Lynda.com

The Libraries, in collaboration with the School of the Arts, is pleased to offer the Columbia community with subscription access to Lynda.com. Lynda.com is a great website for software training and online tutorials, including Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustratorand InDesign CSS Final Cut Pro Flash PHP Ruby on Rails Web development software like Dreamweaver and […]

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Library Widgets: Install the LibX Toolbar

The LibX Toolbar (Columbia University Edition) is a Firefox extension which provides direct access to the Libraries’ resources from any website. You can search CLIO, find articles or databases, and connect to Columbia-provided full text via Google Scholar from the LibX toolbar or the quick-and-easy right-click menu. You can also search CLIO from Google, Amazon, […]

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Your Course Reserves

  Access the course reserve materials for your classes in multiple ways.   CourseWorks, two ways: Get to all of your Course Reserves by clicking on My Libr. Reserves from your My Courses page: Or, find the Reserves list for a specific course you are taking by clicking Libr. Reserves from the Course page:   […]

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Find Articles

Classes have only been in session for four days, but it’s never to early to start your research. The Libraries’ new Find Articles tool lets you search multiple database at the same time. Find Articles has lots of great functionality to help you search efficiently, and this quick introduction will get you started. You can […]

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Free Software Downloads from CUIT

CUIT offers free downloads for some software applications and online tools. Check the complete list, and download permissions, on the CUIT website. (Look for the "Available for Download" symbol.)  The Libraries recommends these downloads EndNote EndNote: Bibliographic software Create bibliographies instantly, download citations from electronic resources, and insert formatted citations effortlessly into your Word documents. (Ask a […]

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Email Updates From the Spotlight BLOG

 We’re excited that the Libraries Spotlight is now a blog. This means that everyone can subscribe to the blog using their RSS reader. If you’re not into RSS readers, you can still get updates from the Libraries Spotlight BLOG via email. Just enter your email address in the sidebar under "Get email updates" and click "Subscribe." You […]

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