an vary. You can log in to your ILL account to track your requests. Please contact us at ill@gc.cuny.edu if your request takes longer than you expect.an vary. You can log in to your ILL account to track your requests. Please contact us at ill@gc.cuny.edu if your request takes longer than you expect.an vary. You can log in to your ILL account to track your requests. Please contact us at ill@gc.cuny.edu if your request takes longer than you expect.If you need an item right away, you can stop by the Graduate Center library's Reference Desk to ask for a METRO card that will give you on-site access to items in other libraries in the area, including NYU and Columbia. If you regularly need materials from the NYU or Columbia libraries, you can also apply for a MaRLI card that will allow you to check items out directly from those libraries. Back to Top How should I handle loans with more than one volume? If you borrowed an item with multiple pieces, please return all the volumes to Interlibrary Loan together. We are required to return them all together to the library that lent them to us. Back to Top How do I get the quickest ILL turnaround? To speed your book (and other loan) requests, please make requests from the WorldCat database. Look for the record with the most libraries holding the item. If any CUNY libraries have it, click on Find-It At CUNY to make a CLICS request. If not, then click on Request item via Interlibrary Loan .


the item. If any CUNY libraries have it, click on Find-It At CUNY to make a CLICS request. If not, then click on Request item via Interlibrary Loan . the item. If any CUNY libraries have it, click on Find-It At CUNY to make a CLICS request. If not, then click on Request item via Interlibrary Loan . the item. If any CUNY libraries have it, click on Find-It At CUNY to make a CLICS request. If not, then click on Request item via Interlibrary Loan .Next, log in to your ILL account. To get the fastest turnaround on periodical articles, request periodical articles from any of our periodical databases using the FindIt! button. Just click on Request item via Interlibrary Loan and provide your GC network username and password when prompted. Once the request form is filled out, click on Submit Request . If you cannot locate a book or an article you want, just fill out an ILL request form manually and our expert searchers will look for it further. Back to Top How do I know when my ILL request has arrived? You will receive an email you when your item arrives. You may also log in to your ILL account to check the status of your requests. Non-electronic items are held for you to pick up at the GC Library Circulation Desk. When articles and books chapters are delivered in PDF format, you can find them in your ILL account. Please update your email address in your ILL account as necessary.


books chapters are delivered in PDF format, you can find them in your ILL account. Please update your email address in your ILL account as necessary. books chapters are delivered in PDF format, you can find them in your ILL account. Please update your email address in your ILL account as necessary. books chapters are delivered in PDF format, you can find them in your ILL account. Please update your email address in your ILL account as necessary.Back to Top How do I renew ILL items? Unless the interlibrary loan label on your item says "NO RENEWALS", you can request one renewal online. To request, log in to your ILL account . Under Checked Out Items, find the item you want to renew and click on the transaction number. Once the request opens, click on the "Renew" button at the top. This will send your request to renew. When the lending library responds to the renewal request, you'll receive an email giving you a new due date if the request is approved, or asking you to bring the item back if the request is denied. If the lending library denies a renewal, please return it quickly. You can request the title again, and we'll borrow another copy for you from another library whenever possible. If you have already renewed once, or if your item is already overdue, you will not be able to request renewals online. Instead, please contact us at ill@gc.cuny.edu to request that we contact the lending library to try to renew.


not be able to request renewals online. Instead, please contact us at ill@gc.cuny.edu to request that we contact the lending library to try to renew. not be able to request renewals online. Instead, please contact us at ill@gc.cuny.edu to request that we contact the lending library to try to renew. not be able to request renewals online. Instead, please contact us at ill@gc.cuny.edu to request that we contact the lending library to try to renew.Back to Top Can I return ILL items at another CUNY library? No. Books borrowed through the Interlibrary Loan service at the Graduate Center must be returned at the Graduate Center library. If you also use Interlibrary Loan at other CUNY schools, items borrowed through those Interlibrary Loan services should be returned at the library from which you requested and checked out the item. Back to Top Will ILL cost anything? The Graduate Center receives a large majority of ILL items free of charge. However, some libraries do charge for loans. As long as the ILL budget allows, we will pay these fees but if we cannot we will let you know the cost so that you can decide whether to pay for it or cancel the request. Back to Top Why am I not receiving ILL email? We recommend that you use your Grad Center email account to receive ILL email notices. Non-GC email accounts might block our system-generated emails to you, preventing you from receiving notices about ILL books and articles.


ail notices. Non-GC email accounts might block our system-generated emails to you, preventing you from receiving notices about ILL books and articles.ail notices. Non-GC email accounts might block our system-generated emails to you, preventing you from receiving notices about ILL books and articles.ail notices. Non-GC email accounts might block our system-generated emails to you, preventing you from receiving notices about ILL books and articles.You can always update your email address yourself through your ILL account or let us know at ill@gc.cuny.edu . Back to Top Who do I contact if I have questions about ILL? Please contact us at ill@gc.cuny.edu .


