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The Libraries = A to Z Guide 2004-2005 A b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Z

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n The Libraries are wonderful gathering places to pursue scholarly

n research, to use and learn about information technology, to write, to study, and to What’s New in the Libraries s draw on our rich collection of print and electronic resources. At your disposal is a fully As we enter the 2004-2005 academic year, there are a variety ject areas, in all languages of Christian theological discourse. ==integrated research library. Columbia’s Libraries, with 8.2 million volumes, 57,700 of library improvements, useful services, and collection The collections are international in scope and represent signifi- enhancements to report. We hope that you will take advantage cant historical depth. Materials are listed in CLIO and library current serials, and an extensive collection of electronic resources, manuscripts, rare of what the Libraries has to offer. Here are some of the high- privileges are available to the Columbia community. books, microforms, and other nonprint format, ranks as one of the top ten academic lights. Libraries Alumni and Friends Gateway library systems in the nation. I hope you will explore one or more of the 25 libraries New Social Work Library Opens This new portal is an interactive website featuring electronic at Columbia and its affiliated institutions to access the rich array of both traditional In August, 2004, the Social Work Library moved into a new resources, access to selected searchable databases, links to the building at 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, between 121st street and Libraries’ collections and digital resources, and to information and electronic information services. It is our ultimate goal at the Libraries to provide Morningside Drive. This 7,000 square foot library features a cur- about news and Friends and Library events. Information about excellent service to students and faculty that will advance each user’s learning, teach- rent collection of books and serials, reading rooms, wireless available library privileges to alumni and Friends is explained on connectivity, multi-media viewing stations, group study rooms the website. ing, and research experience at Columbia and we strive to support library users any- with multi-media capabilities, and a library instructional facility. time and anywhere. More than 75,000 volumes support Columbia’s School of Social Electronic Resources enhance Work community, including 225 print journal subscriptions, library collections video materials for classroom and in-library use, and a growing James G. Neal collection of online books, journals, and databases. Services From current business information to medieval manuscripts, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian include reference assistance, research consultations, circulation contemporary, from online journals in Political Science to and course reserves, library instruction, computing facilities, images of Chinese Paper Gods, the Libraries actively seeks new and after-hour study space. information in electronic form to complement its extensive tradi- tional print collections. To learn more about e-resources avail- able to you, check LibraryWeb. Document Delivery Services continue to expand As you explore the resources of the Columbia Libraries, please

Databases: hundreds of databases in disciplines from archi- mbia Librarie Providing material to support the research needs of the tecture to zoology are accessible from on or off campus pro- call on the Library staff to assist you in locating materials, in developing your research Columbia’s faculty, students, and researchers is an important viding indexing, abstracts and even full-text of scholarly skills, and in learning more about our rapidly expanding electronic collections and mission of the Libraries. If we do not own the material you need, resources. Notable databases available include Chemical we will try to get it for you through a variety of means. More Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar), Factiva, GenderWatch, MLA

lu services. I would like to introduce you to some of the staff members of the Libraries. information and online request forms for the document delivery Bibliography, United Nations Treaty Collection, Web of services below are available from LibraryWeb’s “Request It Science. The individuals pictured here represent more than 444 professional and support staff Online” link or via CLIO who are readily available to assist you in your academic endeavors. We welcome your e-News: wire services, international news sources, broadcast Interlibrary Loan continues to borrow print, microform, and outlets, and current events are at your fingertips. Coverage suggestions and feedback about the Libraries’ collections and services. Please let us other formats from libraries all over the world, includes late-breaking news and current events from news know how we are doing! Log onto http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/help/sugges- supplying most material in two weeks. We have recently magazines published worldwide to archival resources such as joined RAPID, a service which provides articles from journals the full-text Times of London dating back to 1785. tions.html to send suggestions. we do not subscribe to in a week or less.

BorrowDirect is an online request service to borrow books e-Journals and e-Books: The Libraries provides access to Patricia Renfro from 6 major research libraries; delivery is generally in four over 18,500 full-text online journals. CLIO provides biblio- Deputy University Librarian business days. graphic information and direct links to individual titles or you Science FastTrack provides those on the Morningside campus might try some of the e-Journal collections such as JSTOR or with articles from journals that are not available (print or ScienceDirect. Ten thousand-plus e-Books are available from online) in science, technology, engineering, or medicine. NetLibrary, the ACLS History e-Book Project, and Safari Offsite requests, submitted online from CLIO, the Libraries’ Tech Books Online. o the Co online catalog, bring materials from our shelving facility in == Plainsboro, NJ to the Morningside campus on a next business Digital images: Over 27,000 high quality images supporting day basis. Journal articles and book chapters are scanned the history of western art are in the Columbia Image Bank. and posted to the internet for online access. Other online image resources come from the RLG Cultural Health Sciences/Morningside Libraries Delivery Service Materials database, ARTStore, and more. enables circulating books located in libraries on either cam- pus to be requested online and delivered to the Columbia e-Data: important sources of statistical and spatial data from

library of your choice. Requested items are generally delivered government and commercial publishers are included in me t within 3-4 business days. LibraryWeb’s e-Data section. For example, try FedSTATS, EIU Country Data, DataGate, or the GIS Data Depot. Burke Library now one of o Columbia’s libraries The Union Theological Seminary’s Burke Library joined the Columbia library system in July, 2004. Burke Library is the largest and one of the most important theological libraries in North America. The Library contains over 770,000 items includ- elc ing books, periodicals, archival materials, pamphlets, manu-

