Finding Books

Books Owned by CUNY Libraries

CUNY+ (online catalog)


Textbooks

Please note: the library does not have copies of all textbooks.
  1. Search CUNY+ (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)

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) (Pdf file)

Slower way: request it through interlibrary loan (may take up to ten business days to arrive; textbooks usually not available this way)

  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)

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