Library Information for CSU Extension
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| Research Short Cuts & People to Help You | CSU Extension Master Gardener Tutorials |
| Colorado & CSU Agriculture Resources | CSU General Agriculture Library Resources |
| Sources for Agricultural Statistics | CSU Extension Website |
| Selected Water Resources on the Web | Statistical Sources (all subjects) |
| Selected Resources & Web Searching Tips | Research Guides Index to Webpages (all subjects) |
Research Short Cuts & People to Help You
- CSU Library Homepage - Your first stop for library research information
- CSU Library Research Tips - A general guide for library research
- Five Steps to Better Research-outline and tutorial
- Databases/Indexes for magazine or journal articles about agriculture, education, etc.. Go to this page, then select agriculture, education, or the topic of your choice under subject
- USDA National Agriculture Library
- Current Research Information System (CRIS) USDA
- Sage-CSU Catalog (great for books, CSU theses, dissertations, and government documents)
- Prospector-Colorado catalog includes holdings for CU, UNC, Denver Public, and other libraries
- FindIt (SFX)-CSU Libraries computer linking service to full-text availability of journal articles
- Citation Linker-helps you locate full-text or the availability of journal articles if you have a citation
- Interlibrary Loan and Webview-order or view
- CSU Extension Subject Librarian: Allison Level
- Morgan Library Subject Librarians (link to librarians for all subject areas)
- Information Desk
- Ask a Librarian
Colorado, United States, & Colorado State University Agriculture Resources
- Colorado State Extension
Extension is your connection to the research, information and expertise of your land-grant university.
- AnswerLink...information for the speed of life (from CSU Extension)
AnswerLink is designed for Colorado situations.
It is a new way to access Extension information--online 24 hours a day/seven days a week.
- County Information Service (via the Colorado State University Extension Website)
This page links to Colorado county data books and data resources. Included from this page are links to the Colorado vital statistics, web sites, and comments for several of the most common sources of socioeconomic and natural resource data. "Primary" data sites contain links to the most requested economic and demographic data.- General Agricultural Resources
This page links to general agricultural resources on the web, provided by a CSU subject librarian.- Colorado Department of Agriculture
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is committed to strengthening agriculture's future, providing consumer protection; promoting environmental quality and animal health; and ensuring equity and integrity in business and government.- United States Department of Agriculture
USDA Mission: Enhance the quality of life for the American people by supporting production of agriculture, ensuring a safe, affordable, nutritious, and accessible food supply, caring for agricultural, forest, and range lands, supporting sound development of rural communities, providing economic opportunities for farm and rural residents, expanding global markets for agricultural and forest products and services and working to reduce hunger in America and throughout the world.- AgNIC Agriculture Network Information Center
A voluntary partnership bringing you selected, quality agricultural information from Land Grant Institutions. You may search by topic or partner sites.- Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service CSREES
The directory of land-grant universities which are state partners of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. Also included here is the State Extension Service Directors and Administrators Directory- University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Center
The Agricultural Information Center has made available as many of its programs and services as possible to the general public. The majority of the products and services on this page have unrestricted access, meaning you can use them without any sort of registration process or cost. Click on a link to visit a particular site.- Agriculture and Extension Web Links from the University of Arizona
Selected Web sites on agricultural topics- Colorado State University College of Agricultural Sciences
- Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station
- Colorado Department of Agriculture
- Colorado State University Extension
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Food and Agriculture Organization
Sources for Agricultural Statistics
- 2002 Census of Agriculture USDA access to Reports. Colorado county and state reports available
- 1997 Census of Agriculture USDA access to the recent Census of Agriculture with geographic and subject data. Many pages are in PDF form and need Adobe Acrobat.
- 2007 Census of Agriculture Highlights (pdf) with easy-to-use click map, state tables, etc.
- USDA Economics and Statistics System -- Search all of USDA for reports and data sets
- Economic Research Service Reports, publications and data sets on agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development
- Colorado Agricultural Statistics Service Provides breakdown of general agricultural statistics for the state of Colorado. Also provides a breakdown of commodity production by county.
- Colorado Department of Agriculture The Resource Analysis Section produces special reports targeting key issues and trends affecting Colorado Agriculture including historical agriculture land trends, farm land conversion statistics, and other great reports.
Selected Water Resources on the Web
- Water Resources Archive at CSU Libraries
The Colorado State University Water Resources Archive is a joint project of the University Libraries, the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute and the Colorado Agricultural Archives. Formally begun in 2001, the Archive consists of collections from individuals and organizations that have been instrumental in the development of water resources in Colorado and the West.- Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
The Colorado Water Resources Research Institute (CWRRI), an affiliate of Colorado State University, exists for the express purpose of focusing the water expertise of higher education on the evolving water concerns and problems being faced by Colorado citizens. In 1964, Congress authorized the establishment of a water resources research institute in each state. The Colorado Institute was organized in 1965. In 1981, the Colorado Legislature defined CWRRI as we know it today - a statewide institute with the purpose of "developing, implementing, and coordinating water and water-related research programs in the state, and transferring the results of research to potential users."- Drought and Water Information Resources
This page lists water resources compiled by a CSU subject librarianSelected Web Information & Web Searching Tips
- Agricultural Colleges and Universities -- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Universities with Agriculture Colleges and Departments with a web presence.
- Advanced Google
- Search the Web Searching Hints
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Water Resources | Web Searching Tips.