Research Tools
Compass
The Libraries' online catalog. Includes physical and online material from Main, Music, Hampden, Law, Iliff, and Cable Center Libraries.
Databases
A searchable, browsable, A–Z list of the Libraries' databases.
Special Collections @ DU
A database of select digitized material from the DU Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Commons @ DU
The institutional repository for DU. Includes select scholarly publications, research, datasets and more all created by the DU community.
Google Scholar
Searches for scholarly materials such as journal articles, research reports, dissertations and theses, preprints, technical reports, patents, and many other document types.
Zotero
A Web-based bibliography manager How to keep track of books, reports, journal articles, and Websites and then create finished bibliographies in APA, MLA, Turabian, or Chicago styles.
Prospector
A union catalog of nearly 200 academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. You have access to make requests in Prospector with your DU ID number.
Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan provides access to materials that are not available from the DU Libraries. This service allows students, faculty and staff to check-out materials owned by other libraries.
Style Manuals and Citations
A Research Guide to help you build your citations.