Looking for statistics on the labor force, including current and historical unemployment rates? Check out the Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including tables on employment status, characteristics of the employed/not employed, and minimum wage earnings. […]
Category: Research Tips
Bloomberg Basics
Bloomberg Basics will teach the basic navigation and searching skills necessary to begin using Bloomberg. Instruction sessions are offered at the Digital Social Science Center in Lehman Library, and be sure to check out the Bloomberg Help Guide for navigation commands and tips. March 11, 10am ~ 11am – register here! April 1, 10am ~ […]
Research Consultation – it’s not too late!
Need a jump-start for your MS projects and MA theses research? Make a research consultation appointment with the librarian and get the in’s and out’s of how to find what you need! Send email to: journalism@libraries.cul.columbia.edu. […]
CLIOmobile
CLIO, the Libraries’ online catalog, now has a mobile interface – CLIOmobile – for use with your smart phone or mobile device! From CLIOmobile, you can: Search CLIO Save items to ‘My List’ Email records Check your Library Account and renew books Place recalls For more information, click on the following link: https://resolver.library.columbia.edu/cliomobile0 […]
Cemetery Records
More people live in New York City than any other city in the US, and, consequently, many die here as well. Some of New York’s biggest cemeteries have placed their burial records online, which can be a useful place to start looking for information on New York residents of the past. Here’s a few links […]
Journalism Library Intern – Brian Stokes
The Journalism Library would like to welcome its new intern, Brian Stokes! Brian is currently a library and information science graduate student at Pratt and has previously worked as a reporter for the Centre Daily Times, in State College, Pennsylvania, and also as a reporter and assistant editor for Energy Intelligence, based here in NYC. […]
Where’d that data come from?
Wonder where the New York Times found their Census data for today’s article on the poverty rate? Find it here at the U.S. Census Bureau’s Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States: 2009 Tables & FIgures. […]
Search E-Journals Using Abbreviations
Want to look up Columbia holdings for an e-journal by its abbreviation? Find a citation with a journal abbreviation, like JAMA or NEJM or JMCQ, but have no idea what the full title is? Use Columbia’s E-Journals search by title, using just the abbreviation, and get the full title plus direct links! […]