Barnard Personal Librarians are still available for research help, citation guidance, questions on accessing items virtually, or any other library related questions. You can meet with us via Zoom, Google Meet, and there are also phone options plus there's always email. Click the button below to schedule a virtual consultation (or click this link)
Erin Anthony | Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Neuroscience and Behavior, Physical Education, Physics and Astronomy, and Psychology |
Jennie Correia | Economics, Education, Human Rights, Political Science, Sociology, and Urban Studies |
Jenna Freedman | American Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies |
Vani Natarajan | Africana Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures, Comparative Literature, English, French, Italian, Jewish Studies, and Spanish and Latin American Cultures |
Charlotte Price | Classics & Ancient Studies, Dance, Film Studies, German, History, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Philosophy, Religion, Slavic Studies, and Theatre |
Meredith Wisner | Anthropology, Architecture, Art (studio), and Art History |
First Year Students, last names A-D | Charlotte Price |
First Year Students, last names E-K | Meredith Wisner |
First Year Students, last names L-O | Jennie Correia |
First Year Students, last names P-S | Erin Anthony |
First Year Students, last names T-Z | Vani Natarajan |
2020 Transfers & VISP | Jenna Freedman |
If you were assigned a PL by residence hall or commuter status last year, your personal librarian hasn’t changed! And all are welcome to continue reaching out to the librarian(s) they wish.
Please check out our Audiobooks at Barnard guide for more information!
Ask a Librarian is a Columbia chat reference service that offers immediate research help during regular business hours. You can check those hours here.
CLIO online catalog is the access point for e-books, streaming media, and online journals for the libraries of both Barnard and Columbia. Teachers College and the Law Library at Columbia maintain separate catalogs.
Personal Librarians: You can make an appointment for online research consultations with your personal librarian, or make an appointment with the next available librarian.
IMATS has created a one-page guide to joining Zoom classes from Canvas.
IMATS has created this FAQ for distance learning support. Topics include:
While searching in CLIO is a great way to find ebooks, it can take a bit of time for newly purchased ebooks to show up there. Try searching these individual ebook databases as well as free and open ebook databases.
For a full list of ebook collections available at Columbia & Barnard, click this link:
You can find thousands of online newspapers, magazines, and other sources of news through CLIO. To search for a specific newspaper or magazine, for publications from a certain city, or for a specific article, use CLIO:
Here are direct links to the CLIO records for commonly requested news sources:
Here are links to some library databases that provide full-text news from a wide variety of papers, magazines, broadcasts, blogs, etc.
These are some selected streaming video databases available to the Barnard/Columbia community. When off-campus, you'll need a UNI to log-in to the databases.
For a full, up-to-date list of video databases that Barnard/Columbia subscribe to, click this CLIO link or check Columbia's guide to streaming video.
These are some selected streaming music & audio databases available to the Barnard/Columbia community. When off-campus, you'll need a UNI to log-in to the databases.
For a full, up-to-date list of video databases that Barnard/Columbia subscribe to, click this CLIO link.
College students that attend New York State colleges but are studying remotely from home out of the state/country may still apply for NYPL cards!