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n A BURKE LIBRARY pers, online resources, government documents, microforms, sound recordings, video recordings, archival collections, etc. See Union Theological Seminary A b c d e f g h i j k l m Some of CLIO’s features include: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS LIBRARY • Records for items on order or in the process of being • 130 Uris; 212-854-7804 cataloged. B http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/business/ • Tools to search directly for materials on course reserves in CLIO, n o p q r s t u v w x y Z including links to full-text electronic reserves materials. • Options to request recalls, holds, or place renewals online • 535 West 114th Street; 212-854-2271 • “My CLIO” for customized searching, display options, and to http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/butler/ save records into EndNote. C A to Z Guide If you can’t find what you need in CLIO, please ask library refer- To the Columbia University Libraries BUTLER STACKS ence staff. Collections of the Law, Jewish Theological Seminary, The Butler Stacks collection serves research needs in the human- and Teachers College libraries are excluded from CLIO; use their www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb = 212-854-2271 ities, with particular strengths in history (including government online catalogs Pegasus, Aleph, and EDUCAT, respectively, avail- documents and social science materials published before 1974), able from LibraryWeb to find library materials. literature, philosophy, religion, and one of the country’s most extensive collections of materials pertinent to the study of Greco- Roman antiquity. The main entrance to the stacks is from the third floor of Butler. DID YOU KNOW? BUTLER MEDIA CENTER A • 208B Butler Library; 212-854-1715 Columbia Libraries has over 154 miles of books and other http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/bmc/ ACIS (ACADEMIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS) ing a topic. You can also reach a librarian in person, via e-mail or This facility supports the playback of multiple visual and audio for- items. 121 librarians, 444 professional and support staff, by phone. See Computing @ Columbia. mats, including VHS (NTSC, PAL, and SECAM), DVDs, laser discs, and 40 student assistants work in the libraries and can audio CDs, cassettes, and multiple digital formats. The Center also ASTRONOMY LIBRARY supports editing stations for the development of multimedia proj- help you. An average of 87,000 books are checked out AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS ects. See Physics/Astronomy Library. and 50,000 are renewed per month during the fall and See , Teachers College, Jewish Theological The collection is comprised of feature films, documentaries, ethno- Seminary, and State Psychiatric Institute. Special graphic films, and performing arts titles; all titles in the collection spring semesters! 3,140,331 people walked into Columbia agreements among Columbia’s affiliated institutions provide AVERY ARCHITECTURAL & FINE ARTS LIBRARY • 300 Avery; 212-854-3501; are cataloged in CLIO. Refer to the web-site for information on library access and borrowing privileges to Columbia students http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/ access, circulation policies, and faculty services. Libraries last year! Around 130,000 books and other and faculty. items are added to the Libraries’ collections each year, we AFRICAN STUDIES (AREA STUDIES) also provide access to over 18,500 electronic journals. • 308 International Affairs http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/ Materials collected include interdisciplinary resources from and B about the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa in many African lan- C guages (Swahili, Zulu, Hausa, Wolof, etc.), as well as in Arabic, CARD CATALOG English, French, Portuguese, and other European languages. BAKHMETEFF ARCHIVE CARNEGIE COLLECTIONS • RBML; 212-854-3986 • RBML; 212-854-3987 The main card catalog, located in 310 Butler, provides a historic http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/rare/BAR e-mail: [email protected] record of materials in the Libraries’ collections up to the mid- ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Part of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Archive RBML is the repository for the records of four philanthropic 1980s. It is divided into three sections: Names/Titles, Topical http://www.alumni.libraries.columbia.edu/ contains approximately 1.5 million items dating from the 16th organizations founded and endowed by steel magnate Andrew Subject, and Serials. If you do not find what you are looking for in Alumni (degree or certificate recipients) from Columbia through the 21st centuries, with a focus on émigré communities Carnegie: Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY), Carnegie CLIO, especially older publications, use the main Card Catalog. University, Barnard College, Teachers College, and Union from Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as American views of Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), Carnegie Foundation Other Columbia libraries, such as the Rare Book and Manuscript Theological Seminary receive reading privileges in the Libraries; the area and our relations with it. for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT), and Carnegie Council Library and Starr East Asian Library, also have card catalogs. borrowing privileges are available for a fee. Contact the Library on Ethics and International Affairs (CCEIA). A finding aid that Information Office for details. Visit the new Alumni and Friends BARNARD COLLEGE, WOLLMAN LIBRARY describes and lists the contents of the CCNY Records is available CENTER FOR NEW MEDIA TEACHING AND Gateway for special services, events, and access to selected online. Guides to the contents of the other collections are eResources. • Lehman Hall; 212-854-3953 LEARNING (CCNMTL) http://www.barnard.edu/library/ available in RBML. All researchers who wish to consult or have • 204A Butler; 212-854-9058 questions regarding the Carnegie Collections should contact http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/ the curator. AREA STUDIES BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES LIBRARY CCNMTL supports faculty in the exploration, development, and • 304 International Affairs, Lehman Library • 601 Fairchild; 212-854-4715 application of digital technologies to enhance teaching and learn- http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/area/ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/biology/ CATALOGS ing at Columbia. The Center sponsors a variety of workshops, There are five major area studies strengths in the Libraries: Columbia’s Libraries are served by two different types of catalogs: projects, seminars, and individualized consultations to present African Studies; Latin American and Iberian Studies; Middle East BORROWDIRECT an online catalog (CLIO) and the card catalogs. Reference and help develop innovative uses of new media in education. and Jewish Studies; Russian, Eurasian and East European • 307 Butler Library; 212-854 3542 librarians are happy to assist you in using both CLIO and the Center staff also work with faculty and AcIS to provide Studies; and South and Southeast Asian Studies. http://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/lweb/requestit/borrowdirect.html card catalogs. CourseWorks@Columbia. BorrowDirect allows you to search via LibraryWeb the combined ASK US NOW catalogs of Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, the University CLIO: COLUMBIA LIBRARIES INFORMATION ONLINE CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES (CRL) http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/reference/ of Pennsylvania, and Yale and request rapid delivery (generally http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/clio.html http://www.crl.edu/ four days or less) of circulating books in these collections. All Our real-time reference chat service gives you online help with CLIO is the online catalog for Columbia, including Health The Center for Research Libraries is a membership organization Columbia students, faculty, and staff with library borrowing privi- your research as soon as you need it. Columbia librarians will Sciences campus, Barnard, and UTS libraries. It includes catalog of North American college, university, and research libraries. CRL leges and active e-mail accounts are eligible to use the service. help you locate an e-journal; offer instruction in finding and using records for print and electronic books, serials, journals, newspa- specializes in collecting newspapers, documents, microfilm col- print and electronic resources; or provide guidance in research- See also Interlibrary Loan