The New York Public Library and the Graduate Center:

New York Public Library + Graduate Center Library


The New York Public Library and the Graduate Center:The New York Public Library and the Graduate Center:CUNY's PhD programs have been supported from their beginnings by NYPL collections, services, and spaces. In 1962 CUNY became a doctoral degree-granting university, and the CUNY Graduate Center opened in the W.R. Grace Building on 42nd Street, just across from the NYPL Research Libraries' Main Branch, now called the Stephen A. Schwarzman building, or SASB. Throughout the GC's history, NYPL has been CUNY's research library. In 1968, CUNY Chancellor Albert H. Bowker and CUNY Graduate Studies Dean Mina S. Rees, backed by the CUNY Council of Chief Librarians, sought a formal arrangement with NYPL to support CUNY's new doctoral programs. They enlisted the American Council of Leaned Societies ( ACLS ) to outline the mutual benefits of such a collaboration: CUNY doctoral scholars would secure access to a world-class research library, and NYPL , a private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to public service, would be compensated annually by CUNY's funders.


-class research library, and NYPL , a private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to public service, would be compensated annually by CUNY's funders.-class research library, and NYPL , a private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to public service, would be compensated annually by CUNY's funders.-class research library, and NYPL , a private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to public service, would be compensated annually by CUNY's funders.This relationship continues to this day, providing approximately $2 million in annual New York State Library funding to NYPL, specifically to support CUNY PhD programs. For nearly fifty years, New York City and then New York State, on behalf of CUNY doctoral students and faculty, has provided NYPL with a $1 million to $2 million annual revenue stream. The state supplies NYPL an additional $8 million per year to support book collections, undesignated research, services to the blind, the Schomburg Center, and SIBL. According to state reports, NYPL applies CUNY PhD-focused public funding to support NYPL library collections, staff salaries, building maintenance, and capital expenses, in excess of specific GC-serving projects like interlibrary loan and the Readex databases. During the 1970s and 1980s, NYPL provided CUNY PhD students and faculty with study carrels and reserve shelving at NYPL, access to special collections and to pre-cataloged books, and expedited photocopying.


nts and faculty with study carrels and reserve shelving at NYPL, access to special collections and to pre-cataloged books, and expedited photocopying.nts and faculty with study carrels and reserve shelving at NYPL, access to special collections and to pre-cataloged books, and expedited photocopying.nts and faculty with study carrels and reserve shelving at NYPL, access to special collections and to pre-cataloged books, and expedited photocopying.GC affiliates used NYPL's reference service, and GC faculty contributed to NYPL purchase decisions. The GC Library displayed updated printouts of NYPL acquisitions and NYPL dictionary catalogs in the GC reference collection. NYPL's membership in the Research Libraries Group (RLG) allowed GC scholars to borrow material from the nation's largest libraries through NYPL's interlibrary loan. CUNY graduate students and faculty occupied a majority of the NYPL's Wertheim room into the 1990s, and CUNY scholars still constitute about 30% of NYPL study room occupants. The GC Library's e-resource collections expanded over the 1980s and 1990s as vendors licensed digitized scholarly resources to exclusive constituencies. GC library funding increased.


ections expanded over the 1980s and 1990s as vendors licensed digitized scholarly resources to exclusive constituencies. GC library funding increased.ections expanded over the 1980s and 1990s as vendors licensed digitized scholarly resources to exclusive constituencies. GC library funding increased.ections expanded over the 1980s and 1990s as vendors licensed digitized scholarly resources to exclusive constituencies. GC library funding increased.With the growth of the Library Network, including the Center for Research Libraries and the IDS Project , the GC Library provides scholars with exponentially more than before. The Graduate Center moved from 42nd St in 1999 to its current location at 34th St. and Fifth Ave., a few blocks away from the NYPL Main branch. Throughout the 2000s, library networks expanded the range of discoverable materials in collaboratively sourced library catalogs and sped delivery of scanned material, even to scholars unaffiliated with research libraries. The 2006 introduction of intra-CUNY library borrowing deepened CUNY support for graduate programs, and established the Graduate Center Library as a hub of intra-library and electronic delivery. GC - NYPL services advanced significantly in 2011 when GC and NYPL administration agreed that PhD students should borrow books from the NYPL research collections.


