CLIO Search Tips

by Jessica Gentile, Social Media Intern With the fall semester just around the corner, here are some tips for using CLIO, Columbia University Libraries’ online catalog system. Brush up on searching options before your first research paper hits. Keywords can be entered in any order. It won’t change the outcome of your search. Example: a search for […]

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CLIO New Arrivals Now Publicly Available

by Jessica Gentile The Library Information Technology Office is now making CLIO New Arrivals publicly available on the main CLIO web page. This service allows you to search and discover new acquisitions from within the past three months by the Columbia University Libraries. You can search for resources by title, author and keyword as well as […]

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CLIOmobile

CLIO, the Libraries’ online catalog now has a new mobile version – 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  To use CLIOmobile, point your mobile device browser to the […]

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CLIOmobile

CLIO, the Libraries’ online catalog now has a new mobile version – 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  To use CLIOmobile, point your mobile device browser to the […]

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Text Message the Libraries

There are two new ways to use the Libraries with your cellphone! (Standard rates apply.) Text a Call Number to Your Cell Phone CLIObeta now offers the ability to send a information about an item at the Libraries (author, title, location, call number) via text message to a cell phone. Here’s how: Conduct your search […]

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CLIO Tip: Export Your Citations to Refworks

You can now export citations directly from CLIO Beta to Refworks, an online citation management program available free to all Columbia students, faculty and staff.  RefWorks allows you to organize your citations in multiple folders and to create bibliographies in a variety of styles. Endnote and Zotero users may also find this a useful way to harvest […]

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CLIO Tip: Using Limits in CLIO Beta

Looking for art books shelved in the Barnard Library?  Use the Advanced Search to limit by library location, date of publication, language, format, or place or place of publication.      This introduction to CLIO Beta covers searching with limits, basic and advanced search options, and placing recall or hold requests. Thanks the the Barnard […]

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Announcing CLIO Beta

Beginning Monday, January 25, 2010 CLIO Beta will replace CLIO Classic as the primary search tool for Columbia University Libraries.     What does this mean? CLIO Beta will be the new CLIO interface now. All links to CLIO will take you to the CLIO Beta interface. Is the search different? No. CLIO Beta and Classic have exactly the […]

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CLIO Tip: Book covers in CLIObeta

Book covers now display in the results list when you use CLIO beta, providing a colorful visual cue when selected full-text is available through Google Books.     From the results list, click on the title of the book to view the CLIO record for that item. From here, you can connect to full-text, when available. […]

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