Electronic Books at the New York Public Library
Many of NYPL's Articles & Databases include electronic texts--see each collection's description for full details. Search the NYPL catalog if you have a particular title in mind to search across collections.
-
New York Public Library Electronic BooksThousands of electronic books, including many scholarly titles, are available from the New York Public Library.
Looking for electronic access to a specific book while the library is online only? Complete our e-book search request form. We will search for an electronic copy of the requested book and let you know as soon as we have completed a thorough search. Please note, however, that not every print book has an electronic equivalent.
Lists of content opened due to COVID-19
-
Public Books DatabaseWith universities and libraries shuttered because of the COVID-19 crisis. In response, many academic presses have made hundreds of their titles freely accessible online. The Public Books Database aims to list such resources in a single location. The list will be updated regularly as materials are made available.
-
Publisher Access Changes, COVID-19Community list of resources opened for COVID-19, continually updated.
-
UP Social Distancing CollaborationThe University Press community is opening a wide variety of resources, books, and journals to support student learning and scholarly research in these difficult time. More than 80 publishers have contributed information about those open or free access materials here. This list is maintained by the UP network on Humanities Commons, a MLA platform for open access scholarship in the humanities.
-
E-Resources Temporarily Available During COVID-19Temporarily accessible resources that have been added to the A-Z Databases list. We have set up access to these resources for the GC community, including those that require a university affiliation.
