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Digital Collections

This guide will help you navigate Special and Digital Collections' digital repository.

Search Collections

From the Special and Digital Collections page, scroll down to the Browse Our Digital Collections section and click Search Digital Collections. This will take you to Digital Auraria.

         Browse Our Digital Collections website section with an arrow pointings towards Search Digital Collections

From here, you can either use the search bar or click Search at the top right of the screen to select filters before performing your search. If you use the search bar, you will still be able to apply filters after typing in your search term/s and pressing enter on your keyboard.

            Digital Auraria homepage with arrows pointings towards Search in the upper right corner of the page and the search bar in the lower center of the Auraria Library Digital Collections webpage section

On the search page or after entering your search terms in Digital Auraria, filters can be applied, and results can be sorted by relevance or date published.

   Search dialogue box that includes the search bar and search filters

Search Filters

Searches can be filtered by Resource Type, Creator, Keyword, and Language. Some of our search features are currently limited or inconsistent due to multiple depositors across different institutions. Due to this, it is suggested that users search both with and without filters to ensure that materials are not missed.

Research type refers to the type of material, such as a thesis, photograph, or scanned document.

        Search filter section for Resource Type

Creator refers to the author, artist, photographer, organization, etc. who created the material.

        Search filter section for Creator

Keyword refers to subject terms related to the materials. Keywords can be freely added by any depositor adding items to Digital Collections or Scholarly Works, so you may find some synonyms or inconsistencies in what terms are used.

        Search filter section for Keyword

Language refers to which language the material is in, though descriptive information about the materials currently remain in English.

        Search filter section for Language