We are located on the second floor of the Social Work Building.

Throughout the academic year, we are open:
Monday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday – Thursday: 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: Noon – 8:00 p.m.

Our hours are more restricted in the summers. To confirm our hours for a particular day, go to the Social Work Library Calendar.

Graduate students at Columbia University have access to thousands of online databases in various subject areas. To get started on your search, go to Recommended Databases for Social Work Research. You are also welcome to schedule a research consultation with the Librarian using this webform (UNI ID and password required).

Columbia University Libraries supports three citation management software products:

EndNoteRef
Works
Zotero
All three products enable you to retrieve and save references from bibliographic databases so that you may later use that information in formatting in-text citations, footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies. To download one of these programs, go to Options for Citation Management on the Columbia University Libraries site.

You may request a reserves item at the circulation desk. The system for returning regular reserves items works as follows:

RESERVES ITEMS REQUESTED

Before 3:00 p.m. Mon – Thurs: Can keep for two hours only.

After 3:00 p.m. Mon – Wed: Can keep overnight—but must return by 11:00 a.m. the following day.

After 3:00 p.m. on Thurs (and all weekend hours): Return by Tues at 11 a.m.

NOTE: Last available copies of a reserves item cannot be kept overnight.

Reserves items must be returned to the reserves desk or the book drop at the Social Work Library.

Most Library items in our regular circulating collection check out for a semester loan. They can be renewed online unless they have been recalled.

You have access to the collections and services of all 22 libraries that make up the Columbia University Library system. To see where they are, go to Library Locations and Addresses and/or Map of Campus Libraries on the Columbia Libraries site.

There are no public copiers in the library. We have two public scanners. One is in the Photocopy Room, located across from the instructional lab and to the right just before the stacks. The other is in the back of the library, near our three conference rooms.