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Library Research at Cornell: Overview

Gateway to Cornell University Library
The Library Gateway provides access to the services and collections of Cornell University Library, including links to the Library Catalog and hundreds of bibliographic, numeric and full-text databases.

Cornell University Library Catalog
The Cornell University Library Catalog contains records that identify and locate books, ebooks, journals, ejournals, sound recordings, printed music, maps, videos, DVDs, and other media held in the university's 20 libraries, as well as the CISER Data Archive and the Geneva Experiment Station Library. For further information about the catalog and its contents, click here. There is a separate catalog for the Weill Cornell Medical Library.

Please note: Individual libraries and divisions may have additional catalogs or files that provide access to unique resources not found in CUL's online catalog. For additional information about access to these files, Ask a Librarian.

Find it!
You can use Find it! to find articles, databases, e-journals, and images. Search results will lead to materials available online or, if online access is not available, to the Library Catalog for the location of the item in the library's physical collection or to interlibrary loan if the item is not available at Cornell. Find it! also provides direct access to many of the catalogs, periodical indexes (including full-text sources), newspaper databases, numeric files, and other online reference sources licensed by Cornell. In addition, it includes links to public websites reviewed and selected by Cornell librarians. All of the resources in Find it! may also be accessed through the CUL online catalog, which contains our full listing of resources.

See also:
Information about Find it!
Information about Using Library Using Library Resources Off Campus

Requesting Materials from other Libraries in the U.S.

Cornell students, faculty and staff may also request materials from other libraries in the United States via BorrowDirect and Interlibrary Loan.

See also:
Library Catalogs Worldwide

Reference Assitance

Reference staff throughout our libraries are available to assist you at any point in your research. You may contact staff in-person at a reference desk, by telephone, by e-mail, or through a live online chat. "Ask a Librarian" contact links are available on all Library Gateway pages. We invite you to visit the individual libraries' reference desks or participate in our library instruction to learn more about research at Cornell University Library.


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