The Daily Plan-it / Dean of Students Blog, Columbia J-school

FAQ: How do I access the AP Daybook (a.k.a. Day Schedule)?

A: Here’s a note librarian Deborah Wassertzug (dw242) sent out Sept. 8, 2005.

If you want to pull up the New York daily schedule from the AP, and are not in a computer lab with access to the ENPS system, just connect to Factiva
(via this link: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?AUQ3920).

In the “Free Text” box at the top, just type the words

day schedule

and then click the search button to run the search. No punctuation, quotation marks, or parentheses needed, and no need to limit your search to any specific source.

Please note that the ENPS system in the labs is *not* a library resource, so I can’t help you with it. You can direct questions about ENPS to the J-school technical team via trouble [at] jrn.columbia.edu.

Regards,
Deborah

UPDATE: If you are looking for the calendar of the NY courts, see http://www.nycourts.gov/home.htm.

From Deborah Wassertzug, Journalism Librarian

For those who will not have my research training session until next week or
the following week, I’d like to turn your attention to a few links on the
Student Resources page (http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/students/) which will
help you get a jump start on beat research and on using LexisNexis.

On the Student Resources page, look for the “Libraries and Research”
section. In particular, take a look at the guide, “Scoping Out Your Beat,”
a selective list of helpful resources for getting to know your beat
neighborhood. Also, the guide “Getting Started with LexisNexis Academic”
will help you start using the web version of LexisNexis (which can be a
little tricky if you have not used it before).

Finally, for those who *have* had my session and have misplaced the
materials, the “Nexis and Factiva Cheat Sheet” which I distributed to you is
also available on the Student Resources page, so you can just print yourself
a new copy.

Deborah Wassertzug, Journalism Librarian
Columbia University Libraries
dw242@columbia.edu
212.854.3916 fax 212.854.24