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n n D lections of archival materials, and foreign dissertations. Columbia The Libraries and the Office of Disability Services work together to Here you will find an extensive collection of primary source texts students, staff, and faculty may borrow unlimited amounts of CRL meet the needs of library patrons with disabilities. Library services in electronic format for research in history and the humanities materials through Interlibrary Loan for extended periods and may for Columbia affiliates who register with the Office of Disability and a collection of textual analysis software. The ETS staff pro- make suggestions for new acquisitions. CRL also provides access VIRTUAL VISITS Services may include assistance with locating and retrieving vides demos, training, workshops, and individual assistance in to several digital collections. Visit their website for access to the TO THE LIBRARIES books or information about assistive technologies. Library contact: the use of full-text materials in the Columbia Digital Library, in the CRL online catalog, specialized collection databases, online find- Mayra Melendez; 212-854-3536. location of additional relevant electronic resources, and in the use - ing aids, and digital collections. of application programs such as EndNote, Adobe Photoshop, and The libraries of all of Columbia’s and its affiliated institu- DISSERTATIONS & MASTER’S THESES NVivo. Multiple format scanners and CD burners are available for the creation of electronic texts and images from print, slide, and CHEMISTRY LIBRARY tions -- 25 libraries all together -- are listed throughout Columbia dissertations and master's essays are listed in CLIO, • 454 Chandler; 212-854-4709 microform originals. F this A-Z Guide with URL links for their individual and may be searched by author, title, and keyword. If you are http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/chemistry looking for dissertations by subject or department, and are not homepages in LibraryWeb. Visit the libraries virtually by finding what you are seeking, please ask for reference assistance. CIRCULATION SERVICES CU Master's essays and dissertations held offsite may be request- http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/lio/borrowing.html connecting to these links. You will find descriptions of ed from within CLIO. Most Columbia libraries circulate material with a basic loan period collection strengths basic and special services, schedules Most CU dissertations completed after 1997 are also available for books of twenty-eight days for undergraduates and staff, full-text in Dissertation Abstracts (Digital Dissertations). US and semester loan for faculty and graduate students. Circulation poli- of specific library hours, staff contacts, subject specific some foreign dissertations are indexed back to 1861 as well. cies and loan periods vary; consult each library for specifics. A resources, and much more. See: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/diss-abs.html valid CUID is always required to check out materials. Consult LibraryWeb or the Library Information Office for information on loans, renewals, overdue items, and fines. Circulation status for most material is displayed in CLIO. If a book you need is not on the shelf, ask at circulation desks. Staff will search for it and/or advise you about other ways to obtain it. Use CLIO CLIO to renew, hold, or recall books, to see what you have See Catalogs. E checked out (“My Library Account”), and perform other circula- tion related transactions. E-JOURNALS COLUMBIANA LIBRARY http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/ejournals/ See University Archives & Columbiana Library. The Libraries provide access to over 18,500 online journals, Checking for the latest library e-resources search online by title or subject. The listings for e-journals pro- COMPUTING@COLUMBIA vide coverage dates and a link you can bookmark. E-journals are • Computing Support Center; 102 also listed in CLIO along with print versions. ENGINEERING LIBRARY • Computing Helpdesk; 212-854-1919 • 422 Mudd; 212-854-2976 or -3206 http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ EAST ASIAN LIBRARY http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eng/ Academic Information Systems (AcIS) provides technical support See Starr East Asian Library. for the entire Columbia community. AcIS supports and manages computer labs, ColumbiaNet stations, wireless access, and net- worked printers throughout campus, including 24-hour comput- ECONOMICS ing facilities in Butler Library and Lerner Hall. Contact AcIS for See Business & Economics Library. network support, troubleshooting assistance, and computer train- F ing courses. ELECTRONIC DATA SERVICE (EDS) • 201 International Affairs, Lehman Library; 212-854-6012 FACULTY AND THE LIBRARIES COPIERS e-mail: [email protected] http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/ We encourage faculty to contact the subject specialist in their http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/lio/photocopy.html EDS is operated jointly by the Libraries and AcIS to support area.(http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/colldev/liaisons.html) Self-service photocopiers are available in all libraries and operate instruction and research that involves numeric data resources. Librarians are willing to meet during class time to talk with you with cash, Columbia University Flex Cards, or Flex Dollars. EDS maintains a library of data and documentation that covers a and your students about relevant resources in your field. We also Purchase cards in Avery, Butler, Business, Lehman, Barnard and wide range of topics, both national and international, including welcome faculty suggestions for materials we should acquire. Teachers College libraries using cash or credit cards. Columbia sociodemographic topics, public opinion polls, politics, health, University students, faculty, and staff may add funds called Flex and economics. GIS software is also available. Support services dollars to their CUIDs. These Flex dollars can then be used for include help in identifying and obtaining data; assistance with FINE ARTS photocopying along with several other services at the University. data preparation; and maintenance of a lab facility with the nec- This non-circulating collection in Avery includes books on art history, The Columbia University Flex Card is not accepted in photocopy essary software for data extraction. Help is provided in-house, on painting, sculpture, prints and exhibition catalogs. machines at the Health Science, Law, and ITS libraries. the website, and via e-mail. See Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. See also GIS FOOD AND DRINK POLICY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES The library is a shared space. Please help us in our effort to keep libraries clean and books and materials in good condition. Be http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/ D considerate of others and remember that food is not allowed in Access Columbia Libraries’ vast collection of databases, e-jour- library reading rooms. Some libraries allow drinks in spill-proof nals, subject guides, electronic exhibitions, e-books, e-images, e- DIGITAL COLLECTIONS containers. Check each library for details on its food and drink data and e-news. policy. See Electronic Resources ELECTRONIC TEXT SERVICE (ETS) FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARIES DISABILITY SERVICES • 305 Butler; 212-854-7547; See Alumni and Friends • 802 Lerner Hall; 212-854-2388; TDD: 212-854-2378 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/ets/ Doing reserach in Avery Library http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/lio/disability.html

