Welcome to Columbia’s Psychology Department. Here are some things to help you get oriented.
About the Psychology Library and its Collection
Inside our library
The floor plan of the Psychology Library – shows our reading room, workstations, current journal issues, and circulation desk. There are 4 floors of stacks. Most Psychologyematics literature is on the third and forth levels of the stacks.
The Staff
The people who work in the Psychology Library. Come in and say hello. We would love to meet you.
Hours
The hours we are open and holidays for the current semester.
Psychology Library Home Page
Psychology resources – information and sites of interest.
Library Resources and Services
Things you may find useful, including CLIO, electronic journals and databases, your library account, reference help, and help in getting books and articles that are not available at Columbia.
CLIO
Columbia’s online catalog – includes books and journals at Columbia, Barnard, the Health Sciences Library and Union Theological Seminary. CLIO does not include the collections of the Teachers College or the Law School. The catalogs of the Teachers College (Educat), and the Law School (Pegasus), are available under “Other Catalogs at CU and Nearby”. Explore the possibilities of “My CLIO” – save CLIO searches, save CLIO records in your book bag.
Course Reserves
Information for Faculty and Students on Course Reserves search tips, policies and practices.
E-Resources at Columbia
Databases
Electronic reference works, indexes, full text databases and image files, including PsycInfo, an index of Psychology literature published by the American Psychological Association, and PsycARTICLES, a full text database published by the American Psychological Association.
E-Journals
Columbia’s collection of electronic journals with links to full text where it is available. E-journals can also be found in CLIO. Look for records that have LibraryWeb as their location; click on the links for “Electronic Access”.
Request It Online
Get reference help by e-mail or live chat. Request books and articles that are not available at Columbia (choose Science Fast Track for quick delivery of articles). Also manage your own library account – check your circulation records, renew books, place holds and recalls.
Borrowing
All you need to know about borrowing books from Columbia Libraries.
Printing and Photocopying
All you need to know about printing and photocopying in Columbia Libraries and labs.
EndNote
Bibliographic file management software. How to download and install EndNote on your workstation.
