About the Butler Reference Collection

The reference collection houses the main card catalog for the Columbia University Libraries and 14 LibraryWeb and 6 LAN workstations. While subject bibliographies constitute the backbone of the collection, other notable strengths include an impressive number of current directories, guides, handbooks, a wide range of language dictionaries, periodical indexes from all over the world, and a particularly strong collection of biographical dictionaries. The reference collection boasts many CD-ROM products which provide computer access to several periodical indexes, abstracts, and large reference works.