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n n G LAW LIBRARY The Map Room holds over 185,000 maps in a general map • 300 Greene, Circulation Desk; 212-854-3922 collection covering a wide range of subjects, including geography, G http://library.law.columbia.edu/ geology, economics, and international affairs. LEHMAN PAPERS - GEOLOGY LIBRARY • 406 International Affairs, Lehman Suite, • 601 Schermerhorn; 212-854-4713 Lehman Library; 212-854-3060 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/geology/ e-mail [email protected] http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehsuite/ GET THE MOST OUT OF CLIO GEOSCIENCE LIBRARY The Lehman Suite holds the personal and professional papers of • Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, N.Y.; Herbert H. Lehman—lieutenant governor, governor, and senator M (845-365-8808, or tie line 95-8808) of New York, and Director General of the United Nations’ Relief • My CLIO allows you to customize and store your http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/geosci/ and Rehabilitation Administration—and the papers of a number search method preferences as a default setting. of his associates. The 1.25 million items include files of corre- GIS spondence with every president from Hoover to Nixon, clippings, • The Bookbag feature allows you to save records http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/ photographs, and speeches. from a search result for use later. You can select and save records from a Titles list or you can save Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software, including tutori- individual records. You can view these records als in the use of ArcGIS and ArcView, and the supporting manu- LEHMAN SOCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY later from a Bookbag screen. You can also edit, als are available in the EDS computer lab. Spatial files are being • 2nd and 3rd Floor, International Affairs; 212-854-4170 print, save, or send records via email. You can added to the EDS data collection as well. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/ also delete records from your Bookbag. See also Electronic Data Services (EDS) I LEHMAN SUITE • Limiting searches in CLIO can help you zero-in on See Lehman Papers INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL) the materials you want. Limit by such things as • 307 Butler Library; 212-854-3542 or 854-7354 library location, language, publication date, format http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/ill/ LIBRARY INFORMATION OFFICE (LIO) or place of publication. • 201 Butler Library; 212-854-2271 H Research materials not available at Columbia may be borrowed e-mail: [email protected] • My Library Account displays information about via ILL from other libraries in the and abroad. ILL http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/lio/ services are available to CUID holders. Requests typically are your account as a CLIO user, including: Personal The LIO administers and answers general questions about user HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY filled within two weeks and may be submitted electronically via Information, Patron Blocks, Items you have privileges, clears library holds due to overdue fees, distributes • 701 West 168th Street; 212-305-3605 Request It Online. Material from the Center for Research Libraries Checked Out, Items you have Requested, and http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/library/ paper copies of many library publications, and handles visitor (CRL) can be requested through ILL; search its catalog from Fines and Fees. privileges. Library borrowing privileges are available to all faculty, LibraryWeb. The Columbia Law, Health Sciences, and Teachers students, and staff of Columbia University, Barnard College, HOURS College Libraries maintain separate ILL services for their primary • Renew, recall, or place holds on books directly Teachers College, and Union Theological Seminary. Reading privi- http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/hours/ clientele. from CLIO to extend the loan period on books you leges are available to alumni. Privileges are also available to have checked-out or to request books that are Check LibraryWeb for up-to-date hours online, including holidays See also BorrowDirect, Center for Research Libraries. spouses and domestic partners of students, faculty, and staff. checked-out by others. and variations. Most libraries are open seven days a week and Columbia students are not permitted to bring guests or visitors to there is 24-hr study space in Butler. the Libraries. • Use Looking for tips for a variety of search tech- INSTRUCTION & TRAINING niques to help you best find items such as LIBRARYWEB archives and manuscripts, series, video recordings http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/workshops.html J http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/ or e-books. Make better use of collections and services by participating in a LibraryWeb is a gateway to Columbia’s libraries collections, servic- library instruction activity. Hands-on workshops cover topics from es, and staff. It provides access to a wide variety of databases For more information on these features, connect to using LibraryWeb and CLIO, to searching subject-specific data- JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY LIBRARY (JTS) and indexes, including e-journals and books, news services, digi- bases, to finding e-journals, or using EndNote. Librarians provide • 3080 , New York NY 10027; 212-678-8082 tal images, numerical data, archival finding aids, CLIO and online CLIO and lick on the HELP button. instruction in library research to Columbia classes and are avail- http://www.jtsa.edu/library/ catalogs of affiliated institutions’. Use LibraryWeb for: able for subject-specific assistance to individuals through consul- http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/clio/ tation appointments. • Hours and Library locations JOURNALISM LIBRARY • Services, such as borrowing, reference or library workshops • 203 Journalism; 212-854-0390 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/jour/ • Policies for Course Reserves or Document Delivery • Collections of print, electronic and microform materials • Remote access to electronic journals, books, images and a wide CAN’T KEEP UP WITH ALL array of online databases THE LIBRARY E-RESOURCES? • Links to submitting questions, recommending a purchase, L chatting online with reference staff Don’t wonder what new databases, online encyclopedias, Please note that access to some materials in LibraryWeb must be limited to or full-text resources are being added to the Libraries’ LATIN AMERICAN & IBERIAN STUDIES current Columbia students, faculty, and staff due to licensing restrictions (indicated by a blue key). collections. Subscribe to e-Resources News, an email alert (AREA STUDIES) • 307 International Affairs, Lehman Library service that sends you brief descriptions of selected new http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/latam/ e-resources along with direct URL links to the resource Materials collected include interdisciplinary resources from and about South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, itself. See: Spain, and Portugal, in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and select- M ed indigenous languages of the region. The Latin American and http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/requestit/eresnews.html Iberian Studies collection is housed in several campus libraries, MAP COLLECTION according to subject. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/maps/index.html Laptop accessibility available in libraries

