Basement | First Floor | Second Floor | Third Floor Basement [Download Basement Map] Services:  Group Study Rooms College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) / El Programa de Asistencia Universitaria para Migrantes Call Numbers / Collections: Books P-Z Bound Journals A-Z Children’s & Young Adult Colorado Documents Docs Ref Government Documents Graphic Novels Maps Reference First […]

What is Mountain Scholar? What are the benefits to a scholar who includes his/her work in Mountain Scholar? What is meant by the term “open access?” What types of content can be deposited in Mountain Scholar? Why do we need Mountain Scholar when we can publish in journals? What about peer review? How is depositing […]

General Submission/Administrative Issues Access and Repository-Related Questions General What is an ETD? An ETD is an electronic version of a thesis or dissertation. An ETD is formatted just like a traditional thesis or dissertation (with pagination, tables, figures, references, etc.), but is saved as a PDF file and submitted electronically to the university. Once approved, […]

This is an alphabetical site index of Web pages maintained by the Libraries. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Access Services — see Borrow & Renew Affiliate Borrowers AgNIC Colorado Rangelands Agricultural Archive Agricultural […]

Alumni & Retiree Services Alumni have the same privileges as community patrons. You’ll need a community patron card to use most of our services. Retired CSU employees can find more information about benefits on the Library Cards webpage. Community Patron Services You’re a community patron if… You’re a Colorado resident 18 years or older or […]

What is the loan period? Most items have a 6 week loan period from the time we receive them. Interlibrary Loan materials are not renewable and may be recalled by the lending library at any time. Some formats such as videos, CDs, microfilm, bound journals and old or rare books may have a shorter loan […]

The CSU Library extends full privileges to affiliates of the University, such as Visiting Associates or Joint Associates. These privileges are the same as those granted to faculty members, such as: Six-month checkout period for monographs Loan limit of up to 200 items Access to Prospector and ILL services via the CSU Libraries Remote access […]

Message from the Dean As the intellectual and interdisciplinary nexus for the CSU community and Colorado residents, we at Colorado State University Libraries are here to provide the tools and guidance necessary to engage with the global information landscape. We are conscientiously working to promote equitable access to knowledge that empowers expansive learning, intellectual growth, […]

CSU Libraries offers data publishing services through an institutional membership in Dryad. What is Dryad? Dryad is a non-profit data repository offering data curation and publishing services. CSU is now an institutional member, and CSU-affiliated researchers can publish their data in Dryad free of charge. Benefits of Submitting Your Data to Dryad Partners with major […]

Data management made tasty. Good data management practices are becoming increasingly important in the digital age. Because we now have the technology to freely share research data and also because funding agencies want to do more with decreasing research funds, many funding agencies and journals require authors and grantees to share their research data. To […]