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Ask at the reference desk on the second floor of the Graduate Center library for one-time-only passes to New York City area libraries, beyond CUNY.
If items are available at a CUNY library, you would use CLICs (Inter-library borrowing) or visit that library in person; Metro Cards are used for one-time to access beyond CUNY's collections. For longer access, see MaRLI above.

This research initiative allows selected researchers access and circulation privileges at Columbia University, New York University, and New York Public Library's research libraries.

The Graduate Center Library welcomes book purchase suggestions from the Graduate Center community. The library will carefully consider requests that are consistent with our Collection Policy.

A forum for linguists to exchange information, it also runs technology and infrastructure projects. includes information on the field of linguistics, including conferences, publications, and jobs, and it runs an active blog.

Comprehensive reference information for the world's languages, especially the lesser known languages.

This catalog, developed by the Open Language Archives Community (OLAC), provides access to a wealth of information about thousands of languages, including details of text collections, audio recordings, dictionaries, and software, sourced from dozens of digital and traditional archives.

A site compiling known languages in the world; to date, over 7,000 are listed.

Official website of the International Phonetic Association. Includes downloadable official IPA charts.