Borrow Direct – a book-borrowing consortium between the libraries of Brown University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University – will be expanded soon to include additional institutions in the service – Harvard and MIT! Beginning in summer 2011, faculty, students, and staff from Columbia and the six partner […]
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C-SPAN Video Library
Did you know that C-SPAN placed its entire archive of footage dating back to 1987 online earlier this year? Over 160,000 hours of programming can be viewed in its entirety at the C-SPAN Video Library. From Congressional Medal of Honor ceremonies to President Clinton’s press conference in reaction to the 1994 midterm elections, if it […]
Stay Connected – eNYPL
Stay connected with your local library’s e-holdings! NYPL has a number of audio and ebooks available for download with a library card. Go to eNYPL – http://ebooks.nypl.org/ – 24/7. Don’t have a library card? Click here for details on how to get one or head to our neighborhood branch – Morningside Heights – to sign […]
Library Hours During Intercession
Happy New Year from the Journalism Library! Please check the Journalism Library’s intercession hours here, and click here to see the intercession hours of all Columbia University Libraries. […]
Differences Between ILL and Borrow Direct
Confused about the differences between Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Borrow Direct? This page will help to relieve all confusion! […]
Religion in the News
Are you new to or interested in religion reporting? A great resource for keeping up with religion issues as they intersect with the news media is the magazine, Religion in the News, published by the Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College (CT) You can link to full magazine archives […]
Online Exhibit: Bound for Glory
The Library of Congress has posted an online exhibit, Bound for Glory, which includes rarely seen color photos taken by government photographers in the 1930s and 1940s. […]
Photo/Multimedia Archive Resources
Just a couple of photo/multimedia archive resources: AP/Accunet Multimedia Archive – This resource is an archive of Associated Press photographs from 1844 to the present, audio files of radio broadcasts, text of wire stories (access restricted to Columbia affiliates) Internet Archive – The Internet Archive is a nonprofit founded in 1996 that provides access to […]