest topics. Includes images, graphs, tables and illustrations.
Coverage: Updated daily.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
OnlineNewspapers.com   (Web Wombat)
Created and maintained by Web Wombat, this metasite claims to index more than 10,000 online newspapers from around the world.
Note: Unrestricted access
Original Sources   (Western Standard Publishing Company)
Thousands of full text classic works and firsthand accounts in books, documents, pictures, images, and sounds from world history, U.S. history, science and mathematics, social sciences, literature, political science and law, language, and philosophy and religion. Formerly known as American Reference Library.
OED Online   (Oxford English Dictionary)
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialized periodicals to film scripts and cook books. Hundreds of new entries are added annually.
PAIS International   (ProQuest)
Index to public policy, social policy, and social science documents from journals, books, government publications and other resources.
Coverage: 1914-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
PAN Pesticide Database   (Pesticide Action Network)
The Pesticide Action Network, PAN, Pesticide Database brings together a diverse array of information on pesticides from many different sources, providing human toxicity (chronic and acute), ecotoxicity and regulatory information for approximately 5,400 pesticide active ingredients and their transformation products, as well as adjuvants and solvents used in pesticide products.
Note: Unrestricted access
Philosopher's Index   (Ebsco)
Philosophers Index provides indexing and abstracting for books and journals in philosophy. Fields covered include aesthetics, political philosophy, ethics, epistemology, social philosophy and logic.
Coverage: 1940-
Note: Mobile interface
Science.gov   (science.gov alliance)
Science.gov provides a gateway to information resources at the U.S. government science agencies. Science.gov contains reliable information resources selected by the respective agencies as their best science information. Two major types of information are included selected authoritative science Web sites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and other published materials. (The specific content varies by database.) The selected Web sites can be explored from the science.gov homepage. The Web pages and the databases can be searched individually or simultaneously from the search page.
Note: Unrestricted access
Public Agenda   (PublicAgenda.org)
Must register (free) to get free reports on public opinion and policy analysis. Founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in 1975.
Note: Unrestricted access
Library of Congress International Gateway   (U.S. Library of Congress)
Contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about nations and other areas of the world.
Note: Unrestricted access
SciELO   (Scientific Electronic Library Online)
The Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO is a refereed electronic library covering a selected collection of scientific journals in portuguese, spanish and english. The library is divided into collections from Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Public Health (World Health Organization, WHO) and Spain.
Note: Unrestricted access
Primary Search   (Ebsco)
Primary Search provides indexing and full-text for popular magazines on many topics and pamphlets for elementary school research.  It includes the third edition of the American Heritage Children's Dictionary, the Encyclopedia of Animals for info on the nature and habitat of familiar animals, and a large image collection of photographs, maps, and flags.
Note: Mobile interface
Project Muse   (Project Muse)
Provides full text of over 100 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Current issues and backfiles. Try the Australian mirror site if this one does not work.
PsycINFO   (ProQuest)
PsycINFO is the core indexing and abstracting service covering psychology and the related disciplines. -- Search PsycInfo, PsycArticles and Sociological Abstracts simultaneously.
Coverage: 1840-
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
LGBT Life   (Ebsco)
LGBT Life indexes literature regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Transsexual issues. Comprehensive coverage ranges from traditional academic, lifestyle, and regional periodical publications to books, bibliographies and dissertations.
Note: Mobile interface
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982   (Ebsco)
Readers' Guide Retrospective contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.
Coverage: 1890-1982
International Field Guides   (Diane Schmidt, University of Illinois Library)
A searchable database of field guides for plants, animals and other objects in North America and around the world, classified by type of organism and region covered. Eighteen categories are represented: from animals and edible plants, to flora and fauna, and miscellaneous. Check the Auraria Library catalog to see which guides we have in our collection.
Note: Unrestricted access
Reference USA   (infoUSA)
A directory of 12 million businesses and 120 million households. The business directory includes non-profit and government organizations searchable by a variety of criteria, including industry type, location, and sales volume.
Regional Business News   (Ebsco)
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily.
Note: Mobile interface
Right-to-Know Network   (RTK Net)
Provides free access to numerous databases such as the Toxics Release Inventory, CERCLIS, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development.
Note: Unrestricted access
RILM: Abstracts of Musical Literature   (Ebsco)
Citations and abstracts on international music. Updates monthly.
Coverage: 1969-
Note: Mobile interface
SBRNet   (Sports Business Research Network)
This site covers all aspects of the sports industry, linking to market research reports, industry news, and thousands of Web sites related to sports and recreation businesses, activities and products.
Television News Archive   (Vanderbilt University)
The TNA collection at Vanderbilt University is an extensive archive with individual network evening news broadcasts and hours of special news-related programming from the major U.S. networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN. These include presidential press conferences and political campaign coverage, and national and international events such as the Watergate hearings, the plight of American hostages in Iran, the Persian Gulf war, and the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001.
Individuals may register for a free trial of five searches of TV-NewsSearch. You may buy a personal subscription with unlimited searching for $20.00/yr, but will still not be able to view online video, only request videos be sent to you.
Coverage: 1989-
Note: Unrestricted access to search. Viewing is by subscription.
ScienceDirect   (Elsevier)
Includes articles from journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, social sciences, and a few in the fine arts and humanities from the publisher Elsevier. As of Aug. 2010 ScienceDirect has been renamed SciVerse ScienceDirect. Sciverse Scopus is not available, Auraria Library subscribes to Web of Science.
Coverage: 1996- ; selected back files to the beginning of a journals' publication
Note: Opposite click and save the link to the article or download the article to your computer, to personal web space, or to a flash drive instead of sending yourself a link.
Skyline   (Auraria Library)
Auraria Library Catalog. Use it to locate all books, journals, videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs, audio books, ebooks, kits, skeletons, newspapers, magazines and electronic resources at the Auraria Library.
Note: Unrestricted access
State Codes   (LexisNexis)
Statutory laws, court rules from all states & Attorneys General opinions from all states Lexis-Nexis. To find individual state codes:
- From the Select Sources drop down, Choose 'State Codes, Constitutions, Court Rules and ALS combined.'
- In the search area, Click on the (+) show button to search within Documents Sections. Select the State field and type in state, i.e. Colorado. Put keywords you want to search in the Term boxes higher on the screen.
Statistical Insight   (ProQuest)
Statistical Insight (Proquest) (formerly LexisNexis Statistical Universe) contains statistical tables from the U.S., state and major international intergovernmental organizations. And indexes additional statistics from these government agencies, independent professional, trade, and research organizations; universities; and commercial publishers. Many of these abstracts are linked to the full text documents on other web sites.
Coverage: 1973- ; full text 1997-
Note: A quick overview to help you get started using Statistical Insight
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text   (ProQuest for Chadwyck-Healey )
International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) Full Text is a music journal resource with hundreds of thousands of indexed articles, detailed abstracts and full text content from both scholarly and popular sources.
Coverage: 1874-
Colorado Demography Office   (State of Colorado)
The State Demography Office is the primary state agency for population and demographic information. Its data are used by state agencies to forecast demand for facilities and services.
Note: Unrestricted access
THOMAS Legislative Server   (U.S. Library of Congress)
Find the status of bills, roll call votes, Congressional Record, committee information and historical documents.
Note: Unrestricted access
Thomas Register of European Manufacturers   (ThomasRegister)
Search for over 207,000 industrial suppliers, organized by 10,500 industrial product classifications, in 6 languages, and from 17 European countries.
Note: Unrestricted access
TOPICsearch   (Ebsco)
A multidisciplinary, full text, current events database covering social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics. Over 1,100 magazines, 150 newspapers, 400 pamphlets, 1,500 popular biographies, 800 book reviews, numerous government reports, and 15,000 public opinion polls are included. An excellent place to start if you need help choosing a topic.
Coverage: 1990 -
Note: Mobile interface
Toxnet   (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals and related areas.
Note: Unrestricted access
Transcripts   (LexisNexis)
Television and radio broadcasts including news, press releases, briefings and conferences from national newsmakers. Choose 'Transcripts' from the Select Sources and whatever radio, television etc source you wish. At LexisNexis Academic.
Coverage: varies widely \~1995-
TRIS (Transportation Research Information Services)   (U.S. Department of Transportation)
The largest and most comprehensive source of information on transportation research now includes more than a half million records of published and ongoing research on all modes of transportation.
Note: Unrestricted access
Value Line Investment Survey   (ValueLine)
Company/industry investment information service. Offers 3-to-5 year projections of key financial measures; commentary on current operations and future prospects; and a 'Timeliness Ranking,' reflecting a company's expected relative price performance in the year ahead. No online access.
Note: Paper version only. See the catalog record.
Oxford Bibliographies Online   (Oxford University Press)
Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is a collection of scholarly discipline-based subject modules of recommended significant sources. OBO links directly to specific chapters, books, websites, archives, or data set needed. Auraria Library’s subscription covers Medieval Studies, Islamic Studies, and Buddhism which may be searched separately or all at once.
Coverage: Content reviewed annually
Wiley Online Library   (Wiley-Blackwell)
Provides indexing all journal titles and access to many journal titles on the Wiley Interscience database. Just start searching using the search box on the left side of the screen.
Coverage: full text generally from 1998-
Note: This database does not provide a full text only search.
Biography Reference Center   (Ebsco)
Full text biographical articles on Nobel Prize winners, authors, artists, politicians, world leaders, film directors, American reformers, musicians and composers from the ancient world to the present. Replaces and expands on Biographies Plus Illustrated from H.W. Wilson.
Internet Detective   (Intute Virtual Training Suite and Learn Higher Project)
Use this free Internet tutorial to learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for your online research. Other free tutorials.
Note: Unresticted access
WilsonWeb   (Ebsco)
H.W. Wilson was purchased by Ebsco and the WilsonWeb databases are now available through the Ebsco database platform. The Wilson databases are included in this alphabetical list of resources available through Ebsco. Check the ones you wish to search and "Continue".
Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online   (Dr John van Wyhe, University of Cambridge)
Searchable text and images of at least one edition/version of all known Darwin publications, including Darwin's private papers. Most are edited and annotated.
Note: Unrestricted access
CIA World Factbook   (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supplies dozens of facts for each country including data on geography, people, government, economy, transportation, communication, and defense forces.
Note: Unrestricted access
WorldPages   (TransWestern Publishing)
Directory of business and non-business telephone numbers, home and e-mail addresses, and Web sites worldwide. Use mapping feature to find the exact location of a business or person's home.
Note: Unrestricted access
Nutrition Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
On Beyond Google: Using The Open Web For Expert Results Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Course Reserves   (Auraria Library)
Faculty at Auraria sometimes place documents, videos and books on reserve (in paper or electronic formats) for their courses. Search this database for a specific course by instructor, department or course number. Faculty can find information on placing materials on reserve at the reserves department page.
