Skiing

In between classes (and hitting the slopes), check out Skiing for tips, reviews, gear guides and more for everything powder-related.

Skiing
The current issue of Skiing is available in our Reading Area. Back issues of all our magazines are along the back wall of the Library in alphabetical order. Electronic access to Skiing is available through the Full-text and Print Magazine search on our homepage.

Music Online

Our five music databases (with hundreds of thousands of streamed MP3s) are now available through a single interface. Also available from off-campus to Columbia College students and staff.

The five databases are:
American Song
Classical Music Library
Contemporary World Music
Jazz Music Library
Smithsonian Global Sound

Music Online
Available via our Article and Research Databases page and through this direct link: Music Online

See you in 2010!

How Wikipedia Works

A comprehensive guide to the who, what, when, where, how and why of the Internet's largest (and arguably most controversial) encyclopedia.

How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It
by Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, and Ben Yates
Find it in the Library at call number AE1.5 .A98 2008

On the Fireline

A sociological look at wildland firefighters as documented by a doctoral student with personal experience serving on a firecrew in Northern Arizona.

On the Fireline
by Matthew Desmond
Find it at call number SD421.24 . D47 2007

The Good Earth

The 1937 adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel won Luise Rainer (as O-lan) a repeat Best Actress Oscar.

The Good Earth
directed by Sidney Franklin
Find it in our Video Collection at call number PN1995.9 .D7G659 1937

Find Pearl S. Bucks original book at call number PS3503 .U198 G66 1949

Volleyball

Serving up the latest news, tips and techniques for all flavors of volleyball. (Is that street volleyball? Ouch!) Read up as you support the Claim Jumpers.

Volleyball
Find the current issue in our Reading Area. Back issues for all of our magazines are located along the back wall of the Library in alphabetical order. Electronic access is also available back to 2006 via our Full-text and Print Magazines link.

Oral History Series

Listen to interviews of Mother Lode residents about life in the region over the last 130 years. Some interviews include transcripts and supporting documents that are also available online.

Columbia College Library Oral History Series
Visit the Oral History Series search engine via the Library's homepage or directly through this link: http://gocolumbia.edu/library/ohs/

Game Sound

Exploring the important role that sound - music, dialogue, etc. - plays in the burgeoning video game world.

Game Sound
by Karen Collins
Find it in the Library at call number ML3540.7 .C65 2008

The Post-Impressionists

Beautiful documentaries with scholarly commentary and analysis on some of the movement's biggest names, including Van Gogh, Cézanne and Gauguin.

The Post-Impressionists
Available in our Video Collection at call number: ND553 .N27P673

The Geography of Home

A collection of poetry about California and its varied geography.

The Geography of Home
edited by Christopher Buckley and Gary Young
Find it in the Library at call number PS571 .C2G46 1999