Come to the Butler Library Reference Desk Reference Desk hours are: 1-7 pm Monday and Tuesday; 1-5 pm Wednesday through Friday; and 1- 5 pm Sunday. The Reference Desk is located in 301 Butler. During these hours we can also be reached by phone: 212-854-2241. You may also: Email Your Question Schedule a Research Consultation […]
Ancestry Library
Researching a specific person, family, or town? Ancestry Library is a searchable database that includes census data through 1930, as well as records of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and military service. It also includes court, land, and probate records; prison records; voter lists; obituaries; passenger lists and other immigration data; as well as digitlized yearbooks, […]
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 […]
Magna vis veritas
Inscribed atop the arched marble doorway inside the Butler Reference Room are the words MAGNA VIS VERITAS. The phrase is taken from chapter 26 of a work by the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Pro Caelio Rufo (sometimes rendered merely, Pro Caelio). This speech was delivered in 56 BCE, on behalf of a life-long friend, a […]
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 […]
Reception for PhD Students
Please join us for a wine and cheese reception this Thursday in Butler Library. Meet and mingle with other doctoral students and librarians from all disciplines. When: Thursday, October 21, 6pm – 8pm Where: Butler Library, room 523 RSVP: http://tiny.cc/9nieo […]
New database: Medieval Family Life
Just added to the Columbia Libraries roster of medieval resources, Medieval Family Life contains scanned images of 15th- and 16th-century correspondence along with full transcriptions. The papers of the Paston, Cely, Plumpton, Stonor and Armbrugh families are accompanied by additional resources such as concurrent historical and family chronologies, an interactive map, family trees, and many […]
Writing Center Drop-in Hours at Butler Library
The CU Writing Center now has drop-in hours in Butler Library. No need to make an appointment, just stop by to talk to a Writing Center consultant about your paper. Writing Center consultants can be found at the Reference Desk in Butler Library, Third Floor, Room 301. Writing Center Drop-in Hours at Butler Library Monday […]
New resources: Brill’s Jacoby and the SEG
The Libraries have added two new items to our collection of resources for Classics and Ancient History: Brill’s New Jacoby Online and the Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Brill’s New Jacoby Online is a new edition of the 856 fragmentary histories that comprise F. Jacoby’s monumental Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker Parts I-III, but with significant additions. […]