HLAS Online   (U.S. Library of Congress)
The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities.
Coverage: index 1936-
Note: Unrestricted access
Newspapers from Around the World   (Internet Public Library)
The Internet Public Library (IPL) is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.
Note: Unrestricted access
Directory of Open Access Journals   (Lund University Libraries)
The DOAJ is an index to open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. All subject areas and languages are covered.
Note: Unrestricted access
Library Research: The Basics Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Baker)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian   (Smithsonian Institution)
Exhibits, collections, artifacts, art and research from the nations' attic listed in an online encyclopedia format.
Note: Unrestricted access
Census.gov   (U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau)
Website of the U.S. Census Bureau. Comprehensive data on the United States summarized and analyzed.
Note: Unrestricted access
TestLink   (Educational Testing Service)
The Test Collection at ETS (Educational Testing Service) is a database of more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices. Provides information on tests from the early 1900s to the present. The tests in this collection are from a variety of U.S. publishers and individual test authors. Foreign tests are also included in the collection, including some from Canada, Great Britain and Australia. How to search.
Note: Unrestricted access
LiteraryMarketPlace.com   (Information Today, Inc.)
A directory of the publishing industry including book publishers, literary agents, distributors and sales representatives,wholesalers, importers and exporters, translators, literary associations, and more. Searches may be limited by such criteria as subject, region, and publication type.
Amache Digital Collections Project   (Auraria Library)
Website that displays images, paper based documents and other information about the Granada Relocation Center. It provides easy online access to materials from the collections of the Colorado Historical Society and Auraria Library relating to the Japanese-American relocation camp at Amache in south-eastern Colorado during World War II. In addition, information is presented which will help students and others interested in this period of U. S and Colorado history gain a better understanding about why the camps were built and what life was like there.
Note: Unrestricted access
Digital Dissertations   (ProQuest)
Bibliographic citations to doctoral dissertations and masters theses from graduate schools and universities. Titles published since 1997 have 24 page previews available.  Now includes full text of the CU dissertations on Current Research @ University of Colorado System.
Coverage: index 1861- , abstracts 1980- , previews 1997-
AlterNet   (Independent Media Institute)
This is an online magazine and information resource from the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization for independent and alternative journalism. The archive includes more than 7,000 stories from over 200 sources.
Coverage: 1994-
Note: Unrestricted access
FedStats   (U.S. Federal Agencies with Statistical Programs)
FedStats shows the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by Federal agencies.
Note: Unrestricted access
International Statistics   (United Nations)
Lists of and links to statistical agencies around the world created by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Note the link to data on-line which focuses on Europe and North America.
Note: Unrestricted access
Picsearch   (Picsearch)
A search engine to find images on the web. It has a relevancy algorithm and a filtering system.
Note: Unrestricted access
PopNet   (Population Reference Bureau)
Browsable, comprehensive directory of population-related websites available by organization, by region and country, or by topic within countries. There is a new search feature linked from the search button at the bottom of the page.
Note: Unrestricted access
Heritage West   (Collaborative Digitization Program)
Heritage West combines digitized primary source material from Heritage Colorado and Western Trails into a single searchable database of images, special collections (costumes, objects, newspapers) and unique resources of Colorado's archives, historical societies, libraries and museums in digital format. Available through fall 2010.
Note: Unrestricted access
ResourceShelf   (Gary Price)
A blog for information professionals that contains resources and news highlights from the author of the List of lists.
Coverage: 2001-
Note: Unrestricted access
New York Stock Exchange Fact Book   (New York Stock Exchange)
Data about stock market activity, stock price trends, information on listed companies, and the investing public, institutional investors, trading in international securities on the NYSE, the NYSE community, security market credit, and bonds. Current activity as well as a historical perspective is available. Not published in paper anymore. For previous years see HG4571 .N56 in the Library.
Note: Unrestricted access
Nursing Center Journal Articles   (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
Many complete articles online of core nursing journals, some of them free. Many must be purchased. This site also has a career center, a clinical resources area and a discussion area.
Note: Unrestricted access
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress   (U.S. Library of Congress)
A searchable database of biographical sketches of members of the United States Congress from the Continental Congress to the present. Includes delegates from Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands and the Territories and Presidents who were members of Congress.
Coverage: 1774-
Note: Unrestricted access
Theses Canada   (National Archives of Canada)
Theses Canada publishes masters theses and doctoral dissertations through our current service provider, UMI Dissertations Publishing. By 2002, there were over 220,000 theses and dissertations in our collection. Approximately 10,000 more are added to the collection annually.
Coverage: 1998-2002
Note: Unrestricted access
PLoS   (Public Library of Science)
PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine are online open access peer-reviewed journals .
Note: Unrestricted access
PubMed   (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed is part of the Entrez series of databases provided by NLM's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).  Citations here include links to full-text content from PubMed Central (a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature) and publisher web sites. Logging in allows you to connect to Auraria Library's full text content.
Denver Post   (Multiple sources)
   News (LexisNexis) Indexed full text coverage from 1994. New interface August 2007.
   America's Newspapers (Newsbank) Index and full text from June 1989.
   Denver Post (Denver Post) Most stories remain searchable (for free) for 60 days. Access to articles in the Denver Post archives which go back to 1993 are not free.
   Current paper issues (Periodicals Reading Room) Approximately the last week.
   Microfilm copies (Periodicals Reading Room) All issues from 1895.
Reuters News   (Reuters)
Current news and pictures from the Reuters news network.
Note: Unrestricted access
Colorado's Main Streets   (Collaborative Digitization Program)
A project to educate the public about the value of preservation; the role historic structures play in livable communities, encourage heritage tourism, and offer opportunities for students and teachers to use the sites as educational tool.
Note: Unrestricted access
New York Times   (Multiple sources)
   News (LexisNexis) Search articles from 1969-present. Get full-text from 1980-present, text only.
   New York Times (New York Times) The NYT site supplies full-text for 1987-present in .html at no cost, and for 1851-1922 in .pdf format, for a fee..
   America's Newspapers (Newsbank) Full-text from 1995-present, text only.
   One File Plus (Gale-Cengage) Search from 1980–present, get full-text from 1985–present, text only.
   Digital microfilm (ProQuest) Only available in IE browser.  View entire East coast late edition for January 2008 until two months ago.
   Current paper issues (Periodicals Reading Room) Approximately the last week.
   Microfilm copies (Periodicals Reading Room) All issues from 1851.
Beige Book   (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Released eight times a year, this publication presents anecdotal information on current economic conditions including interviews with businessmen, economists, and market.
Note: Unrestricted access
Economic Growth Resources   (Jonathan Temple, University of Bristol)
Links to webpages dealing with economic growth research, including data sets, journals, working papers, literature surveys, mailing lists and researchers web pages.
Note: Unrestricted access
Pics4Learning   (Tech4Learning)
A usable image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Pics4Learning is developed as part of the Partners in Education program by Tech4Learning, and the Orange County Public Schools Technology Development Unit.
Note: Unrestricted access
UNICEF Country Statistics   (United Nations Childrens Fund)
Economic and social statistics on the countries and territories of the world, with particular reference to children's well-being.
Note: Unrestricted access
Economic Report of the President   (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Annual Economic Reports of the President transmitted to the Congress of the United States. Includes links to Economic Indicators and the Budget. Also in print at GOVPUB REF Pr 42.9
Coverage: 1995-
Note: Unrestricted access
Federal Reserve Districts   (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Links and a map of the twelve Federal reserve Districts, including links to regional economic information.
Note: Unrestricted access
National Accounts   (United Nations)
National accounts of approximatel 200 UN member countries. The System of National Accounts (SNA) consists of a coherent, consistent and integrated set of macroeconomic accounts, balance sheets and tables based on a set of internationally agreed concepts, definitions, classifications and accounting rules.
Note: Unrestricted access
NetEc   (Washington University in St. Louis)
Links to sites and an Index to and full text of articles of interest to economists and economic researchers. NetEc, founded in 1993, is an international academic effort to improve the communication of economics via electronic media.
Note: Unrestricted access
Weight Management Research Guide   (Auraria Library, N. McCaslin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
PubHub   (The Foundation Center)
A Repository of Foundation-Sponsored Reports. Provides a searchable database of annotated links to electronic versions of reports and issue briefs created by or with arts foundation resources in the U.S.
Note: Unrestricted access
Recording Industry Association of America   (RIAA)
RIAA website with sections on piracy and other current issues, a photo gallery, marketing data, and the industry awards.
Note: Unrestricted access
Valley Archive   (Edward L. Ayers)
A digital archive of original materials designed for learning about the Civil War. Archive is from people in Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Virginia.
Note: Unrestricted access
PR Newswire   (United Business Media)
This an electronic distribution, targeting, measurement, translation and broadcast service to reach a wide audience with up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments. Reading it is free (searchable); posting to it is for members.
Note: Unrestricted access
Turing Digital Archive   (University of Southampton and King's College Cambridge)
Contains letters, obituaries and memoirs written by colleagues; talks and publications on the Automatic Computing Engine, his work at the National Physical Laboratory, the theories of computable numbers, digital computers, morphogenesis and the chemical development of cells.
Coverage: 1923-1972
Note: Unrestricted access
Legal Information Institute   (Cornell University Law School)
LII publishes electronic versions of core materials in law and links to other resources including Wex, its legal encyclopedia and its U.S. Supreme Court Collection.
Note: Unrestricted access
Peter's Digital Resource Shelf   (Peter Jacso)
News highlights and reviews of electronic resources for information professionals.
Note: Unrestricted access
Library of Congress Classification Outline   (U.S. Library of Congress)
A description of the filing system for most books and other materials in Auraria Library and in most academic or research libraries. Detailed description.
Note: Unrestricted access
GlobalSpec   (General Electric)
Engineering search engine to find webpages on engineering materials and products from online catalogs.
Note: Unrestricted access
Weather Underground - Astronomy   (The Weather Underground, Inc.)
Sky charts and sky lore from a commercial producer. Lots of ads but you can tone these down by subscribing.
Note: Unrestricted access
Biome   (University of Nottingham)
BIOME is a collection of internet sites which provide access to evaluated, quality Internet resources in the health and life sciences, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners.
Note: Unrestricted access
American Memory Collection   (U.S. Library of Congress)
Online primary source materials from The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Includes digital items such as George Washington's and Thomas Jefferson's letters, Civil War photographs, women sufferage materials, early maps, and much more.