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PRESERVATION RECAP N Handle library materials with care! Help us preserve the collec- See Offsite Library Shelving Facility O tions: avoid writing or marking pages; keep materials away from food and liquids; photocopy carefully; don’t use paper clips or REFERENCE RECOMMEND A TITLE post-its. Bring materials in need of repair to circulation desks. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/reference/ OFFSITE LIBRARY SHELVING FACILITY - FOR PURCHASE Reference and research assistance is available throughout • ReCAP: 212-854-2245 PRINTING http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/offsite/ Columbia’s libraries to help with identifying or recommending If you have identified a book or other resource that is not http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/help/computing/printing/index.html specific publications on a given subject; to offer advice on doing The ReCAP (Research Collections and Preservation Consortium) The Libraries and AcIS provide a number of networked printers library research using print or electronic resources; and to pro- currently in the Libraries collections, we want to hear Shelving Facility, located in Plainsboro, New Jersey, is jointly throughout the libraries. Printing from laptops connected to the vide guidance on where to turn for information. Reference collec- R operated with the and Princeton from you. Send your recommendations for purchase to network is also available. Current students, faculty and staff use a tions may include bibliographies, indexes, encyclopedias, diction- University. It provides a courier service with next business day print quota system; visitors can purchase pages using cash or aries, atlases, and other materials in many languages, both in delivery of requested items to Columbia Libraries. Electronic https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/lweb/requestit/recommend/ credit card. All network printing uses a “UNI” and password. print and electronic formats. Reference help is available in per- Document Delivery is provided for journal articles and single Health Sciences, Jewish Theological Seminary, Law, Teachers son, via e-mail or through online “chat,” by phone, or as a con- chapters of books. By special appointment, a reading room at College, and Union Theological Seminary libraries are not cur- sultation by appointment. Whether by visiting a CU library on ReCAP is available for Columbia Library users. Use the offsite rently part of the networked printing system. campus or connecting through LibraryWeb, remember to “ask a request form linked to CLIO catalog records to request material. librarian!” PSYCHOLOGY LIBRARY ORAL HISTORY RESEARCH OFFICE COLLECTION • 409 Schermerhorn; 212-854-4714 REQUEST IT ONLINE • 801 Butler Library; 212-854-2273 or 212-854-4012 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/psych/ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/requestit/ MATHEMATICS/SCIENCE LIBRARY LibraryWeb’s interactive service allows you to request document • 303 Mathematics; 212-854-4712 delivery through BorrowDirect or Interlibrary Loan, recommend http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mathsci/ for purchase books, journals, and other materials, contact library staff, report problems, or offer suggestions. MEDIA CENTER P R See Butler Media Center. RESEARCH LIBRARIES GROUP (RLG) http://www.rlg.org/memlist.html MIDDLE EAST & JEWISH STUDIES (AREA STUDIES) PHOTOCOPYING RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY (RBML) • 303 International Affairs See Copiers • 6th Floor East, Butler Library; 212-854-5153 RESEARCH READING ROOMS http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/rare/ Eight subject-based research reading rooms are located on the Materials collected include resources from and about the Middle PHOTOGRAPHY AND REPROGRAPHY SERVICES fifth and sixth floors of Butler. Each room contains a noncirculat- East and North Africa in all periods and in all languages, both http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/preservation/reproductions.html ing collection of core materials supporting the following fields of local (Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, etc.) and Western lan- The Preservation Division provides patrons with reproductions of study: guages. The Jewish Studies Collection covers Jews and Judaism certain items from the Columbia University Libraries’ collections. African Studies • (Room 607) in all periods, countries, and languages. Reproductions are intended for personal or scholarly use. Ancient & Medieval Studies • (Room 603) Requestors are responsible for all copyright and permissions mat- Islamic Studies • (Room 602) MILSTEIN LIBRARY ters. Services are restricted to items owned by the Libraries. The • 208 Butler; 212-854-5327 Division can provide microfilm, photographs, and digital images. Latin American Studies • (Room 503) http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/under/ Specialized reprographic services are available as well (e.g., pro- Moral & Political Theory • (Room 504) fessional photographs of library materials). Papyrology, Epigraphy & Paleography • (Room 604) MUSIC & ARTS LIBRARY South Asian Studies • (Room 601) • 701 Dodge; 212-854-4711 PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY LIBRARY U.S. History and Literature • (Room 502) http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/music/ • Pupin, 8th Floor; 212-854-3943 Two additional research reading room collections are being creat- http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/physics/ ed; Early Modern Europe and Modern & Comparative Studies.

