Charter Oak State College Virtual Library

Library Resources

Students, faculty, and staff can gain access to the library databases by clicking on the hyperlink or use the dropdown to filter the resource by Discipline. This will provide SSO (Single Sign On), where you do not need to provide a login or password.

* Students and Faculty will need to create individual CHDS profiles and request access. Please click Request Access at the top of the screen and use your charteroak.edu email address when requesting Individual Access.


Primo provides simple, one-stop searching for books and e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more. Primo also helps you manage your research. Sign-in in order to:

  • View full text of articles and ebooks
  • Request books from other CSCU libraries
  • Create favorites lists
  • Use the drop-down arrows to narrow your search
  • View full search results (Some databases only show results when you're signed in)

Access to the COSC Primo Search, CSCU Library Consortium