About this site
Database
The digital objects in this collection are stored in DigiTool®, a database application for digital asset management. DigiTool enables academic libraries and library consortia to manage and provide access to digital archives that are collected and maintained by the library for the benefit of the university and public research. The database also contains metadata about each of the collection objects.
Technical information
The material in the collection was digitized, saved, and converted to PDF file format for easy uploading and retrieval.Citation Guidelines
When citing material obtained through Colorado Agriculture and Rural Life follow the format appropriate to the work retrieved from DigiTool database. Add a retrieval reference that gives the date of retrival, and the proper name of the database.
Examples in The Chicago Manual of Style
Citing the entire collection bibliographic form
Colorado State University Libraries. Colorado Agriculture and Rural Life Digital Collection. <http://lib.colostate.edu/agrural> (Date accessed).
Citing a document
Austin, Harry A. History and Devlepment of the Beet Sugar Industry. 1928. Retrieved via Colorado State University Libraries Digitool, <http://hdl.handle.net/10217/5540> (Date accessed)
Acknowledgements
This Web site is the culmination of a great deal of work by a number of people. The following individuals are thanked for their contributions: Alicia Conrardy, Lynda Hoffmann, Nancy Hunter, Lynn Jickling, Allison Level, Shu Liu, Diane Lunde, Amy Meger, Dennis Ogg, Dawn Paschal, Greg Vogl, Larry Wilson, and Yongli Zhou.