Looking for twentieth-century articles published before 1984? Try the Wilson Retrospective Indexes: Applied Science & Business Retrospective (1913-83) Art Retrospective (1929-84) Education Index Retrospective (1929-83) Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907-84) Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective (1908-81) Readers’ Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) They can be searched individually or together: […]
Month: April 2010
Export CLIO Records Directly to RefWorks
You can now upload records from CLIO directly to RefWorks: For more information on exporting CLIO records, see Exporting Search Results to RefWorks, Endnote and Zotero See Endnote, Refworks and Zotero at Columbia to learn more about these three citation management programs […]
British National Archives, plus Manuscripts
The National Archives, English version, is the newish name for the Public Record Office. The archives has a very good search engine here: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ The search link (simple and advanced) is on the upper right hand side. If the material either hasn’t been microfilmed or if no one in the U.S. has the film, it […]
City Hall Library
The New York City Hall Library at http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/about/chlibrary.shtml has just brought up their catalog online, and the librarian has asked that we urge our students to use the online catalog before going down, since they are very short-staffed, and this will save both the Library and our students a lot of time. […]
New CLIO Feature – Text It
No more scribbled call numbers on scraps of paper! Now you can send CLIO information to your phone as a text message. In the CLIO record, click on the link “Send to phone” in the blue sidebar on the side of the page. Fill out the brief form with your carrier and cell phone number. […]
New Reference Books
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 7 vols. Historical Atlas of the Ancient World. Boston : Brill, 2010. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Boston : Brill, 2010. 2 vols. South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Nova, 2009. Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in […]
Going in Circles with Your Research?
Butler Reference can point you to the best databases and research tools for your project. Come to the Reference Desk Call us: 212-854-2241 Email us: ref-ref@columbia.edu Request a Consultation IM us […]
Featured graphic novel: Pushwagners Soft City
A graphic novel with perhaps the oddest backstory ever, Pushwagners Soft City was created in the 19y0s by Norwegian artist Terje Brofoss (nom d’art: Pushwagner), only to be lost in a suitcase on a trip to London. Though it was found in 2002, Brofoss didn’t learn of the discovery until some segments were published. Soft […]
Play Ball!
Selected new books on baseball: Complete list of recent (2009-2010) titles shelved in Butler Library […]
Add the Oxford English Dictionary to Your Browser
With the Oxford English Dictionary on your browser, checking a definition can be as easy as highlighting and clicking. Installation instructions for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Netscape are available here: http://www.oed.com/services/browser-button.html See the Libraries’ Tools & Widgets page for more resources to streamline your research. […]