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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 […]
Study Spaces at the Libraries
With 25,000+ students on-campus, finding a comfortable place to study can be challenging. Luckily, there are 22 libraries offering a variety of study environments to suit your needs. Looking for something with lots of windows, quiet space, or room for a group? Need to be close to coffee? What’s open after midnight? Visit the Study […]
Librarian Highlight: Elizabeth Davis
Librarian: Elizabeth Davis Title: Music & Arts Librarian Subject specialties: Music, all varieties and formats, and literature on music Contact info: davise@columbia.edu Library: Music & Arts Library @ Columbia Libraries since: 8/8/88 Education Info: Graduate music degree from NYU; library degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. About me: "Sharing music and making connections are my […]
Poetry Reading at the Burke Theological Library with Eleanor Johnson
The Burke Theological Library will host poet and Columbia professor Eleanor Johnson, reading from her new book of poetry, Her Many Feathered Bones. Her Many Feathered Bones is a collaborative experiment in slow dialogue. Wishing to integrate visual and verbal art in a way that would privilege neither form over the other, Dr. Johnson began […]
Have a question? Try the FAQ
The Libraries FAQ can help answer your questions about using the Libraries and research. Topics covered include Searching CLIO Printing Photocopying Borrowing and renewing materials Basic research help Help with E-resources […]
“Educating Scholars: Doctoral Education in the Humanities” Lecture
The Friends of the Columbia Libraries are pleased to sponsor a lecture by Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University and director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, and Harriet Zuckerman, senior vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and professor emerita of […]
“Joseph Pulitzer and The World” Lecture with James McGrath Morris
Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library will host a talk by author James McGrath Morris on the life of Joseph Pulitzer. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 7 at 6:00 pm in the Lecture Hall of Columbia’s Journalism Building, 2950 Broadway. This event is free and open to the public. The lecture […]
“Hidden Collections” Exhibition at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library
A new exhibition, "Working Close to the Source: Graduate Interns Uncover Collections in History, Humanities, Architecture and Religion" opened at Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML). The exhibition highlights the archival collections processed by Columbia University graduate students, and will be on display in the Chang Octagon Exhibition Room on the 6th Floor […]
Research without Borders Speaker Series: “Communicating Climate Change Science”
Communicating Climate Change Science Tuesday, April 6, 2010 12:30 pm Alfred Lerner Hall Room 555, Columbia University, Morningside Campus Researchers often come up against the challenge of effectively communicating complex data to an audience beyond academia. In the case of climate-change science, this challenge is a special one. Now a highly politicized issue, climate change […]