Here are some new, and not so new, encyclopedias that might be useful for students in UWP classes if they are having trouble coming up with a topic or need a brief discussion of a concept. Often the bibliographies can help locate some useful titles for very general subjects, as well. General Encyclopedias Encyclopedia of Philosophy […]
Month: March 2011
Germanistik
Columbia has recently acquired the online version of Germanistik www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio8407640 This index lists books, essays, and articles published from 1960 to the present on German language and literature, including theater, media, and cultural history. The entries for the first ten years have fairly basic search terms ("Shakespeare and English drama in German popular journals, […]
Citing Kindle
We recently received a question on ref-ref about citing works read on a Kindle, and found several sources which might help. The 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style https://resolver.library.columbia.edu/clio6042885 has this: 14.166Books downloaded from a library or bookseller The majority of electronically published books offered for download from a library or bookseller […]
International Women’s Day Centenary
: A few of our databases for research on women and gender: Recent Scholarship Gender Studies Database LGBT Life Contemporary Women’s Issues Feminae: Medieval Women & Gender Index Historical Full Text Resources Gerritsen Collection: Women’s History Online, 1543-1945 Everyday Life and Women in America, 1820-1900 Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 Letters […]