Barnard College Library Research Guide
BC3761 Senior Seminar in Political Theory

Professor Ayten Gündoğdu
Librarian Jenna Freedman


Theodor W. Adorno.
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This guide is intended as a starting point in your research; the databases and reference tools listed here are a selective list. Always remember that you can ask for assistance at the Barnard Reference Desk at any point in your research, and you can always request a consultation.


CLIO | Databases | Other Libraries | Web | Bibliography 


CLIO

BOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIALS

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

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

 TITLE BARNARD REFERENCE
Encyclopedia of the stateless nations: ethnic and national groups around the world D860 .M56 2002
Encyclopedia of African history DT20 .E53 2005
American foreign relations since 1600 : a guide to the literature E183.7 G84 2003
African Caribbeans : a reference guide F1629.B55 A37 2003
The encyclopedia of political revolutions JC491 .E63 1998
The human rights encyclopedia  JC571 .L523 2001
America votes JK1967 .A8
A statistical history of the American electorate JK1967 .R87 2001
Colonialism : an international, social, cultural, and political encyclopedia JV22 .C59 2003
Encyclopedia of education LB15 .E47 2003
African American education : a reference handbook LC2741 .J33 2001
Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements KZ4968 .O84 2002
The dictionary of art N31 .D5 1996
Art in world history N5300 .H674 2004
The almanac of American politics
CQ Electronic Library

E-JOURNALS
Many scholarly journals are available on the Web. They are often included in searchable collections of journals supplied as a package by a publisher or by another vendor. These collections are included on the list of databases. If you have a citation or particular journal that you want to access electronically:
  • Enter the title in CLIO
  • In the Quick Limits box below the Search field, select All Electronic Resources
    •
  • Choose Search Type: Journal Title
  • If we have an online subscription or database access, this search will reveal it/them

DATABASES FOR ARTICLES AND MORE
  • Access these indexes and databases from the Find Databases interface.
  • Using these resources to find journal articles is sometimes a two-step process.
    First, find citations in the index
    Second, click on to find the full text online or a print copy.   
  • Law, Politics & Government database recommendations.

Subject specific databases, based on the class's research topics:

General and multidisciplinary databases:


FINDING DATA & PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS


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:


USEFUL WEB SITES

Course syllabus, slides from library research class

Barnard Subject Guides

Columbia Subject Guides

 


Beyond Barnard/Columbia

  • Google scholar -- be sure to use the Columbia link, rather than just typing scholar.google.com.

  • Librarians' Internet Index -- search engine where all results have been vetted and abstracted by a librarian.


BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCES

RefWorks and EndNote are bibliographic software packages that are available, free of charge, to all current Barnard and Columbia students, faculty and staff. 

Bibliographic software allows you to
  • search for citations in library catalogs and databases from the software or export results into it from remote catalogs and databases
  • store the citations
  • search through the citations you have stored using keyword searches
  • cite them in papers and bibliographies using any citation format you choose

Consult the page EndNote at Barnard and Columbia for more details.

The Bedford Handbook is a free online guide to APA, Chicago, CSE, and MLA styling.
 


Last Modified 09/19/2008
Jenna Freedman
Coordinator of Reference Services / Zine Librarian