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Open Access Resources

All CU Boulder alumni may visit campus to use the libraries subscription databases after you graduate or leave CU. Since a campus visit isn't always convenient or feasible, here are some great options to continue using scholarly and multimedia resources after graduation!

Graduation by Ian McMorran under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

ERIC
This freely available version of ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and serves as a clearinghouse for published and grey literature related to Education and related disciplines.

Google Scholar
Broadly searches the scholarly literature. You can use the "Versions" option below each result to look for freely available versions of articles, often from universities' institutional repositories.
CU Scholar
CU Scholar is CU's institutional repository where faculty and students can post freely available versions of their research, within guidelines for copyright, and in agreement with the scholarly publishers. Other institutions have these too! They can be a great way to find freely available scholarly articles.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lets you browse education journals or search for articles by topic. The quality can vary greatly, but all of these articles and journals are freely available, representing research from around the world.

Using Public Libraries

Public libraries can also be a wonderful resource for scholarly or multimedia content!

Scholarly articles: Most public libraries in Colorado have access to core scholarly databases like Academic Search Premier that contain peer-reviewed education articles. Most will offer way for you to look for articles from home, using your library card to login.
Streaming films: Many public libraries also offer subscriptions to streaming services like kanopy for education films and documentaries.
Interlibrary Loan: If your public library is on the Prospector network or offers interlibrary loan service, you can often check out books from CU and other major research libraries using your local public library card.

Libraries in Colorado & Wyoming: Prospector

Prospector: is a group of regional libraries, which gives you access to 32 million books, journals, DVDs, CDs, videos and other materials. With a single search you can find and borrow materials. Most items check-out for 3 weeks with one renewal allowed; most a/v media items check-out for 1 week with no renewal.

Do you have a library card for one of the Prospector participating public libraries? If so, you may request most CU materials through Prospector and have them delivered to a branch near you.

List of Prospector Libraries