rvices advanced significantly in 2011 when GC and NYPL administration agreed that PhD students should borrow books from the NYPL research collections.rvices advanced significantly in 2011 when GC and NYPL administration agreed that PhD students should borrow books from the NYPL research collections.rvices advanced significantly in 2011 when GC and NYPL administration agreed that PhD students should borrow books from the NYPL research collections.Simultaneously, NYPL and their commercial vendors expanded off-site database access to any researcher (not only GC affiliates) logging in with a NYPL library barcode and PIN. Since 2013, NYPL has participated in the GC's yearly OneStop registration to supply all new GC students with borrowing cards, with NYPL barcodes for access to NYPL databases, and with special privileges to borrow directly from NYPL research libraries. NYPL with Columbia and NYU also opened the MaRLI consortium in 2011, with NYPL embracing Graduate Center PhD students and faculty as primary academic constituents. NYPL's MaRLI partnership brokers GC borrowing access to NYU and Columbia collections and on-site use of NYU and Columbia databases. In 2015, NYPL boosted interlibrary loan delivery of NYPL titles to the GC Library, allowing GC interlibrary loan borrowers to request delivery of NYPL books for research-friendly 120-day loans (subject to recall by other borrowers).


allowing GC interlibrary loan borrowers to request delivery of NYPL books for research-friendly 120-day loans (subject to recall by other borrowers). allowing GC interlibrary loan borrowers to request delivery of NYPL books for research-friendly 120-day loans (subject to recall by other borrowers). allowing GC interlibrary loan borrowers to request delivery of NYPL books for research-friendly 120-day loans (subject to recall by other borrowers).With this, CUNY GC users may borrow directly from the NYPL research libraries using NYPL catalogs with NYPL library cards, in addition to requesting NYPL books for pick-up at the GC through GC interlibrary loan. In 2016 NYPL improved online access to NYPL's Readex databases to GC scholars , making them available through the GC Library platform, with GC credentials. GC librarians aim to sharpen NYPL's focus on book, article, and e-resource sharing with the CUNY GC by expanding e-resource availability and by keeping MaRLI borrowing a viable, barrier-free option for CUNY graduate students and faculty. $2 million in public funding should be focused and dedicated to better support e-resource sharing, and to best serve CUNY's public scholars.


Shared Research Collections:
Patrons in the Rose Reading Room of NYPL’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. ( Photo is © Moody Man , used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license.) "The development of a permanent rapprochement between the Graduate School and the New York Public Library — with a long-range commitment of public funds under an agreement that would permit the university’s cooperation in the development of those NYPL policies that affect its research collections — should be one of the Graduate School’s top priorities for the near future." – Mina Rees. The First Ten Years of the Graduate School of the City University of New York. August 1972, p. 10.


Access to The New York Public Library:
Visitors to the New York Public Library's research collections are entitled to: Request books for on-site reading Access e-resources from inside NYPL Reference service With a NYPL library card barcode + PIN: Access e-resources from outside NYPL Request scanned PDFs from NYPL print collections to be delivered online With registration at NYPL as a Grad Center affiliate: increased borrowing privileges


MaRLI:
Apply through NYPL for MaRLI (Manhattan Research Library Initiative) borrowing privileges from select Columbia University and NYU libraries.


NYPL Research Study Rooms:
Any PhD student or faculty member may apply to use the New York Public Library’s three research study centers in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building @ 42nd Street & 5th Avenue. The Frederick Lewis Allen Room, the Wertheim Study, and the Shoichi Noma Reading Room are available to researchers requiring intensive use of the library’s collections. Apply online or contact researchstudyrooms@nypl.org .