Note: Unrestricted access
Classical Music Library (streaming audio)   (Alexander Street Press)
A multi-label database of recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Also available are biographies and images of composers and a concise history of music by period. Music is streamed so off campus users need to have a minimum of a 56K modem to hear music uninterrupted by buffering.
Auraria campus students and faculty members may bring a current campus I.D. to the Reserves & Video counter to borrow headphones for use on Auraria Library computers or in-house laptops.
Note: Mobile enabled. Look for the mobile phone icon with a green plus sign.
FAFSA on the web   (U.S. Department of Education)
Free application for federal student aid. This site has deadlines and facts about applying for student aid from the Federal government.
Note: Unrestricted access
Gallica   (National Library of France)
Digital Library of the National Library of France. Journal articles, maps, rare books and special collections on many topics including travelogues, Voltaire, Africa, classic French literature, and sound recordings. All in French.
Note: Unrestricted access
Health Education Assets Library   (HEAL)
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a digital library of freely accessible, web-based multimedia teaching materials including teaching images, videos, animations, presentations, and audio files that support healthcare education, predominantly undergraduate medical education.
Note: Unrestricted access
Open Congress   (Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation)
A free, open-source, not-for-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. Brings together official government data from multiple sources with news coverage, blog posts, public comments, and more.
Wayback Machine   (Internet Archive)
The Internet Archive is a growing digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. It also includes a comprehensive list of other internet archives for moving images, audio and texts.
Note: Unrestricted access
Bibliotheca Alexandrina   (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)
The new Library of Alexandria, is dedicated to recapturing the spirit of the original. It aspires to be the World's window on Egypt, Egypt's window on the world, a leading institution of the digital age and it is a center for learning, tolerance, dialogue and understanding.
Note: Unrestricted access
Tropical Plant Database   (Raintree Nutrition, Inc.)
Each plant database file contains taxonomy data, phytochemical information, ethnobotanical data, uses in traditional medicine systems, and clinical research (including links to clinical abstracts). Click on one of the tabs to navigate.
Note: Unrestricted access
Webopedia   (JupiterWeb)
Online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology definitions. Includes a quick reference section with links to practical information.
Note: Unrestricted access
W3Schools   (Refsnes Data)
Free web-building tutorials, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, XSL, Multimedia, PHP, SQL and WAP.
Note: Unrestricted access
AnyWho Directory   (AT&T)
Telephone directory (people, places and businesses) from AT&T.
Note: Unrestricted access
NAICS   (U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau)
A searchable online version of the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) from the U.S. Census Bureau with links to tables that relate this version to older versions and to the SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) code.
Note: Unrestricted access
SIC Code   (U.S. Department of Labor)
Search the 1987 version SIC manual by keyword, to access descriptive information for a specified 2,3,4-digit SIC, and to examine the manual structure from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).
Note: Unrestricted access
National Center for Education Statistics   (U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences)
Statistics and facts from the federal government on education.
Note: Unrestricted access
Virtual Reference Library   (Gale Cengage)
With one search you can find articles in six full text encyclopedias of history and multcultural studies. Includes Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students (4v, 2002), Dictionary of American History (3rd ed., 10v, 2003), African American Almanac (9th ed., 2003), African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience (2003), Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America (3v, 2004), Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (2nd ed., 3v, 2000)
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy   (Stanford University)
In this dynamic reference work, each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and updates are refereed before they are made public.
Note: Unrestricted access
CyberCemetery   (University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office)
The University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office, as part of the Federal Depository Library Program, created a partnership to provide permanent public access to the Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions (e.g. National Bioethics Advisory Commission).
Coverage: 1995-
Note: Unrestricted access
Uniform Crime Reports   (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Includes several annual statistical publications, such as the comprehensive Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted and special studies, reports, and monographs are produced from data provided by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States. In addition, information about the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is available.
Note: Unrestricted access
SciFinder Scholar   (American Chemical Society)
Electronic version of Chemical Abstracts, covers journal articles, patents, technical reports, books, etc. and the substructure module (SSM).
Already registered? Sign in and begin searching SciFinder Scholar. First time users click here to register. (Important!! Use your campus email, not your personal email.)
Coverage: 1907-
Note: We are working on getting off campus access; presently you must be on campus to access Scifinder.
National Atlas of the United States   (U.S. Geological Survey with other government agencies & Environmental Systems Research Institute)
USGS was coordinated and lead the effort of more than 20 Federal agencies. Nationalatlas.gov is the new National Atlas of the United States. Like its predecessor, this new atlas provides a comprehensive, maplike view into the enormous wealth of geospatial and geostatistical data collected for the United States.
Note: Unrestricted access
Peterson's   (Thomson Peterson's)
Information on colleges and universities, graduate and undergraduate programs, applications, funding (scholarships and grants), testing and more from a leading publisher of reference material.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mapping Your Future   (Mapping Your Future)
This website focuses on pre-college planning and is a public service project. Includes info on choosing a career, selecting a school, paying for higher education, a financial aid calendar and scholarship resources.
Note: Unrestricted access
Student Aid on the Web   (U.S. Department of Education)
Describes educational funding and loan repayment considerations (The Student Guide). Also provides information about preparing for college, selecting a school, and applying to a program tailored for students, parents or counselors. Available in English and Spanish.
Note: Unrestricted access
FinAid   (FinAid.org)
Information about student financial aid. Covers loans, scholarships, military aid, federal and state aid, fellowships, grants, prepaid tuition plans, study abroad, financial aid consultants, and scholarship search services. Offers financial aid resources for specific populations (i.e., international, disabled, etc.) and specific programs of study.
Note: Unrestricted access
Wikipedia   (Wikimedia Foundation)
A free encyclopedia that anyone can, and does, contribute to with varying levels of accuracy. Students: Best practice is to use this for general info and terms to formulate searches in further research and to check your facts.
Note: Unrestricted access
American Folklife Center   (U.S. Library of Congress, American Folklife Center)
These online oral history collections of the American Folklife Center include Native American song and dance; ancient English ballads; the tales of "Bruh Rabbit," told in the Gullah dialect; the stories of ex-slaves; an Appalachian fiddle tune heard around the world; a Cambodian wedding in Lowell, Massachusetts; a Saint Joseph's Day Table tradition in Pueblo, Colorado; Balinese Gamelan music from shortly before the Second World War; documentation from the lives of cowboys, farmers, fishermen, coal miners, shop keepers, factory workers, quilt makers, professional and amateur musicians, and housewives; first-hand accounts of community events from every state; and international collections from every region of the world.
Note: Unrestricted access
SpringerLink   (Springer)
Scientific, technical, and medical ebooks and online journals from Springer-Verlag and other major STM publishers.
Springer “ebook to print book” print on demand service is now available. Look for a link in the ebook record.
Harris Poll Online   (Harris Interactive)
Harris Poll conducts opinion surveys and other polls in countries around the world. Sign up to participate in online polls.
Note: Unrestricted access
NYPL Digital Gallery   (New York Public Library)
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
Note: Unrestricted access
Guide to Computing Literature   (Association for Computing Machinery)
This is an index of materials from the key publishers in computing (of which ACM is one); including books, journals, proceedings and theses. The ACM Digital Library is the full-text repository of papers published by ACM and selected other materials.
Online Writing Lab   (CCD)
The online writing lab provides a selection of resources to help you improve your writing including style guides, grammar guides, handouts, a paper bank and online tutoring where you can submit a paper and get a critique of it before you turn it in for a grade. Available to all students at Auraria.
Note: Unrestricted access
Useit.com   (Jakob Nielsen)
Website on useability and web design, includes original papers and collected links to articles on the web.
Note: Unrestricted access
Writing for the Web   (Sun Microsystems)
Guidelines, discussion and research on writing for the web to improve accessibility and readability.
Note: Unrestricted access
Heritage Images   (Heritage Image Partnership)
Heritage Image Partnership is a new online picture library, distilled from the vast collections of our partners such as the British Library, Guildhall and the British Museum.
Note: Unrestricted access
WordNet   (Princeton University)
An online lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets.
Note: Unrestricted access
Communications Research Guide   (Auraria Library)
Online and print resources and societies of interest to those studying the cross-disciplinary area of Communication, covering such subject areas as technical communications, interpersonal communication, mass media, Web design and language.
Note: Unrestricted access
Artchive   (Mark Hardin)
An eclectic collection of scanned images and site lists kept up to date by an enthusiast, Mark Hardin
Note: Unrestricted access
Anthrosource   (American Anthropological Association)
Online, full-text access to 31 anthropology periodicals, including journals and newsletters. Some titles in the AnthroSource collection include: American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, City & Society, Journal of Latin American Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, and Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.
Internet Archive   (Internet Archive)
An Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others.
Note: Unrestricted access
PsycARTICLES   (ProQuest)
PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from 53 journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association and Hogrefe & Huber.
Coverage: 1985- (unless otherwise noted)
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Company Profiles   (LexisNexis)
Profiles of companies from any sources including Disclosure, Hoover's, Standard and Poor's and Nelson's.
Getty Geography Thesaurus   (Getty Research Institute)
The TGN contains nearly 1 million place names representing approximately 900,000 places. Each place has attributes, including names, place types, descriptive data, and coordinates. The places are arranged in hierarchies representing the current political and physical world
Note: Unrestricted access
American Journeys   (Wisconsin Historical Society)
Eyewitness accounts of North American exploration including the journals and diaries of explorers, Indians, missionaries, traders and settlers as they lived through the founding moments of American history. View, search, print, or download rare books, original manuscripts, maps and classic travel narratives.
Note: Unrestricted access
Writing Center    (UCD)
Offers writing assistance to all of the UCD community -faculty, staff, students and alumni. In person and online (online is Sun.-Thu. 8 pm to 11 pm).
Note: Unrestricted access
Writing Center.   (Metro State)
Available to any Metro student, the composition instructors and trained writing tutors at the lab work with you to develop your writing abilities. Online help also known as SmartThinking, is available.
Note: Unrestricted access
ChoiceReviews.online   (American Library Association)
The online version of the print magazine CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education.
National Register of Historic Places   (National Park Service)
The Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture.
Note: Unrestricted access
Book Review   (The New YorkTimes)
Sunday Book Review section of the New York Times. Reviews searchable and available from 1995.
Note: Unrestricted access
Creative Commons   (cc)
Creative Commons offers a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists. A nonprofit built upon the "all rights reserved" of traditional copyright to create a voluntary "some rights reserved" copyright.
Note: Unrestricted access
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language   (Bartelby.com)
Fourth Edition, 2000. Over 90,000 entries feature new words and senses, audio word pronunciations, full-page colour illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
Note: Unrestricted access
Columbia Encyclopedia   (Bartelby.com)
6th ed. 2001. The most up-to-date general encyclopedia available with articles, bibliographic citations and cross-references.
