Welcome, Fall MS Students and Knight-Bagehot Fellows!

Welcome, new students!  Just a few research tips from the Journalism Library: jump-start your electronic research with these databases scope out your beat with these resources don’t leave home without your Lexis Nexis and Factiva cheat sheet and a good place to start is always at the Journalism Library web page Also, for a copy […]

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Welcome, Summer MS Students!

Welcome, 2010 Summer MS Students!  Just a few library research tips as you begin your research: jump-start your electronic research with these databases scope out your beat with these resources don’t leave home without your Lexis Nexis and Factiva cheat sheet and a good place to start is always at the Journalism Library web page If […]

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World Bank Data Products Now Freely Available

Great news for current students, graduating students, alumni, and faculty!  The World Bank has recently made their data products freely available without subscription through their new open data site (http://data.worldbank.org), with more than 2,000 financial, business, health, economic, and human development statistics.  Most of these products were previously only available through subscription. What kinds of […]

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2010 Census – be counted!

The Census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years.  The 2010 Census will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds for things like hospitals, schools, bridges, tunnels, senior centers, and much more!  The data collected by the census also help […]

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Columbia on iTunes U and YouTube EDU

Columbia University has audio and video content available on iTunes U and YouTube EDU!  Course lectures, workshops, events, Library Essentials videos, and much more – click above or bookmark the following links: http://itunes.columbia.edu http://youtube.com/columbia Grab your earbuds and join us! […]

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Where to begin? Start with a research consultation!

Need help jump-starting your project or thesis research?   Press the Help! button to set up a research consultation with the Journalism Librarian!  (or send email to:  journalism@libraries.cul.columbia.edu with your topic and some suggested dates/times for a meeting). […]

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Service Alert, 10/31-11/1 – Lexis Nexis Academic

Lexis Nexis has scheduled a maintenance outage related to the end of Daylight Savings Time, from October 31st 9:00 pm until November 1st 5:00 am, Eastern Time.  Products affected include Lexis Nexis Academic, Congressional, and Statistical. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and would like to remind you that during this window, […]

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