RESERVES http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/reserves/ N Reserves materials may be books, articles from journals, problem LIBRARY NEWS sets, or other materials selected by faculty as required reading for their courses. The Libraries provide these materials in either tra- NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC AND SPOTLIGHTS INSTITUTE LIBRARY ditional paper format or electronic version as “eReserves.” Paper • 1051 Riverside Drive; 212-543-5675 reserves items (e.g., books, folders) are subject to short-term Announcements about new library resources, services, loans (usually for only a few hours) and are kept in separate loca- tions in the libraries; inquire at each library for its reserve poli- NYC AREA LIBRARIES events, and exhibitions appear in LibraryWeb to keep you cies. Full-text eReserve items are accessible online to those regis- Many libraries in are available to Columbia stu- aware of the many exciting developments that may serve tered in the class once they sign on with their Columbia online dents, faculty, and staff. In addition to the libraries listed below, account (your Columbia “UNI”). All course reserves are listed in Columbia is a member of Metro (http://www.metro.org/), an organi- your information and research needs. Spotlights highlight “CLIO’s course reserve” search option and are linked to individual zation of 300 member libraries. Consult Butler Reference librari- course web pages through CourseWorks@Columbia. ans for referral assistance. existing resources and services to help you use the libraries to the fullest. Just look for Library News and RUSSIAN, EURASIAN & EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (NYPL) (AREA STUDIES) http://www.nypl.org/ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb Spotlight on LibraryWeb. / • 306 International Affairs http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/slavic/ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES (NYU) http://www.nyu.edu/library/ Materials from and about the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are integrated into the Butler and depart- ≤≥≤ ≤≥≤