Note: Unrestricted access
Repositories of Primary Sources   (University of Idaho)
Websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. All links have been tested for correctness and appropriateness.Links added or revised within the last thirty days or so are marked {New}.
Note: Unrestricted access
Project Gutenberg   (Project Gutenberg)
Original provider of free to use (out of copyright in the US) and free of cost online ebooks.
Note: Unrestricted access
PsycCritiques   (Ebsco)
Each week PsycCRITIQUES releases 15 or more reviews of current books and films. In addition, the database contains book reviews previously published back to 1995.
Note: Mobile interface
Audio Engineering Society   (AES)
The Audio Engineering Society is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Its membership includes leading engineers, scientists and other authorities.
Note: Unrestricted access
SPARC   (Association of Research Libraries)
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is an alliance of academic and research libraries and organizations working through advocacy, education, and incubation of alternatives to correct market dysfunctions in the scholarly publishing system.
Note: Unrestricted access
Open Access News   (Peter Suber)
The open access movement: Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature on the internet. Making it available free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Removing the barriers to serious research. Brief overview of OA
Note: Unrestricted access
Learner's Dictionary   (Merriam-Webster)
Pronounciation exercises, words often confused and grammar information for people learning English are part of this free site from Merriam-Webster.
Note: Unrestricted access
Tax Publications   (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service)
Forms and publications resource page, the official source of IRS tax products, provides access to both electronic and print media. With basic and advanced search capabilities for published products available on IRS.gov.
Note: Unrestricted access
USAGov   (U.S. General Services Administration)
A new address and a new name for FirstGov.gov. USA.gov is now the official U.S. gateway to all current government information. FirstGov en Espanol.
Coverage: Current websites only. For government sites that are no longer live try the Wayback Machine or the CyberCemetary
Note: Unrestricted access
Intute   (Resource Discovery Network (UK))
Intute is designed to help the educator and researcher discover quality free web sites and online subscription databases in all subject disciplines. Scholars in the U.K. select and describe each site included in Intute. Formerly called Humbul Humanities Hub.
Universal Citation Guide   (American Association of Law Libraries)
This guide contains a set of universal citation standards that can be used to locate and cite law in both books and in electronic formats. It contains rules that enable researchers to make accurate, unambiguous citations on various legal authorities, including judicial opinions, constitutions, statutes, etc.
Note: Unrestricted access
Women's Legal History Biography Project   (Robert Crown Law School, Stanford University)
This website is a resource for all who are interested in the subject of women lawyers in the United States. Contained therein are a number of studies, in biographical form, of the lives of individual women lawyers, and the movements and philosophies that inspired and sustained them.
Note: Unrestricted access
Forum Historiae Iuris   (Forum Historiae Iuris)
A European online magazine with articles, reviews, announcements of new literature, research reports and materials for studies and research in legal history. The Forum Historiae Iuris is an international project promoting integration and networking between educators and legal historians.
Note: Unrestricted access
BioOne   (Amigos)
Provides full-text of high-impact bioscience research journals published by small societies and non-commercial publishers. Journals focus on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.
Reti Medievali   (Firenze University Press)
An extensive multi-language web site on medieval studies from a consortium of universities in Italy. Offers texts, working tools, teaching objects and an online journal as well as a discussion area.
Note: Unrestricted access
National Biological Information Infrastructure   (U.S. Geological Survey (Center for Biological Informatics))
A broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources linking diverse, high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by NBII partners and others. NBII partners and collaborators also work on new standards, tools, and technologies that make it easier to find, integrate, and apply biological resources information. see also NBII digital image library & teacher resources.
Note: Unrestricted access
America's News   (Newsbank)
Newsbank's America's News (previously known as America's Newspapers) provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 600 U.S. newspapers, including 11 Colorado newspapers. Each newspaper or wire service includes coverage of local and regional news, including specific information about local companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and the people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Coverage: Varies.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections   (U.S. Library of Congress)
Supplies links to archive and manuscript collections across the U.S. Often links to full-text documents and photographs. Review the 'Searching Manuscripts' instructions to learn how to use this interface most effectively.
Note: Unrestricted access
European Space Agency   (European Space Agency)
The Agency's projects are designed to find out more about the Earth, its immediate space environment, the solar system and the Universe, as well as to develop satellite-based technologies and services, and to promote European industries. ESA also works closely with space organisations outside Europe to share the benefits of space with the whole of mankind.It has an extensive program of satellite monitoring the earth environment (air and water pollution, ozone, weather)
Note: Unrestricted access
Romantic Circles   (University of Maryland)
Romantic Circles is a refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture. It includes bibliographies, online texts, scholoarly resources, teaching materials and a blog among other things.
Note: Unrestricted access
AES On-line Electronic Library   (Audio Engineering Society)
Full text of the Audio Engineering Society journals, convention preprints, and conference papers, over 3,100 articles.
Coverage: 1953-2005
Open Directory Project   (The Open Directory)
The Open Directory Project is a large human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
Note: Unrestricted access
Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences   (Elsevier)
Provide comprehensive coverage of the core theories, methods, techniques and applications employed by forensic scientists.
Note: Opposite click and save the link to the article or download the article to your computer, to personal web space, or to a flash drive instead of sending yourself a link.
IWM Collections Online   (Imperial War Museum, UK)
View images, including photographs, works of art, aircraft, vehicles and objects, and listen to selected 'soundbites' from the Sound Archive.Includes a facility which allows you to order photographic images direct from the Photograph Archive of the Imperial War Museum.
Note: Unrestricted access
Center for Tax Policy   (CTP)
The Center for Tax Policy (CTP) provides information, in report form, to business and government leaders to assist them in developing and implementing fair tax policy in Colorado. It is a non-profit, tax exempt organization that does not espouse a specific political agenda or promote any special interest group. It works in collaboration with the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver.
Business Knowledge Research   (The Conference Board)
Provides full-text research reports on the latest issues in business management and US and global economics. Proprietary, nonbiased research includes studies of Fortune 500 companies on business trends, leadership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, human resources, productivity, customer relationship mangement and more. Economics material includes US and global economic indicators and analysis, and forecasts of US and international economic conditions.
Coverage: 1998-
ABC-CLIO eBooks   (ABC-CLIO)
Online access to full text scholarly, reference and professional electronic books from a leading university, academic and professional publisher. The Library does not own many ebooks from this publisher. Please contact us if you would like other books in this format.
Digital Quaker Collection   (Earlham School of Religion)
DQC is a searchable digital library containing full text and page images of over 500 individual Quaker works from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Note: Unrestricted access
Internet Sacred Text Archive   (ISTA)
This site is a freely available archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation and, in some cases, in the original language.
Note: Unrestricted access
Morewords.com   (Buttle and Tuttle Ltd)
More Words is a way to search word lists. It's a crossword puzzle solver, anagram lister, codeword decoder, and a helper for other word games. You can use it to find words (optionally of a specific length) that start with, end with, or contain certain letters.
Note: Unrestricted access
Bartlett's Quotations   (Bartleby.com)
This tenth edition of 1919 contains over 11,000 searchable quotations and was the first new edition of John Bartlett's corpus to be published after his death in 1905. Provided on Bartleby.com.
Note: Unrestricted access
Bartelby.com   (Bartleby.com)
Standard reference books on the web including American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's II Thesaurus, Bartlett's Quotations, the King James Bible, Oxford Shakespeare, Gray's Anatomy, Strunk's Elements of Style, World Fact Book, and the Columbia Encyclopedia and Gazetteer..
Note: Unrestricted access
ODS: Official documents of the United Nations   (United Nations)
The ODS comprises the full text of United Nations parliamentary documents (including resolutions and decisions) issued at United Nations Headquarters in New York and the United Nations Office in Geneva since 1993 as well as at the United Nations Office in Vienna since 1997. The official record version of older United Nations resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards are stored separately on ODS in the “Resolutions” database, accessible only from the advanced search screen.
Note: Unrestricted access
Small Business Resources   (American Library Association)
American Library Association (ALA) recommendations and resources created by business librarians, including the Best of the Best Business Web sites.
Note: Unrestricted access
ICPSR   (University of Michigan Institute for Social Research)
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) maintains and provides access to an archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use. Some datasets are available to the public.
Note: You must register for a personal account from an on-campus computer (or a VPN connection) before you can download data.
American FactFinder   (U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau)
A fairly easy to use source for population, housing, economic, and geographic from the census bureau. They also have data sets for download.
Note: Unrestricted access
Legal Research Links   (Jenkins Law Library)
Founded in 1802, Jenkins Law Library is a subscription research library. The legal research links are a free service and are regularly maintained.
Note: Unrestricted access
Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws   (LexisNexis)
Use either a keyword or document number to search for CIS Legislative Histories, along with bill tracking reports, bills, voting records, public laws, statutes at large, and U.S. Code.
American Notes   (U.S. Library of Congress)
Published narratives by Americans and foreign visitors recounting their travels in the colonies and the United States and their observations and opinions about American peoples, places, and society from about 1750 to 1920.
Note: unrestricted access
Europa World   (Routledge)
Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, the indispensable source of information on world-wide affairs. First published in 1926, the year book is one of the world's leading reference works covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Colorado Virtual Library   (Colorado State Library plus)
The Colorado Virtual Library is a collaborative project of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado library community providing the residents of Colorado access to the information resources of the libraries in the state of Colorado.
Note: Unrestricted access
New Zealand Digital Library   (University of Waikato)
Provides several document collections, including historical documents, humanitarian and development information, computer science technical reports and bibliographies, literary works, and magazines. All are available over the Web, and can be accessed through searching and browsing interfaces provided by the Greenstone digital library software.
Note: Unrestricted access
TerraServer USA   (Microsoft & U.S. Geological Survey)
An online database providing free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States. Search by street address or latitude and longitude.
Note: Unrestricted access
Homeland Security Digital Library   (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Policy, strategy, and presidential documents; theses and other reports from the U.S. Department on Homeland Security.
Play Index   (Ebsco)
This index makes it possible to identify plays by a variety of criteria including: number of female/male characters, genre (comedy, monologue, etc), topic, intended audience (child/adult), title and playwright. Once a play is identified, open the record and select "Find this play in a book" to determine if the play is part of a print collection of plays. The Library has many play collections and individual plays in its circulating collection.
Global Market Information Database (GMID)   (Euromonitor)
Euromonitor International's statistical database includes demographic, economic and marketing reports and statistics which are comparable across countries. GMID presents business intelligence on countries, consumers, and lifestyles. It provides country profiles that include economic news, market reports, emerging sectors, and special demographic reports. Integrated data sets provide historical trends and forecasting numbers. Consumer lifestyles reports detail demographics and buying habits for a variety of products.
