Congratulations! You have found one or more items or collections you would like to use.
This page will help you navigate accessing physical materials, give you some tips for using digital materials, and provide you with a list of helpful tools for research.
We provide a comfortable, quiet reading room for our patrons. You'll be able to focus on the documents, and we will assist you as needed..
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It is always exciting when you find material in Mountain Scholar that helps in your research! In these cases, you will want a way to find these items again. An easy way to do so is to save the URL. Some items also include a handle. A handle link will remain stable, unlike what is in the address bar, which can (and will at some point) change. Reminder! Not all items have handles, so in those cases go ahead and use what is in the address bar. 
You can download whatever you find in Mountain Scholar using buttons at the right. You can then freely use these files for personal or educational purposes. 
If you will be using materials in a publication or for business purposes, you will want to review our copyright and permissions information on the Cite It page.
Many researchers take photos of materials while onsite and read/analyze them later. If you intend to do this, we recommend planning ahead for how you manage those files, including file naming, organization, and format. The apps below can help.
File Management
File Renaming
You may not want to use the names your camera assigns to images, and you may want to change more than one file name at a time.
Scan / Create PDFs / OCR (make image files keyword searchable)
The apps below allow you to capture images with your phone and convert them into keyword searchable PDF files.
*Always review data collected by apps you download!
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