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Library Home Page Links to the online catalog, databases, electronic journals, online help, hours,
location maps, etc. Access to subscription resources
is restricted to the current CSM user community; see
Remote Use page for for offsite connection
information.
Mineral economics and statistical information can be found in
many sources, including books, government publications, journal articles, online databases, and websites.
This web page is a brief survey of some available sources; which
ones you use will depend in part on your research topic.
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Further Resources |
- Catalyst Online Library Catalog:
Information about items this library owns - books, journals, CSM theses, government publications and maps. Books are classified and shelved by LC Call Number.
- Prospector: A unified catalog for many libraries in Colorado and Wyoming,
including CSM. Prospector Items can be requested
online using your CSM ID and sent/returned to
our Library.
- WorldCat: A unified catalog for over
30,000 libraries worldwide. You can create Interlibrary Loans within WorldCat.
Book Suggestions (Reference, call numbers HD9506 through
HD9624)
- World Mineral Statistics. British Geological Survey
- Metal Statistics
- Non-Ferrous Metal Yearbook. American
Bureau of Metal Statistics.
- Metallstatistik. World Bureau of Metal Statistics
- Oil and Gas Journal Data book
- Quarterly Statistics, Oil, Gas, Coal,
and Electricity
- Roskill reports on metals and minerals (various titles,
kept in Reference office)
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Use Journal Title Browse in Basic Search in Catalyst to see if we subscribe to a journal, what years and formats we own, and where it is located.
- In general, journals are shelved alphabetically by journal name
- The latest issue of some journals is in
the Browsing Area (Floor 2)
- Some journals have a full text electronic version (use
the E-Pubs page)
- Journals in microfiche format are in
cabinets in the computer lab area
( Floor 2)
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The Library subscribes to over 100 databases in many
subject areas. Most lead to citations (sometimes to full text)
for journal articles, others contain mostly financial and
statistical data. Connect from the
Databases page.
- Journal articles and company financial information
(Business and Economics subject category)
- Business Source Premier includes full text from
~3600 journals, including the
Journal of Economic Literature (Indexed from 03/01/1969 through present ; Full Text: 03/01/1963 through present with delay of 36 Months due to publisher restriction).
- Econ Lit
indexes ~600
journals, books, and
working papers on
economics
- General subject category
- Academic Search Premier includes
full text from ~4700 journals in all areas
of research
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Expanded Academic Index
includes full text from ~2000 journals in
all areas of research
- Dissertation Abstracts Graduate students
should use this database to see what
research has already been done in their thesis area.
- Statistical data (Government & Law
& Patents subject category)
- STAT-USA
U.S. business,
economic and trade
community
information
- Lexis-Nexis Statistical
international,
national, state,
government, and
private statistical
coverage
- Fedstats
gateway to
statistics from over
100 U.S. Federal
agencies
- Most databases have good online help. Some have links from search results back into our Catalog. Most allow you to download and/or e-mail search results.
- Look at the detailed version of a few hits; examine the keywords (may
be called descriptors, subject terms, etc.). Use these to improve or focus your search strategy.
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Use Catalyst to search for these titles; most have online
versions
- National Income and Product Accounts of
the United States
- Survey of Current Business
- IFS CDROM International Monetary Fund
- Statistical Abstract of the United
States
- Historical Statistics of the United
States
- Economic Report of the President
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