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mental library collections. The collections cover all fields of S knowledge in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Materials in Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, and Hungarian are espe- NOTES cially well represented. Materials in the languages of Central Asia V and minority nationalities of the Russian Federation are without equal outside the former Soviet Union. VISITOR PRIVILEGES & LIBRARY ACCESS - • 201 Butler Library; 212-854-7309 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/lio/ Visitors should go to the Library Information Office in Butler to determine their access status and to receive their Reading Z S Privileges card, if applicable. Affiliates of other colleges or univer- sities may be eligible for limited access privileges to the Libraries; SCIENCE LIBRARY those without a current affiliation with another academic institu- tion may purchase access to the Libraries for a monthly fee. See Mathematics/Science Library. Columbia students are not permitted to bring guests or visitors to the Libraries. SOCIAL WORK LIBRARY See Alumni and Friends • 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, School of Social Work; Electronic Data Service staff provide consultation services 212-851-2194 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/socwk/

UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, BURKE LIBRARY SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES • 3041 Broadway at West 121st Street; 212-280-1314 (AREA STUDIES) http://www.uts.columbia.edu/burke_library/index.html W • 304 International Affairs, Lehman Library http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/ UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES & COLUMBIANA LIBRARY WARE COLLECTION Materials collected include interdisciplinary resources from and • 210 Low; 212-854-3786; fax: 212-854-7320 A circulating collection of materials supporting real estate and about the countries of South and Southeast Asia in many Indic http://www.columbia.edu/cu/columbiana/ urban planning, shelved in Avery Library. languages (Hindi, Punjabi, Sindhi, Rajasthani, Urdu, Sanskrit, See Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Bengali, Nepali, and Newari), in select Southeast Asian languages US GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS (Bahasa Indonesia, Malay), as well as in English and other http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/index.html Remember: Be Library Friendly! Handle all books European languages. The collection also includes resources from with care and please observe the Libraries’ policies on food The U.S. Government Documents collection receives approxi- and about Australia, New Zealand, and other South Pacific and drink. Islands. mately 70 percent of the works available through the United States Federal Depository Library Program. The time period cov- ered is 1976 to the present. STARR EAST ASIAN LIBRARY • 300 Kent; 212-854-4318 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/

STUDY FACILITIES See 24-Hour Study in Butler WIRELESS AND NETWORK ACCESS

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/access/oncampus/wireless/

T • Whether you are in Butler or Business, Music or Math, wireless works in the Libraries! TEACHERS COLLEGE, • Wired connectivity for laptops is available in • Russell Hall; 212-678-3494 or tie line 94-3494 several libraries. http://lweb.tc.columbia.edu/ • Dial-up to library resources from off-campus through the modem pool. 24-HOUR STUDY IN BUTLER • High-speed network access is being installed in The Milstein reading rooms on Butler’s second, third and fourth University Apartment Housing on Morningside floors, the AcIS Computer Lab (213), and the Lounge (214) Heights. are open for 24-hour use during the fall and spring semesters • Individual “kiosk stations” and terminals are in lob- to those with a valid CUID. All libraries have reading rooms bies, libraries, and lounges throughout the campus for study. for your convenience. • Computer clusters and labs are located on campus, including 24-hour labs in Butler Library and Lerner Hall. • If you have any questions about how to access the U Columbia network, just consult the AcIS Web pages at http://www.columbia.edu/acis for more information. UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY See Milstein Library.

