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Butler Library, the largest of Columbia's libraries, houses collections in the humanities, history, government documents, social sciences, literature, philosophy, and religion. The building also houses numerous service points and special collections, including the Library Information Office, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Research & Teaching Support Services.

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The Democracy Reform and Voting Rights in the United States Web Archive documents historic, ongoing debates surrounding voter restrictions, structural democracy reform and voting rights and ensuing legislation.

News from the Oral History Archives includes more than 300 individual, or independently-collected, newly-digitized oral history interviews in the Digital Library Collections.

Global Studies librarians offer a round-up of e-resources and library guides that are new to the Libraries. Part one features resources related to Africa, the Middle East, and Islam, and Russian, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe.

A small collection of guest books from the University president’s house show a range of events and dinner guests hosted by Columbia president Nicholas Murray Butler during his 30-year tenure.

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