The Columbia University Libraries are open today, Wednesday, February 10. The Geoscience Library will be closed today, along with the Lamont Doherty campus. And, ReCAP deliveries of materials held offsite will not be made today. We apologize for any inconvenience. Enjoy the snow! […]
CANCELED: 10 Years of PubMed Central Event
National Center for Biotechnology Information Director David Lipman’s talk on PubMed Central has been canceled due to the severe weather forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. The event will be rescheduled. Please check the Scholarly Communication Program website for more information. We apologize for any inconvenience. […]
Find Articles
The Libraries’ Find Articles tool lets you search multiple database at the same time. Find Articles can help you search more efficiently, and this quick introduction will get you started. You can get to Find Articles directly by going to the Find Articles webpage, or through the QuickSearch on the Libraries homepage. From […]
Getting Started? Try a Subject Guide
Subject guides are a great way to identify resources when writing a research paper or working on a class project. A subject guide is a bibliography of (mostly) online resources for a particular subject area, for instance Women’s Studies, Biology, AIDS, or British History. These resources are selected by subject specialist librarians, who also purchase […]
February Workshops
Here’s a selection of research and technology workshops offered by the Libraries this month. Workshops are free an open to all students, faculty or staff at Columbia. Find listings for all Libraries workshops on the workshops website. February 03, 2010 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm EST Filemaker Pro Database Software 305 Butler Library […]
Archival Collections Portal
The Archival Collections Portal is a single search engine for multiple archives here at Columbia: Avery Library’s Department of Drawings & Archives, Burke Library at UTS, Columbia University Archives, Health Sciences Library, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and the Starr East Asian Library. This portal provides access to descriptions of all cataloged archival collections in […]
Exhibition: Comics in the Curriculum
Graphic novels and comics are, for the most part, a recent addition to the Columbia University Libraries collections, and this addition reflects both the variety and sophistication of the medium as well as critical and academic interest. In recent years the collection has grown to include over 1,300 titles. The “graphic novel” is a format—narrative […]
You Spoke, We Listened: Vending in Butler
Butler Library is please to announce the installation of a new vending machine in the Butler Lounge. Students have continually expressed a desire for 24-hour access to refreshments in the Library through various surveys and student government groups. The new vending machine offers a selection of beverages. Let us know what you think by […]
Announcing CLIO Beta
Beginning Monday, January 25, 2010 CLIO Beta will replace CLIO Classic as the primary search tool for Columbia University Libraries. What does this mean? CLIO Beta will be the new CLIO interface now. All links to CLIO will take you to the CLIO Beta interface. Is the search different? No. CLIO Beta and Classic have exactly the […]
Butler Library Blog
We’re excited to welcome the Butler Library Blog to the mix! Subscribe today to hear from the librarians in Butler 301, first hand. They’ll keep you up-to-date on the academic goings-on at Butler. From workshops, to research advise, and much more! […]