Note: Restricted to Auraria students,faculty, and staff only; login required. 
Civil War : A Newspaper Perspective   (Accessible Archives)
Contains the full text of major articles from The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer during the Civil War from the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter, through the surrender at Appomattox, and to the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Included are descriptive news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies. Chosen articles focus on military concerns, travel, arts and leisure, geographical descriptions, sports and sporting, social events, etc. Allows comparison of opposing perspectives of both Union and Confederate papers.
Coverage: November 1, 1860 through April 15, 1865
American Periodical Series Online   (ProQuest)
American Periodicals presents digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to 1900. Titles range from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository; Thomas Paine's Pennsylvania Magazine, which reported on inventions; publications that reflect on the growing debate over slavery, including the serialization of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in National Era that preceded the novel; literary publications like Massachusetts Magazine, which published America's first short stories and the Southern Literary Messenger, which includes contributions from Edgar Allan Poe; popular magazines such as Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal; regional and niche publications; and groundbreaking journals like The Dial, Puck, and McClure's.
Coverage: 1741-1900
Art Retrospective   (Ebsco)
An in-depth record of contemporary art history. Art Index Retrospective allows users to search 55 years of art journalism at a keystroke. Users can research leading English-language sources, plus others published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. Besides periodicals, users have access to data from important yearbooks and select museum bulletins.
Note: Search Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective at the same time.
Oxford African American Studies Center   (Oxford University Press)
The Oxford African American Studies Center database provides a comprehensive collection of scholarship available online focusing on African American and African history and culture. It provides access to a core collection of reference materials published by Oxford University Press, including 7500+ articles by top scholars in the field. In addition, it provides access to 1000+ images, 100+ maps, 100+ charts and tables, and primary sources with specially written commentaries. Updated 3 to 4 times annually.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Avibase   (BirdLife International)
Bird Checklists of the World is part of Avibase and Bird links to the World, which are designed and maintained by Denis Lepage, and hosted by Bird Studies Canada, which is a co-partner of Birdlife International.
Note: Unrestricted access
Author Rights   (SPARC)
Author Rights is an educational initiative and introduction to the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Author Addendum, a legal form that enables authors of journal articles to modify publishers' copyright transfer agreements and allow authors to keep key rights to their articles.
Note: Unrestricted access
Create Change   (SPARC)
In the age of the Internet, the ways you share and use academic research results are changing rapidly, fundamentally, irreversibly. There's great potential in change. After all, faster and wider sharing of journal articles, research data, simulations, syntheses, analyses, and other findings fuels the advance of knowledge. It's a two-way street, sharing research benefits you and others. From the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.
Note: Unrestricted Access
Hunt Institute Databases   (Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation)
Eight databases created by the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documention from their own collection beyond making searching nomenclature (Linnean and modern), botanical art and artists from Redout to current artists.
Note: Unrestricted access
SPIN   (InfoEd)
SPIN (the Sponsored Programs Information Network) is a database of federal, non-federal and corporate funding opportunities designed to assist faculty and staff in the identification of external sources of support for research, education and development projects. Access available through the UCD Health Science Campus Office of Sponsored Programs.
Note: In Library use only.
Public Papers   (U.S. Government Printing Office)
The Public Papers of the Presidents, which is compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, began in 1957 in response to a recommendation of the National Historical Publications Commission. Noting the lack of uniform compilations of messages and papers of the Presidents before this time, the Commission recommended the establishment of an official series in which Presidential writings, addresses, and remarks of a public nature could be made available.
Note: Unrestricted access
Omnibus Surveys   (U.S. Department of Transportation)
These include a monthly household survey of 1,000 households each month, which collects data on core questions about general travel experiences, satisfaction with the system, and some demographic data. And targeted surveys to address special transportation issues, as the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) operating administrations need them
Note: Unrestricted access
Pew Global Attitudes Project   (Pew Research Center)
The Pew Global Attitudes Project is a unique, comprehensive, internationally comparable series of surveys available to journalists, academics, policymakers and the public. It aims to gauge attitudes in every region toward globalization, trade and an increasingly connected world; to measure changes in attitudes toward democracy and other key issues among some of the European populations surveyed in the 13-nation 1991 benchmark survey, the Pulse of Europe (also directed by Dr. Albright and Mr. Kohut); to measure attitudes about terrorism; to examine the intersection between the Islamic faith and public policy in countries with significant Muslim populations; and to more deeply probe attitudes toward the United States in all countries.
Note: Unrestricted access
American Botanical Council Library Access (includes Herbalgram)   (American Botanical Council)
Scientific resources on herbal medicine from the American Botanical Council including the journal Herbalgram, a clinical guide to herbs, Commission E information, HerbPro, and HerbClip, a searchable database of reviews on current journal articles from a variety of publications.
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse   (Washington University Law)
Documents and information about civil rights cases in selected case categories across the United States. Categories range from Child Welfare to Disability Rights and from Prison Conditions to School Desegregation.
Digital Primer   (University of Maryland University College)
To learn about issues relating to copyright in digital works and the problems encountered by educational institutions in their use of digital materials for teaching, research and service. For those unfamiliar copyright law generally, please consult the UMUC Center for Intellectual Property's Copyright Primer.
Note: Unrestricted access
Copyright Primer   (University of Maryland University College, Center for Intellectual Property)
The Copyright Primer is an introduction to issues concerning copyright ownership and use of information. The interactive tutorial overviews the underlying principles behind copyright in the United States, outlines the requirements for copyright protection as well as discusses the parameters of use and access of copyrighted material.
Note: Unrestricted access
Iraq Study Group Report   (Baker and Hamilton, 12/07/06)
Recommendations for actions to be taken in Iraq, the United States, and the region from the Iraq Study Group, co-chaired by James A. Baker, III andLee H. Hamilton.
Southern Poverty Law Center   (SPLC)
A non-profit legal organization organized to fight all forms of discrimination and to protect society's most vulnerable members, handling innovative cases that few lawyers are willing to take. It investigates and monitors hate and tracks extremist activity throughout the U.S in response to a resurgence of such groups.
Note: Unrestricted access
theSANDbox   (wiki by six Florida teachers)
A resource to help teachers understand new technologies. Notice how they've structured their wiki using links to other services for lesson plans, best practices, podcasts, agendas, and more.
Note: Unrestricted access
Campus Research - Law   (Westlaw)
Campus Research (from Westlaw) is a collection of news, business and law-related resources. It is divided under two content tabs, News & Business and Law. Campus Research - Law is a collection of law-related resources and includes important analytical sources, such as Am Jur 2d and the ALR's, as well as over 700 law reviews and journals. Primary Law Sources are also included, such as the United States Code Annotated (USCA or US Code), Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and the Federal Register, as well as state statutes and regulations, and all federal and state cases.
Annual Review of Psychology   (Annual Reviews)
A journal of critical reviews by invited qualified authors. They review significant developments in the discipline (i.e. all areas of psychology research and practice).
Note: Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology   (Annual Reviews)
A journal of critical reviews by invited qualified authors. They review significant developments in the discipline (i.e. all areas of clinical psychology research and practice).
Note: Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Downtown Denver Area Plan   (Downtown Denver Partnership and Denver Civic Ventures)
The Downtown Denver Partnership and Denver Civic Ventures are working in partnership with the City and County of Denver to produce the Denver Downtown Area Plan.
Note: Unrestricted access
English Short Title Catalog   (British Library)
The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) lists descriptions of almost half a million items published between 1473 and 1800, most in English, from the collections of the British Library and over 2,000 other libraries. Note that clicking on the title of an item retrieved in a search generates a ‘Google’ search option for the title. This sometimes results in locating the full-text of the item in such repositories as Google Books.
Note: Unrestricted access
Academic OneFile   (Gale Cengage)
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions.
Coverage: Updated daily.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Windows Live Books   (Microsoft)
Search books and find links to buy them online using an online preview pane. Replaced MSN Book Search in late 2006.
Note: Unrestricted access
Informal Science Education   (National Science Foundation)
Informal Science Education portion of the website of the Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education (ESIE) that supports the National Science Foundation's mission of providing leadership and promoting development of the infrastructure and resources needed to improve preK-12 STEM education throughout the United States.
Note: Unrestricted access
Fifty Years of Computing at MSU   (Michigan State University)
Website celebrating 50 years of digital computing at Michigan State University. Includes a live event panel discussion with the four men who built the first computer, along with one of the first women programmers and the founder of the MSU Cyclotron.
Note: Unrestricted access
This I Believe   (This I Believe, Inc., National Public Radio and Atlantic Public Media)
This I Believe is a national media project engaging people in writing, sharing, and discussing the core values and beliefs that guide their daily lives. NPR airs these three-minute essays on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow. Series available on iTunes.
Note: Unrestricted access
Law Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Treff-Gangler)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Jefferson Papers Online Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Journal Article Searching at Auraria Library Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
MyiLibrary   (MyiLibrary)
MyiLibrary is an ebook library tailored for Auraria Library users. Save your searches, notes, and bookmarks with your own account.
Theses/Dissertations   (Multiple Sources)
A list of databases to use to find theses and dissertations.
Note: Links to another list of databases
Association of Religion Data Archive   (Association of Religion Data Archives)
The Archive presents facts and data related to religions world-wide. From Pennsylvania State University.
Note: Unrestricted access
CUFTS   (Simon Fraser University Library)
The CUFTS knowledgebase includes a Journal Search to find which CUFTS electronic collection contains a journal title. Resource Comparison feature provides lists to analyse overlapping and unique journal titles and coverage dates in CUFTS electronic collections. Auraria Library has two similar databases that intergrate into our catalog Skyline to perform similar functions.
Coverage: Updated irregularly
Note: Unrestricted access
Landscape Architecture Research Guide   (Auraria Library)
Selected resources on Landscape Architecture available in Auraria Library and on the Internet.
Note: Unrestricted access
Good-Better-Best: Wikipedia vs. Google Scholar vs. Auraria Databases Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Government Publications Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Treff-Gangler)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
WorldCat at Auraria Library   (Auraria Library)
Used to search for any materials in the Auraria Library from books and journals to ebooks, and from journal or newspaper articles to music and video online, both as scores or on CD/DVD. Includes images, graphs, tables and illustrations.
Note: Mobile interface
UNBISnet   (United Nations)
The UNBISnet (UN bibliographic information system) is the catalogue of United Nations (U.N.) documents and publications indexed by the U.N. Dag Hammarskjold Library and the Library of the U.N. Office at Geneva.
