New York Public Library Services
Branch Libraries: On July 6th, all available New York Public Library branch locations reopened with close to full service, including general library use and seating, unlimited browsing, computer access, and more. See NYPL's reopening page for the latest information.
Research Libraries: The NYPL's research centers have restored onsite access to their collections as part of their phased reopening. Service has been expanded at select locations to permit walk-in patrons who want to sit in public reading rooms, including the Rose Main Reading Room at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, for quiet study, thought, and computer use. And the Grab & Go for Researchers and Research Books by Mail programs are no longer available. Please note that some research divisions require an appointment to view their collections and you may also need to email or book a virtual consultation with a Library staff member before your research visit. Find out more in the NYPL's Guide to Onsite Service at the Research Libraries.
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Additional Information:
Ebooks 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.
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New York Public Library Electronic BooksThousands of electronic books, including many scholarly titles, are available from the New York Public Library. A subset of these offerings featuring scholarly ebooks are also listed on the GC A-Z list.
Audiobooks
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LibriVoxLibriVox is a crowd sourced project in which volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain (mostly from Project Gutenberg), and then release the audio files through their website without restrictions. All LibriVox audio is in the public domain, so you may use it for whatever purpose you wish. Search the catalog or browse by Author, Title, Genre/Subject, or Language.
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Overdrive via the New York Public Library*Please log in using your New York Public Library Credentials!*
Access movies, video, audiobooks, and e-books via this third-party app for use with a wide variety of e-readers including Kindle, portable devices, PCs, and Macs. -
AudioBookCloud via the New York Public LibraryStreaming online collection of 1,000 audio books that are always available to play without downloading. The collection contains fiction, non-fiction, classics, biographies, and Spanish language titles. Authors include Jane Austen, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Alexander Dumas, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Homer, Victor Hugo, Henry James, James Joyce, Jack Kerouac, Herman Melville, George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, and many others.
Resources for Accessing and Adapting Ebooks
To apply for accounts to use any of the following services to access ebooks, please contact Student Disability Services at the Graduate Center:
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AccessText NetworkCollege students with disabilities which impair their ability to read printed text visit their school's Disability Support Services office to request accommodations. Once a student is determined to be eligible to receive textbooks in an alternate format, the school's Disability Service Provider (DSP) uses the AccessText Network to request electronic files from our member-publishers.
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Bookshare.orgBookshare ebooks provide more reading options than other ebooks or audio books and make it easier to read (via high quality audio, enlarged font size or color, braille, or other changes).
Quick Tips about GC Ebooks
- Find most CUNY and Graduate Center eBooks in OneSearch, with links to the full text.
- See also our tips for locating e-books blog post.
- Some ebooks are licensed for CUNY-wide use; others are licensed only to invididual CUNY campuses
- Graduate Center affiliates do not have remote access to ebooks held by other CUNY campuses.
- If you have a dual affiliation, you can access each campuses' electronic collections using the OneSearch interface and credentials for that school.
- Printing and downloading options will vary according to platform or publisher, and is often prohibited or extremely limited.
- If there’s an e-book you can’t find, try Interlibrary Loan (ILL):
- Requests for chapters of books are often sent as electronic files through Interlibrary Loan, whereas whole ebooks are often not available via ILL due to licensing and digital restrictions of library ebooks. Try a request for a chapter or section!