Finding Books

Books Owned by CUNY Libraries

Search the library catalog

Textbooks

Please note: the library does not have copies of all textbooks.
  1. Search the library catalog (sometimes has older editions as well as new ones)
  2. Search Course Reserves (if you think your professor set aside a copy for your class)

Tutorial

Help Guides for Finding Books

Call number chart

How to find books using call numbers


When a Book Is Already Checked Out

You can place a hold on it and be notified via e-mail when it is available.


When the Library Doesn’t Own a Copy of a Specific Book

  1. At another CUNY library?

Fastest way: go there to pick it yourself (addresses for all CUNY libraries)

Slower way: request it through CLICS (may take five business days to arrive).

  1. At one of the public libraries?

Brooklyn Public Library (locations in Brooklyn)
Home Page | Catalog

The New York Public Library (locations in Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx)
Home Page | Catalog (Research Libraries) | Catalog (Branch Libraries)

Queens Library (locations in Queens)
Home Page | Catalog

  1. At Other Libraries?

WorldCat (Combined catalog for over 50,000 libraries listing more than 57 million items). Find the detailed record for your book, and click on ' request this item via ILL'.