Find Colorado and western history articles and primary sources through the Auraria Library's Database List, linked from the Library's home page. Browse the topic "History, United States," or search the list using such keywords as Western History.
Below are sample databases and websites strong in Colorado and the U.S. West information.
Full-text coverage (no images) of Denver's daily newspaper from June 1989 to the present, and full-text plus image access from 1894-1989 through the Denver Post Historical Archive.
Current paper issues are available on the first floor. Archival content from 1990 through the latest full year are available in microform located on the second floor.
An index of journal articles, magazines, book reviews, and dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history and culture from prehistory to the present.
A collection focused on the U.S. West through manuscripts, photos, news-sheets, maps, and rare printed works. Topics cover migration and settlement, Indigenous Peoples, the Gold Rush, colonialism, the U.S. military, and railroads.
The collections below have in-house and online materials as well as expert assistance on topics related to Colorado and the U.S. West.
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