Knowledge Base

How to find and access books, journal articles, databases, and tools provided by the libraries at Columbia University.

This article lists resources to find standardized search strategies to retrieve optimal results.

Learn about preprint, its benefits, and some preprint servers in Health Sciences and Medicine.

Use the PubMed API to automate data retrieval for analysis

Instructions on how to adjust GoogleScholar settings to connect it with Columbia University Libraries subscriptions.

Archives & Special Collections has a wide variety of resources on the history of women in health care.

Learn how to locate archival materials using a finding aid.

Columbia University alumni can access a wide range of databases and journals from offsite for free.

We have compiled a variety of resources to help our researchers retrieve the latest published information.

Mendeley features enable better organization and filtering of stored citations, which improves usefulness of Mendeley libraries.

Use Elsevier APIs to search and retrieve information from EMBASE, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and more.

Strategy and logic on how to select the right database by matching information need with scope, features and functions of the source.

Use advanced EndNote functions to search for references in databases like PubMed or CLIO, and to find and attach full-text PDFs.

Learn how to find and use controlled vocabulary in select databases.