The following online resources have become newly available to Columbia University researchers since September 12, 2016. We hope that you may find something of interest here. Arcanum digitheca Archives unbound has been enhanced by the addition of the following modules: General George C. Marshall’s mission to China, 1945-1947 Political relations and conflict between republican China […]
Category: News
Women’s Magazine Archive
The Women’s Magazine Archive provides full-text access to popular women’s interest magazines. Collection 1 has just been published and includes Better Homes and Gardens (1925-1978) , Good Housekeeping (1885-2005), Ladies Home Journal (1886-2005), Parents (1949-2005), Redbook (1903-2002), and the Canadian magazine Chatelaine (1928-2005). These publications chronicle women’s roles and family life with articles on […]
Traveling abroad? The Columbia Libraries are still available to you…
All members of the Columbia community with valid UNI/passwords who are traveling (or are simply off-campus) can still access library resources. We are pleased to share the Columbia Global Library Services Research Guide, an overview of the electronic resources and services that you can access from anywhere in the world. This guide is a work […]
Yale Haas Family Arts Library Joins Borrow Direct
The Haas Family Arts Library collection at Yale is now available for request in Borrow Direct. The Arts Library collection focuses on the study of art, architecture, and drama. More info about the Haas Family Arts Library and its collections can be found at http://web.library.yale.edu/arts/collections. Information about the Borrow Direct service can be found at […]
Butler Consolidated Circulation and Reserves Desk
Butler Reserves materials and the Media collections have moved from Butler 208 and now circulate from the Butler Circulation Desk on the third floor. This new single service point offers the convenience of one location for borrowing all circulating and reserve books and DVDs. The Butler Reserves staff office remains in Butler 208A, and staff […]
Johns Hopkins and Duke Add Collections to Borrow Direct
Johns Hopkins and Duke recently expanded Borrow Direct access to their collections. The following libraries are now lending materials via Borrow Direct. Johns Hopkins Friedheim Music Library of the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University Mason Library of the School of Advanced International Studies Duke University Goodson Law Library of the Duke Law School […]
“A Not So Quiet Space”: Sound Art in the Music & Arts Library, Fri 10/21, 6-8pm
The Music & Arts Library and the Sound Arts MFA Program cordially invite you to “A Not So Quiet Space”, featuring work by the current students in the program, utilizing the space of the Music & Arts Library for temporary installations and performances. Come join us for some interesting sounds and experiences! Friday, 10/21, from […]
Digital Humanities Center: New, Enhanced Video Editing Lab
Over the last few months, the video editing facilities at the Digital Humanities Center (DHC) have had a major makeover. The older machines in that room have been replaced by 8 dual screen iMac computers, with a new suite of software on the machines. We now support three editing softwares: Adobe Premiere (along with a […]
Butler Media Research Collection Celebrates a Milestone with the 30,000th DVD!
In honor of this milestone, I have purposely selected the Criterion Blu-ray release of The Night of the Hunter to receive call number DVD30000. Originally released in 1955 and directed by Charles Laughton, the film tells the story of a demented murderous preacher named Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) who decides it is his calling to […]
Exploring Columbia’s Journal Collections with Browzine
The researcher follows many paths in search of scholarly information — chasing down specific items recommended by colleagues using CLIO and the Catalog, using the same tools to follow the footnotes and delve into an author’s sources, searching in Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, or collections of online full text to follow the footnotes […]