Increased Borrowing Privileges for GC Affiliates @ NYPL:


Increased Borrowing Privileges for GC Affiliates @ NYPL:Increased Borrowing Privileges for GC Affiliates @ NYPL:GC borrowers may request books from NYPL via GC Interlibrary loan to be delivered to the GC Library for pick-up. Otherwise, GC students and faculty may register for special NYPL borrowing privileges by bringing a GC ID card and an NYPL library card to one of the four NYPL research libraries: Science, Industry and Business Library (Lower Level Delivery Desk) Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Bill Blass Ref. Desk Rm. 315) Library for the Performing Arts (Third Floor Print Delivery Desk) Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Lower Level Delivery Desk) GC registered borrowers request items directly via the NYPL research catalog or the ReCAP shared collection catalog with an NYPL barcode and PIN. Items borrowed in this way must be picked up and returned to a NYPL research library. Only items in good condition will circulate from NYPL research collections.


wed in this way must be picked up and returned to a NYPL research library. Only items in good condition will circulate from NYPL research collections.wed in this way must be picked up and returned to a NYPL research library. Only items in good condition will circulate from NYPL research collections.wed in this way must be picked up and returned to a NYPL research library. Only items in good condition will circulate from NYPL research collections.Item lending eligibility is reviewed at the point of loan. In general: Only books published 1900-present, in good condition, may circulate. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture circulates only books in good condition published 1970-present. In addition to books published after 1900, the Music Division circulates scores published after 1972. If not requesting titles through GC interlibrary loan, request NYPL items in advance , to make the most of your time at NYPL. NYPL loans to GC borrowers are 120 days, subject to recall, both from NYPL directly and through GC interlibrary loan. Renewals of NYPL direct loans must be requested on site at NYPL; GC interlibrary loan renewals may be requested online.


Shared Collection Catalog:
The New York Public Library , Columbia University , and Princeton University constitute the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium ( ReCAP ). Explore and request ReCAP items through the Shared Collection Catalog .


Digital Collections:
NYPL's digital collections include prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, and streaming video. Search across collections or browse by Item, Collection, or Division.


NYPL Research Divisions:
Research Divisions Art & Architecture Collection Art & Artifacts Division, Schomburg Berg Collection of English & American Literature Billy Rose Theatre Division DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room Dorot Jewish Division General Research Division George Arents Collection Hutson Research & Reference Division, Schomburg Jerome Robbins Dance Division Manuscripts & Archives Division Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books Division, Schomburg Map Division Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division Music Division Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley & His Circle Photographs & Prints Division, Schomburg Photography Collection Print Collection Rare Book Division Rogers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound Science, Industry & Business Library Spencer Collection Theatre on Film & Tape Archive Wallach Division of Art, Prints & Photographs


<b>Highlighted/Selected Databases from the New York Public Library</b>:
To use these resources, instead of using your GC Network ID, please enter your New York Public Library barcode and PIN number. If you do not have a NYPL library card, you can apply for one online and pick it up at the nearest NYPL location .

American Periodical Series: This database contains over 1,800 magazines, journals, and newspapers published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically significant titles. Some of these titles are archived at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL).


s and women's magazines, and many other historically significant titles. Some of these titles are archived at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL).Brill Online Bibliographies: Search seven bibliography eBooks published by Brill: ABIA - Index of South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology, Bibliography of Arabic Books Online, Book History Online, Index Islamicus, Index to the Study of Religions, Linguistic Bibliography, and The International Aristotle Bibliography.

Cairn.Info: Cairn.info is an online collection of French language periodicals in the social sciences and humanities disciplines.

Frick Art Reference Library Periodicals Index: Indexes more than 150 prominent art history periodicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.


dicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.Liberty Magazine: The Liberty Magazine Historical Archive, 1924-1950 offers researchers and students of 20th century studies digital access to one of the most popular American illustrated weekly magazines of the 1920s-1950s.  The archive includes the complete 26-year run of the magazine - all scanned in full color.

Lynda.com: Lynda.com is an online educational site that includes over 3,000 courses (and over 130,000 videos) in popular fields like web design, web development, IT, education/instruction, media production, and business. Experts create and deliver all courses as well as provide supplemental materials like exercise files and relevant work samples. Users will need to create accounts in order to track course progress, create playlists of potential coursework, and keep course notes.


t work samples. Users will need to create accounts in order to track course progress, create playlists of potential coursework, and keep course notes.New York Tribune/Herald Tribune (1841-1962): Full text and full page and article images of the following titles: New-York Tribune (1841-1842); New-York Daily Tribune (1842-1866); New-York Tribune (1866-1924);  New York Herald, New York Tribune (1924-1926); The New York Herald Tribune (1926-1962).

