Library Research Databases
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The following databases require a username and password
To gain access please come to the library or call 719-846-5593 with your Student Identification Number to get the passwords.
You can access these databases on-campus or off-campus.
- EBSCOHost offers full-text access to over 3400 scholarly periodicals. This service is available from any computer.
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online, search an on-line encyclopedia- http://www.search.eb.com/
- FirstSearch contains several databases, including ERIC and WORLDCAT. http://firstsearch.oclc.org/
- NetLibrary On-line books available anytime, call the library to get your account set up. Or view our e-books through our card catalog. http://www.netlibrary.com/
- SIRS Researcher Updated daily, SIRS Knowledge Source® provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, and the arts and humanities. Full-text articles and Internet resources are carefully selected from thousands of domestic and international publications and respected organizations. http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-portal-res?id=SCO0064-0-9926
The following links are open access and contain helpful information.
- AskColorado - An online information service provided by Colorado libraries - http://www.askcolorado.org/
- Chat live with a librarian anytime 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (except major holidays) For all Colorado students and residents Ask a Librarian is an online reference service from the Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
- Bartleby Great books online which including Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Quotations and more - http://bartleby.com/
- Chemistry Central is a new service publishing peer-reviewed open access research in chemistry, from BioMed Central - the leading biomedical open access publisher. http://www.chemistrycentral.com/
- CIA World Fact Book https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
- Colorado by the Numbers (CBN) This online resource provides statistical information for a variety of areas in Colorado. - http://www.colorado.edu/libraries/govpubs/online.htm
- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection The Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection spans the years 1859-1923. www.ColoradoHistoricNewspapers.org
- Colorado Virtual Library (CVL) CVL provides access to information resources of Colorado libraries. http://www.aclin.org/
- Internet Public Library (IPL) The Ask-A-Question service is free, e-mail reference service. http://www.ipl.org/div/askus/
- Library of Congress - provides direct access to one of the world's largest collections http://www.loc.gov
- Live Search Academic - Search for scholarly journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations and academic books. http://search.live.com/results.aspx?scope=academic&q=
- Prospector- is a unified catalog of twenty three academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. http://prospector.coalliance.org/screens/mainmenu.html
- TRIS Online Transportation Research Information Services is a bibliographic database funded by sponsors of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), primarily the state departments of transportation and selected federal transportation agencies. http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/index.do