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AREA STUDIES (8) ELECTRONIC TEXT SERVICE NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC B Lehman Library, 3rd Floor, (ETS) (2) INSTITUTE LIBRARY ≥ 12 International Affairs • 212-854-8046 305 Butler Library • 212-854-7547 1051 Riverside Drive • 212-543-5675 • African Studies 212-854-8045 ENGINEERING LIBRARY (10) ORAL HISTORY RESEARCH C • Latin American & Iberian Studies (Ambrose Monell Engineering Library) OFFICE (2) 422 Mudd • 212-854-2976 or -3206 801 Butler Library • 854-2273, 20 212-854-3630 212-854-4012 • Middle East & Jewish Studies 212-854-3995 FINE ARTS (1) See Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY 19 • Russian, Eurasian & LIBRARY (17) East European Studies 8th Floor, Pupin • 212-854-3943 18 212-854-4701 GEOLOGY LIBRARY (11) • South & Southeast Asian Studies 601 Schermerhorn • 212-854-4713 PSYCHOLOGY LIBRARY (11) 212-854-8046 409 Schermerhorn • 212-854-4714 GEOSCIENCE LIBRARY/ LAMONT-DOHERTY ≥ AVERY ARCHITECTURAL & RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPT 17 10 FINE ARTS LIBRARY (1) Palisades, NY • 845-365-8808 or tie line 95-8808 LIBRARY (2) Avery Hall • 212-854-3501 6th Floor East, Butler • 212-854-5153 HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY ≥ BAKHMETEFF ARCHIVE (2) RESEARCH COLLECTIONS AND 4 Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library) 701 West 168th Street • 212-305-3605 PRESERVATION CONSORTIUM OFFSITE 6th Floor, Butler • 212-854-3986 SHELVING (RECAP) ≥ 47 Claremont 6 5 11 Princeton University Forrestal BARNARD COLLEGE, JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Campus, Plainsboro, NJ WOLLMAN LIBRARY (3) LIBRARY (12) • 212-854-7593 (project coordinator) Lehman Hall • 212-854-3953 3080 Broadway • 212-678-8082 3 15 SCIENCE LIBRARY (15) See Mathematics/Science Library 7 1 8 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES LIBRARY (4) JOURNALISM LIBRARY (13) 601 Fairchild • 212-854-4715 203 Journalism • 212-854-0390 SOCIAL WORK LIBRARY (20) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS LAW LIBRARY (14) 1255 Amsterdam Ave • 212-851-2194 LIBRARY (5) (Arthur W. Diamond Law Library) (Thomas J. Watson Library of Business 300 Greene, Law School STARR EAST ASIAN LIBRARY (9) and Economics) • 212-854-3922 300 Kent Hall • 212-854-4318 9 130 Uris • 212-854-7804 16 14 LEHMAN SUITE (8) TEACHERS COLLEGE, BUTLER LIBRARY (2) 406 International Affairs GOTTESMAN LIBRARIES (18) 535 West 114th Street • 212-854-3060 Russell Hall • 212-678-3494 13 • 212-854-2271 or tie line 94-3494 • Circulation LEHMAN SOCIAL SCIENCES 3rd Floor Butler, 212-854-2235 LIBRARY (8) UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, • Reference / Research Help 300 International Affairs BURKE LIBRARY (19) • 212-854-4170 301 Butler, 212-854-2241 3041 Broadway • 212-280-1314 • Media Center Health LIBRARY INFORMATION OFFICE Services 208B Butler, 212-854-1715 UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES & 2 at Columbia (LIO) (2) COLUMBIANA LIBRARY (7) • Periodicals and Microforms 201 Butler • 212-854-2271 210 Low • 212-854-3786 Reading Room (PMRR) 401 Butler, 212-854-4704 MATHEMATICS/ WARE COLLECTION (1) SCIENCE LIBRARY (15) See Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library CHEMISTRY LIBRARY (6) 303 Mathematics • 212-854-4712 454 Chandler • 212-854-4709 MILSTEIN LIBRARY (2) EAST ASIAN LIBRARY (9) (Philip L. Milstein Family College Library) See Starr East Asian Library 208 Butler • 212-854-5327

≥ Not on Morningside campus ELECTRONIC DATA SERVICE MUSIC & ARTS LIBRARY (16) (EDS) (8) (Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library) 201 International Affairs, 701 Dodge • 212-854-4711 Lehman Library • 212-854-6012 ≤≥≤ ≤≥≤ 14 15

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1. Columbia Libraries is one of the largest academic libraries 6. Take a free library workshop where you can learn research in the country with over 8.2 million books spread over 25 strategies or how to use EndNote, Adobe Photoshop and other libraries. computer programs.

2. Your CU ID card gets you into the libraries, lets you check- 7. Use remote access from any location to our electronic out materials, and can be used with your Flex Account at all resources with your University Network ID (UNI) and password. copiers in the Libraries. The Libraries are wireless too for searching and printing to net- worked printers. 3. Search CLIO, our online catalog, for books, journals, news- papers, videos, music, maps, and for direct links electronic 8. The Undergraduate Reading Rooms, the Lounge, and the resources (e.g., online journals, eBooks, databases, etc.). Computer Lab in Butler Library are open 24/7 during the fall and spring semesters. 4. Our rich collection of electronic resources includes a vast range of e-texts, e-journals and full-text databases; thousands 9.Many course reserve readings are online and linked to indi- of digital images; and specialized numeric and geo-spatial vidual Columbia and Barnard courses via CourseWorks and also data. from within CLIO.

5. If you have a research question or need help, Ask a 10. If it’s not in our library you can get it through Librarian at a reference desk, via email, by phone or through BorrowDirect, or one of our other interlibrary loan or document real-time chat. delivery services. You can also take advantage of on-site use at many other research institutions in New York City with your Columbia ID card or with a METRO pass.

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