Research Guides: Southwest Studies: Finding Resources

Use the catalog to find books and more at Colorado College

Use the CC library catalog to find books, DVDs, and other things in our local collection, as well as links to online resources such as ebooks and streaming video.

If you are used to the old "Tiger" catalog, that was replaced with our new catalog in the summer of 2019. It should work similarly to Tiger, but better! Please ask at the Research Desk or Circulation Desk if you need help.

Finding articles

Useful databases for topics in the American Southwest:

For a full list of Southwest Studies databases, click here.

Pikes Peak Newsfinder Coverage: 1872-ongoing. Searchable database of articles published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, with full text available either immediately or by request within a few days. A Pikes Peak Library District card is NOT required for requesting articles.

American Indian Newspapers This link opens in a new window
From historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. With newspapers representing a huge variety in publisher, audience and era, discover how events were reported by and for Indigenous communities.
American West This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: 1700's-1900's. Selected manuscripts, maps, ephemeral material and rare printed sources from the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library, Chicago.
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: 1859 - Search over 90 historic Colorado newspapers from 49 cities and 36 counties throughout the state, published in English, German, Spanish, or Swedish. The database includes digital versions of newspapers found on microfilm at the Colorado Historical Society's Stephen H. Hart Library that were published between 1859 and 1928. New material is usually added once a month. Some issues of the Colorado Springs Gazette are included.
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: 1474 - 1800's. Full text works by 1,400+ authors in the form of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters between American Indians, Europeans, Americans, and Africans in all areas of North America. Offers advanced searching and browsing of people, events, flora, fauna and more.
Indigenous Peoples: North America This link opens in a new window
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Digitized collections of Native American manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, and other content. Includes many primary sources. Purchase funded by the Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies. Coverage: 1655-1988.
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: 1808-1980. Spanish and bilingual Spanish/English newspapers published in the United States from the 19th to 20th centuries. Great source of historical information and culture; also a source of reporting on events in Spanish-speaking countries that were not necessarily covered in English-language newspapers. Part of America's Historical Newspapers.