Getting started in the Music & Arts Library, or, need a refresher on some of our resources? Our Quick Reference Guide (link opens as PDF) can help. It contains an overview of contact info, loan periods, resources to help you start your research, music-related databases, and more. In PDF format, with clickable links to the […]
Check out our streaming audio resources!
There are several databases offering streaming audio which are available through the Libraries. You can access these from any computer in campus libraries, as well as from your dorm room or off-campus (with your UNI and password). Audio titles include: Classical Music Library, Naxos Music Library, Naxos Music Library Jazz, Smithsonian Global Sound, Contemporary World […]
Music & Arts Library – New Hours for Fall 2011
This fall, the Music & Arts Library will extend its hours on Sundays, staying open for an additional hour until 9pm, beginning this Sunday 9/11. A full schedule of the updated fall hours is available on our hours page on Library Web. We hope to see you in the library! […]
Reminder: Intersession Hours in effect through Mon 9/5
Please note: Intersession hours are in effect from now through Monday, 9/5. The Music & Arts Library will be open: Mon – Fri 10am-5pm Sat, Sun Closed On Monday, 9/5, the library will be closed for Labor Day. Full fall semester hours will begin on Tuesday, 9/6. A full schedule of library hours is available […]
Resource Alert: American Radio History
American Radio History (http://americanradiohistory.com) is an interesting free collection of scanned, searchable, full-text periodicals related to broadcasting in the U.S. Articles on the broadcast industry, regional radio markets, sales and chart data, and entertaining advertisements for broadcast-related technologies are contained in several periodical titles, with the ability to search across a given title. The articles […]
Summer hours in effect after Friday 5/13
Summer hours for the Music & Arts Library will go into effect after Friday, 5/13. The full schedule is available (along with the summer hours for other campus libraries) at http://hours.library.columbia.edu . We wish you an enjoyable and productive summer, and, if you’ll be around campus, hope to see you in the library! If you […]
Proquest maintenance on Thu 5/5 affects IIMP (and others)
Proquest has announced scheduled maintenance on its databases, starting at 10pm on Thursday, 5/5, and lasting approximately 2 hours. The principal music-related databases affected are the International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) and Proquest Digital Dissertations. As an alternative, you can try Music Index Online and RILM. If you are looking for known music journal […]
Semester Loan Due Date now 9/30/11 – Renew your items
The Semester Loan due date has now been advanced to 9/30/11. You can now renew any semester-loan-eligible items (most books and scores). Items may be renewed online, via the “My Library Account” in CLIO, for up to 10 times. So, you can take Hermann Abert’s 1515-page biography of Mozart to the beach! Fun times! Or, […]
Research Help Available!
Looking for a little extra research help, as your final papers and projects take shape? Here’s a reminder on some resources that may be useful: Walk-in reference help: you can ask for assistance at the circulation desk of the Music & Arts Library any time we are open, excepting Saturdays; Email reference help: you can […]
Concert: Music Hum in a Day – Monday 3/28, 8pm, Miller Theater
Want to traverse 800 years of music history in a single evening? Note this upcoming concert in Miller Theater. “Music Hum in a Day” is a special concert/lecture written, directed, produced and performed by Columbia students, with a focus on Music Humanities. The performers will include members of Columbia Classical Performers, fourbythree, and the Barnard-Columbia-Juilliard […]