People, Experts, and Consumer Watch

The Basics: phone numbers & addresses I wish I could tell you we had some super-duper special people-finder tools. But we don’t. Here are some decent free sites instead. Verizon (www.verizon.com, then click on People Pages). The source. This is an online white pages. No reverse lookup, though. Infospace (www.infospace.com). This was one of the […]

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Master’s Projects – Research and Resources

As you scour the city for your stories and come across that one compelling story for your Master’s project, here are some resource suggestions for your research: Close to home: There are over 20 libraries on Columbia’s campus. Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library contains good resources for research on art, architecture, urban planning, and […]

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Immigration Information

If you are interested in immigration reporting, what follows is a selective list of places to begin your search for background information, statistics, and articles. Note: Some sources have NYC-specific information, while others are more general in nature. The U.S. Census Bureau’s Foreign-Born Population page links you to reports and data tables which show numbers […]

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All the News That’s Yellowing and Brittle – Historical Newspapers Online

Need newspaper articles that pre-date the stories in Factiva or Nexis (access restricted to current Columbia affiliates)? Curious what was happening in your neighborhood a century ago? Historical newspapers are proliferating on the web, so here’s a quick roundup of both plain text and scanned microfilm (actual page images) databases… ProQuest Historical Newspapers (access restricted […]

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