Utah has many fine universities, colleges, and junior colleges.  If you are fortunate to have one in your community, be sure to use its facilities to help you in your research.

  Four year schools:

Junior colleges:

Extension Service

Utah State University offers extension services, and classes in many parts of the state.  University Extension incorporates all of the traditional Cooperative Extension and Continuing Education programs. This includes degree programs offered at USU branch campuses and education facilities in Brigham City, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Tooele, Moab, Roosevelt, Vernal, Blanding, and Richfield. These facilities, combined with a digital satellite system, allow Extension services to offer courses to 53 communities.

If you live near a college or satellite branch,  you will have access to many wonderful resources which you can use in your research.  It may be worth the effort to make a trip to a college near you. Below is a list of possible resources that colleges may offer. Remember, if  you are not a registered student, you may have to pay fees for some of these services.

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          College Libraries usually have:

• Special collections
• Wide variety of books
• Archives
• Magazines and journals
• Audio/visual collections
• Reserve section
• Extensive reference collections
• Doctoral dissertations
• Microfiche readers
• Microfilm readers
• Many different newspapers
• Computer Internet access

                    Universities pride themselves in conducting on-going research in
                    many different fields and there is a good chance that they will
                    have current information in a wide range of topics.

          Personal collections

                    College professors are notorious book collectors, and may have
                    access to books and information that are not found in the
                    library.  They may allow you to use their materials, but probably
                    won't let you take them home.

          Expert faculty

                    The staff and faculty at colleges are often experts in their field,
                    and can provide a great wealth of information to student
                    researchers. Be courteous and polite as you request help,
                    because their time is valuable.

                    Many colleges allow community members to use their computer and Internet facilities for research.