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CLIO

BOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIALS

Searching CLIO
CLIO (Columbia Libraries Information Online) is the on-line catalog for materials added to the Columbia University Libraries since 1981.  

• For keyword searches, AND is automatically inserted between term. You may also use OR or NOT between the terms, or quotes for a phrase.
• For an author search, put last name, then first name
• You can retrieve materials in English only using the Pre-set Limits or Post Limits options

To find PRIMARY SOURCES, use these terms in your search: ARCHIVES, BIOGRAPHY (this includes autobiographies), CORRESPONDENCE, DIARIES, INTERVIEWS, SOURCES. Enter them as "any of these" in a Guided Keyword search, selecting Subject from the In: menu.

Reference
Use for:

• an overview of a topic
• background information
• bibliographies

E-JOURNALS

Many scholarly journals are available on the Web. The journal often is included in a searchable collection of journals supplied as a package by the publisher or by another vendor. These collections are included on the list of databases, recommended databases are listed above. If you have a particular journal that you want to access electronically:

• Enter the title in CLIO, omitting the initial article (a, an, the, la, le, un, etc.)
• In the Quick Limits box below the Search For field
• Select All Electronic Resources
• Search as: Journal Title
• Click search
• If we have an online subscription or database access, one or more links will be provided in the record

Other Library Catalogs

Those with Columbia ID have access to the libraries of the Columbia Law School, the Jewish Theological Seminary, Teachers’ College, and Union Theological Seminary, but they are not included in CLIO. CUID also provides access to the libraries of New York University. Anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in New York is entitled to a New York Public Library card. Use the Catalogs list on CU LibraryWeb, or the following links:

• BobCatPlus for NYU libraries
• CATNYP for New York Public Library research libraries. LEO for branch libraries. NYPL Databases--require library card number for access.
• Pegasus for Columbia Law Library
• WorldCat a catalog of catalogs, has holdings from libraries all over the world. New free version.

USEFUL WEB SITES

Course syllabus

Barnard and Columbia Subject Guides

• Africana Studies
• Economic and Political Development: Information Resources
• Foreign Countries
• Foreign Press Translations
• Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs: Information Resources
• International conflict resolution
• Politics/Government

 

Beyond Barnard/Columbia

• AllAfrica.com

• ArabicNews

• Google scholar -- be sure to use Columbia link, rather than going directly to scholar.google.com

• IRIN News -- Horn of Africa, from the UN

• Liberia's Uneasy Peace

• Librarians' Internet Index: Africa