Columbia is a member of the HathiTrust Digital Library, a vast repository of nearly 9 million volumes, 2.5 million of which are full-text searchable. Though international in scope, The HathiTrust collection is especially useful for magazines & journals published before 1924, US government documents, and multi-volume works. Login for the most complete search options, which […]
Category: Books
Google Books adds EPUB Downloading Format
Many books published before 1925 can now be downloaded from Google Books in the EPUB format, an excellent format for reading on iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads, and other mobile devices. Here are some of our favorite EPUB readers: iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad: Stanza (free from the app store) Android Phones: Aldiko Blackberry: BePub […]
Need it Soon? Try Borrow Direct
Borrow Direct, our fast (4 business days!) interlibrary loan service between Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton, and Yale has a new interface: New Features: Books may be renewed once for a second 6-week loan period Borrow Direct books are listed in My Library Account for easy renewal (however, Borrow Direct books will now be […]
CLIOmobile
Out and About? Use CLIOmobile to: Search CLIO Email records View your Library Account and renew items Access and save items to your List Place recalls Add this link to your mobile device: https://resolver.library.columbia.edu/cliomobile More info: https://resolver.library.columbia.edu/cliomobile0 Please send questions or comments to: mobilefeedback@libraries.cul.columbia.edu […]
What’s new in CLIO? Location Limits
Looking for DVDs you can borrow? Limit your title and keyword searches to Location: Butler Media (Circulating). Looking for books that are available at 2am? Limit your title and keyword searches to Location: Milstein (24 hr) Each time you add a location to a search, CLIO will look for items in either location. Physical volumes always […]
Summer Listening: E-Audiobooks from the New York Public Library
If you have a New York Public Library card, you can easily download e-Audiobooks to your ipod touch, iphone, or other mobile device. First, search the catalog for the type of audiobook you wish to download. The easiest e-audiobooks to download are MP3 audiobooks, which can be downloaded directly to your ipod touch, iphone, or […]
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 […]
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 […]