Columbia Libraries provide access to two different databases with declassified government documents. The Declassified Documents Reference System (access restricted to current Columbia affiliates) provides the full text of U.S. government documents which are routinely declassified, while the Digital National Security Archive (access restricted to current Columbia affiliates) includes documents which were declassified as a result […]
CRS Report for Congress – Journalists’ Privilege, July 2008
Want to learn more about legislation pertaining to Journalists’ Privilege and the First Amendment? Check out the latest CRS Report for Congress – Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses, updated July 29, 2008. […]
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 […]
Guide to the Courts
The Journalist’s Guide to the Courts is a handy guide for learning your way around the Federal District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, and the Federal Appellate Courts. […]
Congress Shall Make No Law Except…
This periodically updated report on exceptions to the First Amendment comes from the Congressional Research Service, and is archived on the website of the Federation of American Scientists, since the CRS does not have its own public website. The report summarizes Supreme Court interpretations of freedom of speech and press. […]
Resources for News21, 2007
Today, we’ll be looking at the AP Multimedia Archive, which is a source for content (images, audio, and text) from the Associated Press, back to as early as 1844. If you’re looking for maps, here is a link to databases licensed by Columbia University Libraries that have maps in them. The CIA World Factbook is […]
Journalism Library at Columbia University
The Journalism Library is open 7 days a week during the Fall semester. For an up-to-date look at the library’s hours, as well as library resources and services, please go to the Journalism Library’s web page. […]
Questions (and Answers!) From Orientation Library Sessions…
Q: What library services will I have access to after I graduate? Will I have access to Lexis Nexis and Factiva? A: For 3 months after graduation, all graduates will continue to have access to the same resources that were available to them when they were students. Columbia University alums are welcome to use the […]