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Searching for Government Information?

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The Federal Government shutdown has made some online government information temporary unavailable, such as The United States Census and Park Service Reports.  Before you give up your search, try one of these solutions:

Check the Google cache of the item your looking for.  Type your title or URL into a google search and click on the green text underneath the blue link.

Search Google Books. Google Books has many government documents scanned into its repository.  You might be able to find your document there, especially if it’s older.

Check FDsys. FDsys is the search system of the Government Printing Office. Certain documents that have not been taken offline will remain here.

Use the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine is a service provided by the Internet Archive that allows people to visit archived versions of websites.

If you cannot find your item using these search techniques, you can also request  that the physical item be sent to you from another government library.  If you have any questions, please give us a call at 719-587-7879.

New Books This Week

Here’s what’s new for the week of September 30:

The story of American painting
Egyptian art
Star-spangled kitsch : an astounding and tastelessly illustrated exploration of the bawdy, gaudy, shoddy mass-art culture in this grand land of ours
Real life : Louisville in the twenties
MaddAddam : a novel
Nerve : poise under pressure, serenity under stress, and the brave new science of fear and cool
How to retire happy : the 12 most important decisions you must make before you retire
Unlearn your pain : a 28-day process to reprogram your brain
The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Early American modernist painting, 1910-1935
Eugène Delacroix
Wisconsin death trip

Catalog Offline on September 10

Our catalog will be offline on September 10 for system maintenance.

  • You will be able to check out and return materials normally, but your account will not be updated until the system is back online.
  • You can still search the catalog, but availability information may not be accurate.
  • Holds placed during the downtime will be processed once the system is back online.
  • My Account information may be unavailable during this time.

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New Books This Week

Here’s what’s new for the week of September 3:

At the end of the Santa Fe Trail
Lean in : women, work, and the will to lead
Code talker
Invisible punishment : the collateral consequences of mass imprisonment
Fire in the ashes : twenty-five years among the poorest children in America
Her smoke rose up forever
Headless in Taos : the dark fated tale of Arthur Rochford Manby
Fanny Hill : memoirs of a woman of pleasure