Coverage: 1979 -
Note: Unrestricted access
History of Medicine   (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
Books, journals, archives, manuscripts, films, videos on the history of medicine. Diverse collection from the Library of Congress includes historical anatomies, archive texts from Ilamic medicine and American medicine.
Note: Unrestricted access
Medline   (Multiple sources)
Medline is the research-oriented medical and health indexing and abstracting service from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.  The Medline link above uses the NLM Gateway.  Medline records are indexed with NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) using these subject headings adds accuracy to a search.
See also:
  Medline (Thomson ISI) A keyword search engine incorporated in Web of Science.
  PubMed Medline is the primary component of PubMed.
  MEDLINEplus (US National Library of Medicine) This is the consumer help version (also available in Spanish).
Code of Federal Regulations   (U.S. Government Printing Office)
The CFR contains the permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the U.S. Federal Government. Divided into 50 titles (broad regulatory areas), print volumes are updated annually and issued quarterly. See e-CFR (beta) for a current, unofficial version.
Note: Unrestricted access
Pacer   (Administrative Office of the United States Courts)
PACER is an electronic service run by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on a cost-recovery basis. The service provides access to case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District and Bankruptcy courts, and the U.S. Party/Case Index, which is a national locator for cases filed in federal courts.
Note: Unrestricted access
Access for All   (Westminster Law Library)
Provides searchable access to all Colorado Legislative Council Research Publications, legislation related to each publication, and information on performing legislative history research at the state and federal level.
Note: Unrestricted access
Highly Cited   (Thomson ISI)
Author biographies and bibliographies from Web of Science publishers ISI Thomson.
Index to Organism Names (ION)   (Thomson ISI)
ION contains all the animal, plant, and virus names data found within the Thomson BIOSIS literature databases - Zoological Record, BIOSIS Previews and Biological Abstracts. Bacteria names will be added soon.
Note: Unrestricted access
In-cites   (Thomson ISI)
In-cites provides a behind-the-scenes look at the scientists, journals, institutions, nations, and papers selected by Essential Science Indicators.
Note: Unrestricted access
Patent Layout   (Inventor Basics, Tyler Wilde)
This is an annotated view of all the parts of a US patent. The site in general provides information on US patents to inventors, investors, and small businesses.
Note: Unrestricted access
Best viewed in Internet Explorer.
Superfund National Priority List   (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Information on the most polluted sites in the United States and on their cleanup.
Note: Unrestricted access
IUCN Redlist   (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)
IUCN - The World Conservation Union, through its Species Survival Commission (SSC) assesses the conservation status of species, subspecies, varieties and selected subpopulations on a global scale to highlight taxa threatened with extinction, and therefore promote their conservation. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria
Note: Unrestricted access
NatureServe Explorer   (NatureServe)
Information on more than 65,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species.
Note: Unrestricted access
Holocaust Encyclopedia   (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
A project of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Provides links to images, documents, bibliographies, personal stories, historical film footage and other resources. Also contains brief articles which are searchable from the home page.
Note: Unrestricted access
Colorado Library Law   (Colorado Department of Education)
The Colorado Library Law provides a legal framework for library operations and responsibilities for staff, governing boards, and agency attorneys who work with libraries.
Note: Unrestricted access
Citation Styles for Research Papers   (Long Island University)
A quick visual reference on five citation styles: AMA, APA, MLA, Turabian and Chicago style.
Note: Unrestricted access
History Research Guide   (Auraria Library)
Guide to help you locate materials on history in Auraria Library and on the Internet.
Note: Unrestricted access
Technology Transfer Office   (CU System)
The mission of the CU Technology Transfer Office is to aggressively pursue, protect, package, and license to business the intellectual property generated from the research enterprise and to serve faculty, staff, and students seeking to create such intellectual property.
Note: Unrestricted access
Asia-Studies Full-text Online   (International Information Services)
Provides access to thousands of full-text reports covering 53 Asian Pacific countries on a variety of business, government, economic, and social issues.
American Presidency   (Smithsonian Institution)
The online manifestation of "The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden,"an exhibit from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History of objects that represent the lives and times of the country's 42 presidents.
Note: Unrestricted access
Classical Scores Library   (Alexander Street Press)
Classical Scores Library contains classical music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material, allowing for the study and analysis of musical scores. Many items have associated audio tracks in Classical Music Library, so that subscribers to both databases can listen to a recording online while following along with the full score.
Access Newspaper Archive   (NewspaperARCHIVE.com)
Find full-text historic archived articles in U.S. national, regional and some international newspapers.
Coverage: Varies by title, 1700 - up to 1 year ago
Cambridge Collections Online   (Cambridge University Press)
Cambridge Collections Online (CCO) covers literature, poetry, theater, philosophy, religion, historical topics, and culture and includes scholarly writings covering major authors, artists, philosophers, topics, and time periods. Addressing subjects and figures as diverse as Gothic Fiction & Arabic Philosophy, Tom Stoppard & Martin Luther, Jane Austin & Stravinsky, the online collection contains downloadable essays with a chronology and guide to further reading.
Mathematics Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Latindex   (Latindex partners)
Latindex es producto de la cooperacion de una red de instituciones que funcionan de manera coordinada para reunir y diseminar informacion bibliografica sobre las publicaciones cientificas seriadas producidas en la region.
Latindex is an online regional Information system for scholarly journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal.
Note: Unrestricted access
Learning by Design   (Stratton)
An annual guide that showcases outstanding university and school construction and design projects.
Note: Unrestricted access
Auraria Campus Group (photos on Flickr)   (Auraria Library)
This Flickr group is for pictures taken on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Auraria Campus is home to three public institutions of higher learning: the Downtown Denver Campus of the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, also called UCDHSC-DDC, the Metropolitan State College of Denver, also called Metro State and MSCD, and the Community College of Denver, or CCD.
Note: Unrestricted access
Google Government   (Google)
A single location for searching across U.S. government information, and for keeping up to date on government news.
Note: Unrestricted access
Google Government: State Search   (Research Buzz)
This page allows you to search Googles government search engine and narrow your results by a state.
Note: Unrestricted access
AVMA   (American Veterinary Medical Association)
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), established in 1863, is a not-for-profit association representing more than 75,000 veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services.
Note: Unrestricted access
Library Terminology Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Baker)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
Mobile enabled. Automatically detects mobile phones.
Faculty of 1000 - Biology   (Biology Reports Ltd., BioMed Central)
An online research service that highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of thousands of leading researchers. Includes content of The Scientist.
CQ Politics   (Congressional Quarterly)
News and analysis about U.S. domestic & foreign policy, including coverage of election issues and candidates.
Note: Unrestricted access
Round Trips   (Jim Strum and Tim Gore)
RoundTrips is student-centered distance learning developed by classroom teachers for use by classroom teachers and delivered via innovative and engaging technology. Through the unique resource of RoundTrips' portable satellite transmitter and video studio, expand your classroom beyond its four walls and textbooks. There is an unfortunate spinning log on the home page so this link points to a list of current projects.
Note: Unrestricted access
Open J-Gate   (Informatics (India) Ltd.)
Open J-Gate, an electronic portal to global journal literature, indexes articles from academic, research and industry journals (more than half are peer-reviewed scholarly journals). Search for articles by keyword, author, title, etc. All articles are full text and open access (freely available to the user).
Coverage: Updated daily
Note: Unrestricted access
Tuskeegee Airmen   (Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.)
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II were America's first black military airmen. This website presents their history in photos and text and encourages today's youth in aviation careers.
Note: Unrestricted access
Eurostat   (European Commission)
European Commission data and forecasts on the European Union as a whole or on separate countries within the Union. Eurostat relies on each country to send in their data, so it is sometimes incomplete. The site includes the Eurostat Yearbook
Note: Unrestricted access
Eigenfactor   (Carl Bergstrom)
A comprehensive journal ranking site similar to the Thomson Scientific's (ISI) Journal Citation Index (JCI), though it's dataset is larger. Shows Article Influence (AI) which is a measure of a journal's prestige based on per article citations and comparable to ISI's Impact Factor. And shows Eigenfactor (EF), a measure of the overall value provided by all of the articles published in a given journal in a year.
Note: Unrestricted access
Artcyclopedia   (John Malyon)
A comprehensive, award-winning World Wide Web index of artists represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources.
Note: Unrestricted access
Art History Resources on the Web   (Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe)
This extensive collection covers art history from prehistory to the 20th century. Includes links to research resources, art departments, museums and galleries.
Note: Unrestricted access
Defining Gender   (Adam Matthew Digital)
Subtitled Five Centuries of Advice Literature Online. Includes documents from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, ephemeral material such as ballads, cartoons and pamphlets and diaries, advice literature, medical journals, conduct books and periodicals.
Coverage: 1450 to 1910
Who's Who in American Art   (Marquis)
Biographies of the most noteworthy men and women in today's art world - including notable artists from the past.
Bach Cantatas Website   (Aryeh Oron)
The Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) is a comprehensive site covering all aspects of J.S. Bach's cantatas and other vocal works. It is an international collective project.
Note: Unrestricted access
Perseus Digital Library   (Gregory Crane, Tufts University)
Text and graphics of Ancient Greek literature, history, art, and archaeology, and Latin literature. Includes Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Lysis, Plato, Xenophon, Pliny the Elder, Plutarch, Thucydides.
Note: Unrestricted access
The History Cooperative   (University of Illinois Press)
History journals, conference proceedings, papers, and historical maps. Created by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the University of Illinois Press, and the National Academy Press.
Dred Scott Case Collection   (Washington University in St. Louis)
The records document Dred and Harriet Scotts' early struggle to gain their freedom through litigation and are the only extant records of this significant case as it was heard in the St. Louis Circuit Court. Additional resources and LexisNexis State & Federal Cases.
Botanicus   (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Botanicus Digital Library is a freely accessible, web-based encyclopedia of historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library. Includes the Missouri Botanical garden Library's Rare Book collection. This is a large database of botanical and gardening illustrations and text available to scholars, gardeners, and book enthusiasts.
Note: Unrestricted access
Flora of North America   (Flora of North America Association)
The Flora of North America presents information on the names, taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics of all of the more than 20,000 species of plants native to or naturalized in North America north of Mexico. More floras available at .
Note: Unrestricted access
Theatre in Video (streaming video)   (Alexander Street Press)
Online access to hundreds of plays captured in live performance as well as theatre documentaries featuring discussions with actors, playwrights, and directors.
Note: Mobile enabled. Look for the mobile phone icon with a green plus sign.
Note: Auraria campus students and faculty members may bring a current campus I.D. to the Reserves & Video counter to borrow headphones for use on Auraria Library computers or in-house laptops.
National Historical Geographic Information System   (Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota)
The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2000.
