CPW’s Library Catalog, EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), offers a “Google-like" search experience of library resources including print books and journals, digitized CPW content, databases, and e-journals.
In EBSCO, find additional resources in the pull-down menus including:
- Journal/Database Finder: Use to search CPW e-journal holdings. Shows dates of coverage, link takes you to journal homepage. Select Browse Databases (upper right) for a listing of databases; click on database title for access link and listing of CPW holdings.
- Supplemental Sources: Access resources not included in EBSCO such as ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, Birds of the World, Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, and more.
- Request Library Card: Login required to access subscription resources such as e-journals. CPW employees can submit this form to request their library number.
COLLECTIONS
CPW Research Library: Print collection, housed in the Fort Collins office, of over 15,000 monographs, theses, journals, and agency publications. Many of the agency publications have been digitized. Print materials are available for check-out to CPW staff. If a digital copy is available, the catalog record will contain the link. Digital items are available to all.
CPW Digital Collections: A growing repository of digital agency publications, grouped in collections for easy access. Collections include CPW Research Series, Regulation Brochures, Annual Reports, Fact Sheets, Researcher Bios/Publications and much more! Our digital collections can also be found in the Plains to Peaks Collective and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
E-Journals and Databases: Search for journal articles using EBSCO Discovery. Use Journal/Database Finder to search for specific journal or database titles. Supplemental Sources lists non-EBSCO research sources. Many of the journals and databases are subscription and require a CPW library account, only available to CPW staff.
SEARCH TIPS
The EDS Quick Start Guide offers How-To Information on searching, applying filters, saving searches, creating alerts, etc.
Our EDS catalog indexes thousands of journals and other sources. To limit to the CPW Research Library collection use the CPW library collection only filter. To limit to the CPW Digital Collections use the CPW Digital Collections only filter. (Do not apply both filters at once). Other filters include Linked Full Text, Peer Reviewed, and Publication Date.
ABOUT THE LIBRARY
The Research Library was created in the late 1960s to provide support primarily to the wildlife research sections. The Research Library evolved to serve the broader information management needs of CPW staff. Library collections are focused on wildlife ecology and associated ecological information and CPW public historical records such as Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting agendas and minutes.
- A Brief History of the Agency – through the library collection
- Strategic Plan
- Collection Development Policy
Questions?
Please contact the Research Librarian, Karen Hertel