Business Library and Databases
REMINDER: All database and dataset purchases should first be vetted and approved by the Dean's Office. Purchases that have not been pre-approved may not be reimbursed.
The S. Steven Pan '88 Business Library in Manhattanville is located in 360 Geffen Hall and offers reference and consultation services, book pickup, and a reserves collection supporting Columbia Business School courses. A paging service allows Columbia affiliates at Manhattanville to request and pick up items delivered from Morningside campus libraries, plus items from ReCAP, Borrow Direct, and InterLibrary Loan. The librarian is Yasmin Saira Rizvi ([email protected]) and she can be reached at [email protected].
Resources
- Research Guide
- Faculty and PhD Student Research Guide
- Search the library for databases and books at CLIO Quick Search.
- List of all Business and Economics-related Databases or List of Business & Economics Databases.
- If you need help with the library or Bloomberg training, please consult with the Business Librarian, Yasmin Saira Rizvi ([email protected])
Purchasing Data
If you need to purchase or subscribe to a new database that is not included in the Library subscriptions, please follow the instructions outlined on the CLIO Databases page and submit an online request.
For any additional questions, please reach out to the Office of the Vice Dean for Research at [email protected].
Data Agreements
If you are going to use data owned by another party and/or engage with another organization in your research, you may need to sign an agreement that sets terms for that work. There are a few things for you to know if an agreement is in order:
- The University only extends signatory authority to a limited set of individuals (that is, no one else can legally sign documents on behalf of the institution). At CBS, these individuals are the Dean and COO. Please do not sign anything yourself (doing so may put you and the institution at risk). Among other things, University agreements safeguard your intellectual property rights and your ability to publish your research findings, and as such protect your work as a faculty member.
- There are boilerplate agreements that the School has crafted with our partners in the Office of General Counsel, Sponsored Projects Administration, and Columbia Technology Ventures. If you're being asked to sign an agreement, please send the standard one to the other party to see if it can suffice (this works more often than you might think!). If the other party will not use Columbia's standard document, the Dean's Office teams will need to work directly with our University partners to negotiate an agreement. This can take some time, so please loop in Lisa Andujar ([email protected]) as soon as you know this may be needed.
- For a quick guide to data transfers and non-disclosure agreements, including a pre-approved form for data transfers, please refer to this page on the Faculty Governance website.
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