Note: Unrestricted access
Kidon Media Link   (Kees van der Griendt, Duncan Morrow)
A global directory that links to newspapers and other news sources, including broadcast news, on the internet.
Note: Unrestricted access
OpenDOAR   (University of Nottingham)
The Directory of Open Access Repositories allows you to search for repositories, search repository contents, view a list of repositories and view repository statistics. Each OpenDOAR repository has been visited by project staff to check the information that is recorded here. This in-depth approach does not rely on automated analysis and gives a quality-controlled list of repositories.
Note: Unrestricted access
Market Research Library: International Market Research    (U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce)
Industry and country-specific market reports, authored U.S. Commercial Service operatives working overseas. The Library includes Country Commercial Guides, Industry Overviews, Market Updates, Multilateral Development Bank Reports, Best Markets, and Industry/Regional Reports.
American National Election Studies   (Stanford University and University of Michigan)
Data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists who want to better understand the theoretical and empirical foundations of national election outcomes.
Note: Unrestricted access
Ethnic News   (LexisNexis)
Ethnic News is a database of highly selected articles from the ethnic and minority press in the United States. Publications from African Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Chicanos, Native Americans as well as Asian American, and European American cultures are represented.
Merck Manuals Online Medical Library   (Merck)
Free, online version of a series of healthcare books for medical professionals and consumers.
Note: Unrestricted access
PhysNet   (PhysNet)
Physics related free-access journals from PhysNet, an international effort to support the research, teaching and public understanding of physics to develop, establish, and maintain a high quality, relevant, global, coherent and synergetic communication and information set of services for physics.
Note: Unrestricted access
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Online   (ProQuest)
Comprehensive index to scholarly and professional American and international journal articles on architecture and design, including bibliographic descriptions and indexes on subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. Seventy-five percent of the journals indexed here are not indexed in any other source.
Coverage: 1934 - current, with selective coverage back to 1741
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Department of Defense Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza   (US Department of Defense)
The Secretary of Defense principal responsibility in responding to a pandemic will be toprotect U.S. interests at home and abroad. This implementation plan sets forth Department of Defense (DoD) guidance and addresses key policy issues for pandemic influenza planning.
Note: Unrestricted access
Old Magazine Articles.com   (Matt Jacobsen and others)
An indexed eclectic collection of PDFs of old articles, essays, poetry, cartoons and photographs collected from a number of different libraries, bookshops and yard sales throughout the United States and Europe.
The site states "To the best of our understanding, all the content is in the public domain (with the clear exception being the RSS feeds on the Latest Fashions" page and the "Education" page)". Check the Auraria Library catalog by journal title.
Note: Unrestricted access
Plant Information Online   (University of Minnesota Libraries)
Plant Information Online offers a collection of databases including Plant and Seed Sources, Book and Magazine Citations to Plant Info & Images, and Selected Links to Plant Info & Images.
Coverage: 1982-
Note: Unrestricted access
SPIE Digital Library   (SPIE)
Full text access to the SPIE ebooks, journals and proceedings, covering the subject areas of optics, photonics and imaging.
Coverage: 1990-
Time & Life Pictures   (Getty Images)
Time & Life Pictures is a collection of photographs from the pages of Time, Life and other Time Inc. publications. Includes the work of Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Andreas Feininger, John Dominis, Nina Leen and Gjon Mili.
Note: Images are viewable for free but available for purchase.
Gallup Poll News Service   (LexisNexis)
Provides news centered on public opinion. Published each business day, articles from the Gallup Poll News Service analyze findings and trends in politics, business, social issues, and Americans' lifestyles.
Coverage: 2003-
Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing   (LexisNexis)
Publishes in-depth articles on the opinions and issues Gallup is investigating in government, in the workplace, in schools, in hospitals, and in faith communities. No longer published.
Coverage: 2002-2006
ResearchNow   (bepress)
Fulltext access to all the bepress journals, and all working papers, preprints and other grey literature content from institutional repositories hosted by bepress that have opted for inclusion.
Coverage: 2000- (dates vary)
Note: On campus access only.
Abstracts in Anthropology   (Baywood Publishing - MetaPress)
Abstracts in Anthropology covers a broad spectrum of significant anthropological topics from periodicals supplying coverage of anthropological scholarship in all its subfields including cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.
Project Euclid   (Cornell University Library)
Provides fulltext access to scholarly journals in the field of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics. Auraria Library has access rights to most of the journals in the database.
Coverage: Varies
Historical Database of Folk Play Scripts   (Peter Millington)
A database of full scripts and text fragments for about more than 200 British and Irish folk plays.
WorldCat Identities   (OCLC)
This database creates a summary page for each of about 25 million personal and corporate authors mentioned in the WorldCat catalog, a catalog representing more than 60 million items owned by libraries world wide.
Note: Unrestricted access
Women Writers Online (WWO)   (Women Writers Project)
Online editions of texts by English and American women published between 1500 and 1830. It also includes introductory essays by contemporary scholars about Renaissance women writers, their texts, and related topics and supplies links to other textual databases and a collection of syllabi.
Working Bibliography of Japanese American Concentration Camp Art   (University of Maryland, Jane Dusselier)
Bibliography of works pertaining to classical, folk, craft and hobby art produced by Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II.
Note: Unrestricted access
Decisions of the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA)   (In memorium for Anita Vogt)
A public service by former IBIA Administrative Judge Anita Vogt, who believed that it was unconscionable that Tribes and the legal community had no ready access to IBIA decisions after the official website of the Department of the Interior's Office of Hearings and Appeals was disconnected from the internet as the result of a court order.
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Science Accelerator   (U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Search collections of DOE research results, project descriptions, and accomplishments. These collections enable you to find out about ongoing research projects, explore significant DOE discoveries, learn about DOE Nobel Prize Winners, access and search scientific e-prints, locate science conference papers and proceedings, and more.
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American Decades Primary Sources   (Gale Virtual Reference Library, Gale Cengage)
This cross-disciplinary collection spans the 20th century with each volume in the set presenting full or excerpted primary sources representing the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from a decade. Includes oral histories, songs, speeches, ads, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoons, recipes, and more.
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database   (CLCD Company, LLC)
Contains over 300,000 full-text book reviews of children's literature and over 1.8 million cataloging records.
GreenFILE   (Ebsco)
A multidisciplinary database covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Note: Mobile interface
Short Story Index   (Ebsco)
Short Story Index locates over 96,000 works of short fiction in anthologies and periodicals. Selected stories are available in full text after 1994. Users can identify stories by author, title, or subject.
Coverage: Indexed 1984 -
GenderWatch   (ProQuest)
GenderWatch is a full text database that focuses on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas providing perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community, and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports.
Coverage: 1970-
Feminist Periodicals: A Current Listing of Contents   (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Reprints on a quarterly basis the table of contents pages of over 150 popular and special-interest magazines and academic journals in the fields of women's studies and feminism.
Note: Unrestricted access
LEME: Lexicons of Early Modern English   (University of Toronto)
Contains word-entries from monolingual English dictionaries, bilingual lexicons, technical vocabularies, and other encyclopedic-lexical works.
Coverage: 1480-1702
The Story of Stuff   (Annie Leonard)
The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.
Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL)   (ChoralWiki)
Begun in December 1998, CPDL is one of the world's largest free sheet music sites. You can use CPDL to find scores, texts, translations, and information about composers.
Note: Unrestricted access
CU Digital Library (CUDL)   (CU System)
The CU Digital Library, a collaborative project between the University of Colorado System and institutions of the Auraria Higher Education Campus, provides centralized access to locally created digital collections as well as additional resources for teaching, learning, and research. Collections include images, audio, and video files.
Note: Generally unrestricted access
ARTbibliographies Modern   (ProQuest)
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) provides abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art.
Coverage: Entries date back as far as the late 1960s
Note: Email yourself a copy of the article instead of a link.
BBC Languages   (British Broadcasting Company)
This free site supplies a variety of resources to assist both beginning and advanced language learners.
Note: Unrestricted access
Using English   (UsingEnglish.com)
UsingEnglish.com is a general English website, specializing in English ad a second language (ESL) with resources for learners and teachers.
Note: Unrestricted access
Library of Southern Literature   (University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
The "Library of Southern Literature" includes a wide range of literary works of the American South published before 1924. This collection was originally based on Dr. Robert Bain's bibliography of the hundred most important southern literary works and continues to expand under the guidance of scholarly advisors Dr. Joseph M. Flora and Dr. William L. Andrews.
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Authors Rights    (Charles W. Bailey)
Author's Rights, Tout de Suite, the latest Digital Scholarship publication, is designed to give journal article authors a quick introduction to key aspects of author's rights and to foster further exploration of this topicthough liberal use of relevant references to online documents and links to pertinent Web sites.
Rocky Mountain Online Archive   (hosted by the University of New Mexico Libraries)
Information about archival collections in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. The online finding aids give detailed descriptions of historical primary source materials located at the different repositories.
Note: Unrestricted access
Optics InfoBase   (Optical Society of America)
Optics InfoBase is the Optical Society of America's full text repository of both current and past volumes of all its journals. It also contains recent proceedings from OSA conferences.
eFloras.com   (Missouri Botanic Garden)
Online floras created by MBG as part of their record of their own publications and resources.
Something About the Author   (Gale Cengage)
Use SATA to find biographical profiles of authors and illustrators of books for young people as well as illustrations, author photos, and citations for further research.
Coverage: 2009- : Earlier volumes in print format: REF PN451 .S6.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography   (Gale Cengage)
DLB provides full-text access to critical and biographical essays on British and American authors from all eras and genres. Entries also include listings of the author's most important writings and citations to writings about the author. Browse individual volumes in DLB’s main, documentary and yearbook series online.
Coverage: v.1 1978- : Earlier volumes in print format: REF PS129 .D47.
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Native American Ethnobotany   (Daniel E Moerman, University of Michigan Dearborn)
A Database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers of Native American peoples, derived from plants. Results link you to an automatic search of the PLANTS database from the USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service.
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Shakespeare Survey   (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
The online version of the annual yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production published since 1948. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays and contains a section of reviews on that year's critical studies and of the year's major British performances. The Surveys are also illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs.
Coverage: 1948-
Classics in the History of Psychology   (Christopher D. Green, York University)
Classics in the History of Psychology is the full texts of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines. There are books, articles, and chapters on-line and links to relevant works at other sites.
Note: Unrestricted access
Non-Profit Resources Research Guide   (Auraria Library, T. Beck)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Biodiversity Heritage Library   (Biodiversity Heritage Library Project)
Ten major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions have joined to form the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project. The group is developing a strategy and operational plan to digitize the published literature of biodiversity held in their respective collections. This literature will be available through a global “biodiversity commons.”
