Like to listen to music on the go? Explore the Libraries' streaming audio databases. The Libraries offer several databases which feature streaming audio, in a wide variety of musical styles. One easy way to find these is the click on the "E-Resources" tab from the main Library Web page, and then select "E-Music". You can […]
The Digital Humanities Center presents…
New Questions, Methods, and Collaborations Please join us for the next Digital Humanities talk with a presentation by Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Tuesday February 21, 2012 | 12:00 – 1:30pm | 523 Butler Library | Refreshments served Joan K. Lippincott is the Associate Executive Director of the […]
The Digital Humanities Center Presents…
Virtual Reality, VSim, and the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893: Is There Hope for the Technically Challenged? Please join us for the next in our Digital Humanities Speaker Series with a presentation by Dr. Lisa Snyder, Associate Director of the Experiential Technologies Center, UCLA. Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012 / 4-5:30pm / 114 Avery Hall […]
Last Minute Research Help
The 10 research librarians/subject specialists who work in Butler Library are here to help you throughout Study Days and Finals. You can see when the Butler Reference Desk is staffed here: http://hours.library.columbia.edu/?library=butlref If you’d rather reach us individually, our contact info is here: http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/butlref/staff.html Also note that there will be additional study space open […]
UWriting Students: More Research Tips
As you begin working on your research proposals, use these multi-subject databases to find articles from scholarly journals, newspapers, and magazines: ProQuest EbscoHost Research Databases JSTOR LexisNexis Academic Remember to use the truncation symbol (*) and nested searching to improve your results. Example: (smoking OR tobacco OR nicotine) AND (ethic* OR moral*) If you need […]
Archival Recordings of the Composers Forum, 1951-1977
Contained within the archives of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (which are held by Columbia University Libraries) there is a series of original reel-to-reel recordings of the concerts of the Composers Forum, made in New York from 1951-1977. The Composers Forum concerts were an important series of concerts of art music by contemporary American composers. […]
UWriting Students: Need Help with your Research?
For help with your research, use the UW Research Guide on the sidebar of your CourseWorks page: http://library.columbia.edu/subjects/ENGL/ENGLC1010.html The research librarians in Butler Library can help you in a number of ways: –we can help you find scholarly resources in our library databases –we can help you determine the scholarly merit of a resource –we […]
A conversation with the creators of “Marzi: a memoir,” October 28th
On Friday October 28th, the creators of the graphic novel Marzi: a memoir will be in conversation in Butler Library. Marzena Sowa, the author, was born in Poland in 1979; by the time she was ten years old she had experienced Communist rule, Chernobyl, the Solidarity factory strikes of 1988, and the triumph of […]
The Digital Music Lab
Make some music! The Digital Music Lab in the Music & Arts Library (701 Dodge) offers an extensive collection of software and hardware to enable your inner Beethoven, rock star, or musical mad scientist. The Lab is equipped with 5 Mac Pro workstations, 2 Yamaha Arius YDP181 […]
This Week in Butler: Paper-Cutting Art Exhibition and Performances
As part of this week’s Cinema China, Culture China festival, a Shanghai Paper-cutting Art Exhibition and daily performances by paper-cutting artists will be held on the third floor of Butler Library. The exhibition opens on Monday, October 17th and will remain on view through December. Performances by Paper-cutting artists Xi Xiaoqin and Shi Qinling will […]