The Columbia University Libraries currently have trial access to OpenEdition’s Freemium platform for e-books until December 31st, 2014. OpenEdition Freemium is a program for the development of open access academic publishing in the humanities and social sciences. This partnership aims to create an innovative and sustainable economic model. All income generated by the program is […]
New Database: National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-present
A complete online archive of National Geographic Magazine from the first issue in 1888 to the present. Every page and photograph is included, fully searchable by item type. Additional search features include an expanded image search, map supplements, magazine covers and advertisements. […]
On-Site Borrowing at Borrow Direct Libraries
Under a new pilot agreement that began on October 1, 2014, current Columbia University students, faculty and staff will have on-site library borrowing privileges at Brown University, University of Chicago, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University via the […]
Humanities & History Newsletter
We are pleased to announce the inaugural issue of the Columbia University Libraries Humanities Newsletter, edited by Meredith Levin and Alex Gil. […]
Database Trial: Loeb Classical Library
Please take the opportunity to view: Loeb Classical Library http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio10941503 The digital Loeb Classical Library extends this mission into the twenty-first century. Harvard University Press is honored to renew James Loeb’s vision of accessibility, and presents an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature Access: […]
Butler Library Tours and Orientation
Getting Your Bearings If you’re a graduate student, you may wish to attend one of our “Getting Your Bearings” orientations, designed to help you begin using the powerful information tools at your disposal and to point you to some of the most important library services and personnel at Butler Library and elsewhere on campus. The […]
New Database: Forbes Archive, 1917-2000
The Forbes Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of Forbes, beginning with its first issue in 1917 and ending in December 2000. The archive includes every issue cover to cover, though it does not appear that the advertisements are indexed in the full text search. […]
New Database Trial: GRAND CORPUS DES DICTIONNAIRES [DU 9e AU 20e SIÈCLE]
Grand Corpus des Dictionnaires du 9e au 20e Siècle is a Classiques Garnier database that includes 24 French-language dictionaries spanning the 9th to 20th centuries. It is the largest existing collection of electronic French dictionaries and includes significant works like the Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du 9e au 15e siècle by Frédéric […]
Sente for PDF Management on the Mac and iPad (4): Reading/Annotation in Sente and Power Note Taking ($$tagging$$) with Sente Assistant
This is the seventh post in the series Digital Workflows for Academic Research on the Mac for the Columbia Libraries Digital Humanities Center. In my previous installments on Sente, Sente for PDF Management on the Mac and iPad (1): Capturing and Organizing PDFs, Sente for PDF Management on the Mac and iPad (2): Capturing and Organizing PDFs, […]
New Database: PBS Video Collection
The PBS Video Collection assembles hundreds of documentary films and series from the Public Broadcasting Service, including Frontline, NOVA, American Experience, Odyssey, as well as films by Ken Burns and Michael Wood. This streaming collection from Alexander Street Press includes full transcripts. […]