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Assignment Portal   (Auraria Library)
These assignments have been created or collected by librarians at Auraria Library. Download and revise these to fit your needs. At this website faculty may also suggest an assignment or have librarians review an existing assignment.
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Faculty of 1000 - Medicine   (Medicine Reports Ltd., BioMed Central)
An online research service that highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in medical research, based on the recommendations of thousands of leading researchers. Includes content of The Scientist.
ClinicalTrials.gov   (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.
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Lit. Criticism Collection   (Internet Public Library)
This Collection from the Internet Public Library brings together critical and biographical sites with annotations. It is international in scope, but emphasizes authors from North America, the British Isles, and the former British Empire. The collection is arranged by author, title, and nationality/literary period.
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Thinkfinity   (Verizon Foundation)
Thinkfinity is an educational resource site including good quality subject-specific 'reference' sites. You can limit by 'higher education' and then by such resource types as 'reference' and 'primary resources.'
Also try the Literacy Network for resources about teaching literacy.
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Budget of the United States government   (U.S. Office of Management and Budget )
Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year.
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Academic Earth   (Academic Earth)
A beta website of higher education lectures from faculty from Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford and Yale.
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Stimulus Watch   (StimulusWatch.org)
StimulusWatch.org allows citizens around the country with local knowledge about the proposed "shovel-ready" projects in their city, to find, discuss and rate those projects. These projects are not part of the stimulus bill. They are candidates for funding by federal grant programs once the bill passes.
School Facts   (Piton Foundation)
This database provides information about schools in the Denver Public Schools system. Includes student demographics (income, race/ethnicity, average daily attence, percentage of student suspensions); experience & turnover of teachers, principal and staff; school performance ratings and CSAP scores, school performance data,
Chicago Manual of Style Online   (The University of Chicago)
The Chicago Manual of Style Online offers the complete searchable text of the traditional print version of The Chicago Manual of Style. CMOS Online also includes the Chicago Style Q&A, a searchable file of frequently asked question and the Tools, showing examples of forms, letters, and style sheets.
CRS Reports   (Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland)
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), an arm of the Library of Congress, serves the legislative process by providing Congress with non-partisan and in-depth legislative research and analysis on a variety of topics. CRS produces or updates more than 3,000 studies and other publications each year, none of which are distributed to the public. Because CRS reports are created using public money and are not readily accessible to the research community, the Thurgood Marshall Law Library has created an online collection in the subject areas of Homeland Security/Terrorism and Health Law and Policy. Other sources of these documents are also listed.
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FAMSI Research Materials: Explore Mesoamerica   (Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.)
This database covers Mesoamerica, a cradle of early civilization and a geographical area covering parts of Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. It was occupied by ancient cultures with shared religious beliefs, art, architecture and technology from about 1500 B.C. to A.D. 1519.--the time of European contact. The FAMSI bibliographic and image collections include the Bibliografia Mesoamericana; the Bibliography of Prehistoric and Early Historic Maya Human Osteology; the Catalogue of Zapotec Effigy Vessels; the Mayavase Database; the Schele drawing and photo collections, the Tikal Digital Access Project and more.
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F1000 Posters   (BioMed Central)
F1000 Posters is an open access poster repository covering biomedical posters from conferences across the life sciences and medicine, together with evaluations from the Faculty of 1000. Allows users to add comments to evaluated articles.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts   (ProQuest)
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides access to the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online Database (PRIMO)   (ALA)
The PRIMO Database is a collection of peer-reviewed instructional materials created by librarians to teach people about discovering, accessing and evaluating information in networked environments.
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Cooperative Library Instruction Project (CLIP)   (Chemeketa Community College, Lane Community College, Oregon State University, Western Oregon University and Willamette University)
Sharable, web-based tutorials to assist in library instruction and information literacy.
Note: Unrestricted access
Cyber Bullying Searchable Information Center   (Ebrary)
A searchable collection of ebooks on cyberbullying from a variety of publishers and government agencies.
Note: Unrestricted access
International Affairs Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Baker)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
Note: Unrestricted access
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United States Congress, Committee Hearings, Internet Resources Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Nursing Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Medicine Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Native American Studies Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Navigating Library Research Research Guide   (Auraria Library, K. Sobel)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Genealogy Survival Kit Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Anthropology Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Evans)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Art Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Author's Rights Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Greenblatt)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Aviation Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Biology Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Books: How to Find Them at the Auraria Library Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Chemistry Research Guide   (Auraria Library, I. Ferrer-Vinent)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Children's Literature Research Guide   (Auraria Library, N. McCaslin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Colorado Business Information Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Colorado Government Information Research Guide   (Auraria Library, B. Cronin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Colorado History Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Colorado Legislative Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Computer Science Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Congressional Publications Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Treff-Gangler)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Culinary Arts Research Guide   (Auraria Library, N. McCaslin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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eBooks Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Economics Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Baker)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Education Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Election Resources Research Guide   (Auraria Library, B. Cronin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Endnote Web Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Evans)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Engineering Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Entrepreneurship Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Environmental Economics Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Environmental Studies Research Guide   (Auraria Library, I. Ferrer-Vinent)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Evaluating Resources Research Guide   (Auraria Library, K. Sobel)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Expert Googling Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Federal Information by Subject Research Guide   (Auraria Library, B. Cronin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Film Studies Research Guide   (Auraria Library, N. McCaslin)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Forty-Five Minutes to Better Research Results Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Alma Project: A Cultural Curriculum Infusion Model   (Denver Public Schools)
The Alma Project is a program that provides multicultural curriculum for early childhood education (ECE) through twelfth grade. This project supports the cultural infusion of standards-based lessons into the daily curriculum. This collection of units broadens the teacher's ability to teach a more inclusive and accurate curriculum through a literacy-based approach. More importantly, it honors the cultural and historical contributions of various ethnicities represented in Denver Public Schools—which is 80 percent minority.
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Research Guide (s)   (Auraria Library)
Your librarians have created numerous guides to get your research underway. Often, a librarian will create a guide in consultation with your professor for your class. Check the Class Guides links to see if there is a guide for your course. If not, there’s a complete listing of Subject Guides that supply recommendations for starting research in different disciplines. The "How Do I?" guides provide pointers and tips for basic questions like ‘what’s a scholarly journal?,’ ‘how do I print from a wireless connection,’ and ‘how do I find books? Videos?
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Personal Financial Planning Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Political Science Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Treff-Gangler)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Promoting Your Research Research Guide   (Auraria Library, J. Beall)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Public Affairs Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Treff-Gangler)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Public Health Research Guide   (Auraria Library, D. Turner)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Public Speaking Research Guide   (Auraria Library, K. Sobel)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Theatre Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Researcher Alert Services: Stay Easily Updated on Topics Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Social Work Research Guide   (Auraria Library, L. Treff-Gangler)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Sociology Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Baker)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Worldcat at Auraria Research Guide   (Auraria Library, K. Sobel)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Asian American Studies Research Guide   (Auraria Library, K. Sobel)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Encyclopedia.com   (HighBeam Research, Inc.)
Search more than 100 dictionaries and encyclopedias. Though filled with advertisements, the resources presented are sound.
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Developing a Topic Tutorial   (Jen Klaudinyi)
Video tutorial to learn to develop an appropriate topic for a research paper by considering goals, approaches, topic scope and helpful resources.
Coverage: Last updated 12/09
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Teacher Reference Center   (Ebsco)
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 300 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
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PILOTS - Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress   (Proquest)
The Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, PILOTS Database, from the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, Vermont is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It indexes literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations.
ALFA Nursing Procedure Videos    (Dr. Terri Whitt, Saddleback College, CA)
ALFA (Assisted Learning For All) contains many videos showing various nursing procedures for RNs, LVN/LPNs and Nursing Students.
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Library of Congress E-Resources Online Catalog   (U.S. Library of Congress)
A cross search of databases, ejournals, ebooks and web sites from the Library of Congress. The only cross search that retrieves database records is "Keyword (match all words)." Each grouping may also be searched separately.
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Ulrich's Serials Analysis System   (ProQuest)
Ulrichs Serials Analysis System is a tool for librarians who need to identify, analyze, evaluate and create reports about their print and electronic serials holdings.
World Digital Library   (Library of Congress and UNESCO)
The Library of Congress (LOC) and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) jointly created this portal as a collection of high-quality digital items reflecting the cultural heritage of all UNESCO member countries.
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Past Masters   (Intelex)
Full-text philosophical writings including Aristotle: Complete Works, British Philosophy: 1600-1900, Continental Rationalists, Dewey: Collected Works, Dewey: Lectures, Hegel: OUP Translations, Peirce: Writings, Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill, and Wittgenstein: Collected Works.
Book Reviews - A Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Metter)
How to find book reviews and criticism for all types of books. Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Business Knowledge Research Guide   (Auraria Library, W. Tietjen)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.Includes sections on market research and oil production economics.
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Creative Commons Research Guide   (Auraria Library, E. Greenblatt)
Key resources and techniques on the topic from experts in library research.
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP)   (James Fieser, Bradley Dowden, editors)
This peer-reviewed academic resource, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), was founded as a non-profit organization to provide open access to detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy.
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Green's Dictionary of Slang   (Oxford University Press)
A dictionary of the "impertinent, vile, censored, hip, witty, and fascinating slang words of the English language".  It covers five centuries of innovation in all English-speaking regions of the world.
Brookings Policy Brief Series   (Brookings Institute)
Brookings Policy Briefs are short informative analytical editorials of current domestic and foreign policy challenges.
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Macmillan Cabinet Papers   (Adam Matthew Digital)
Macmillan Online provides direct access to documents from the highest level of U.K. government during the administration of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Coverage: 1957-1963
SciPer   (Universities of Leeds and Sheffield)
Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical is a searchable electronic index to the science content of sixteen nineteenth-century general periodicals.
Africa Research Central   (Susan Tschabrun and others)
Updated information about institutions with African primary source collections to facilitate international research in African Studies.
Note: Unrestricted access
Occupational Outlook Handbook   (U.S. Department of Labor and others)
A list of resources related to this popular US department of Labor publication.
Note: Unrestricted access
Education Full Text   (Ebsco)
Leading publications in the field of education (over 700 journals). Not all of the journals covered in this database are available online in full-text.
Coverage: Updated monthly. abstracts 1983-, full text 1996-
Note: Formerly known as Education Abstracts Full Text and as Education Index.
Audiobooks Collection   (Ebsco)
Audiobooks in all subject categories.
Note: To download these audio books you must create and be logged into a free personal account and have specific software installed. Download directions.
Note: Limited to one simultaneous user.
Advances in Inorganic Chemistry   (Elsevier)
Review journal in inorganic chemistry
Coverage: 2000-
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