Ever wonder about Columbia's exciting historical newspapers collection? So much journalism history is right at your fingertips, including titles like The (New York) Sun from which the famous declaration to eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon was written in 1897. You can find this letter to the editor in The Sun in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, […]
Celebrate Master’s Research with Cookies!
Chosen a Master's project or thesis topic, you have? Or still mulling over the possibilities? Join the celebration with a cookie available in the evil space station in the Journalism Library. (Future cookie suggestion, you have? Send email to: journalism@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.) […]
Journalism Library Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
Journalism Library’s hours will be changing due to the upcoming holiday. We will be closed on the following days: Wednesday, November 21st Thursday, November 22nd Friday, November 23rd The library will be reopen with regular operating hours beginning on Saturday, November 24th. Have a safe and happy holiday! […]
Thanksgiving Facts for Features
Some quick Facts for Features on Thanksgiving culinary delights! 2.7 billion pounds = the total weight of sweet potatoes produced by major sweet potato producing states in 2011 1.1 billion pounds = the total production of pumpkins in the major pumpkin-producing states in 2011 254 million = the number of turkeys expected to be raised […]
Internet Archive TV News Collection
The Internet Archive TV News now contains an online collection of all tv news since 2009 from national U.S. networks. The collection contains 350,000 news programs and transcripts collected over 3 years and is updated with new broadcasts 24 hours after they are aired. Search from selected topics, or customize a search by keyword, network, […]
Big Data Crowdsourcing Project at LexisNexis
Want to be a part of an innovation team working on a Big Data crowdsourcing project? Sign up to join LexisNexis Academic and KPMG on an exciting project and win an internship at LexisNexis – sign up today! First 500 students to sign up via this banner will be eligible to participate. […]
Creating Search Strings Using LexisNexis & Factiva
Ready to create more advanced search strings using LexisNexis Academic and Factiva? Learn how using the LexisNexis and Factiva Cheat Sheet. Try your hand at connectors, proximity operators, and segment searching! Win a Columbia University Libraries travel mug if you can answer the following: how would you construct a search string to find articles by […]
Columbia Experts Abound
Looking for an expert in a particular area of study on which you are reporting? Check out the Columbia University Experts Guide from the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. Search by name, subject, keyword, or peruse the different pre-compiled Expert Guides, such as Elections Experts Guide or Financial Crisis Experts Guide. […]