Oxford Handbooks Online: The full collection of Oxford Handbook series, which provides peer-reviewed research articles from scholars in the field of archeaology, business & management, classical studies, criminology & criminal justice, economics & finance, history, law, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, psychology, and religion.

Periodicals Index Online: A database of millions of citiations for articles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, across more than 300 years. Over 6,000 journals are included. Journals indexed span 37 key subject subject areas and multiple languages.


ial sciences, across more than 300 years. Over 6,000 journals are included. Journals indexed span 37 key subject subject areas and multiple languages.PressDisplay: Provides access to current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format.  Includes over 2,000 U.S. and international titles.

Project Muse Ebooks: Provides full-text access to over 500 peer-reviewed scholarly journals and top quality book-length scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. The Graduate Center does not participate in Project Muse ebook collections, but you can access these titles when you log in through NYPL.

ProQuest African American Historical Newspapers: Includes the Atlanta Daily World 1931-2003, Baltimore Afro-American 1893-1988, Chicago Defender 1910-1975, Cleveland Call and Post 1934-1991, Los Angeles Sentinel 1934-2005, New York Amsterdam News 1922-1993, Norfolk Journal and Guide 1921-2003, Philadelphia Tribune 1912-2001, and Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002.


l 1934-2005, New York Amsterdam News 1922-1993, Norfolk Journal and Guide 1921-2003, Philadelphia Tribune 1912-2001, and Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002.ProQuest Jewish Historical Newspapers: Includes The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922), The American Israelite (1874-2000),  Boston Advocate (1905-1909), The Israelite (1854-1874), The Jerusalem Post (1950-1988), the Jewish Advocate (1905-1990) and The Jewish Exponent (1887-1990),  and Palestine Post (1933-1950).

ProQuest Latin American Newstand: ProQuest Latin American Newsstand provides full-text information in Spanish and Portuguese from 41 newspapers from Puerto Rico and 11 Latin American countries, including Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. The complete articles are available in ASCII format.

Times of India (1838-2003): Full text access to the Times of India, from 1838-2003.

Times of London: Archive of the Times of London, from 1785-2009.


Times of India (1838-2003): Full text access to the Times of India, from 1838-2003.

Times of London: Archive of the Times of London, from 1785-2009.University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO): University Press Scholarship Online offers full text of over 7,000 academic monographs in 21 subject areas covering the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and law from six leading university presses.

You must visit participating New York Public Library branches in person for access to these resources. The two nearest locations to the Graduate Center with access to all research databases are the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, and the Science, Industry and Business Library on Madison Avenue at 34th Street.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials: ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials provides the full-text access to major religion and theology journals. ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials contains full-text journals in English and other major European languages, and covers all aspects of religion.


TLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials contains full-text journals in English and other major European languages, and covers all aspects of religion.British Newspapers, 1600-1950: Searchable full-text adigital archive of historic British national, regional and international newspapers, including two major news media collections from the British Library : 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers & 19th Century British Newspapers - in addition to National & Regional papers from British Isles.

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive: ull text of entertainment industry trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting, and theater. Titles include Variety (1905-2000), Billboard (1894-2000), Broadcasting (1931-2000), Melody Maker (1926-2000) and more.

Frick Art Reference Library Periodicals Index: Indexes more than 150 prominent art history periodicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.


dicals held by the Frick Art Reference Library, covering Western European and American fine arts and some decorative arts from the 4th-19th centuries.Gateway to North America: People, Places, and Organizations of 19th Century New York City: A collection of historical directories, member lists, and other name-rich sources, focusing on New York City during the long 19th century.  Documents are fully text-searchable and originate from the print collection of the New-York Historical Society.  Other categories of documents include maps, illustrated advertisements, burial lists, and gazetteers.

HarpWeek: Full-text digital database of Harper's Weekly (1857-1912), the leading American illustrated magazine of its day, covering political, military, social, and cultural stories. HarpWeek may be browsed by date or literary genre; the full text is searchable by keywords.

The Nation Archive: The full text of the Nation Magazine, from 1865-present. Available at all NYPL locations.


he full text is searchable by keywords.

The Nation Archive: The full text of the Nation Magazine, from 1865-present. Available at all NYPL locations.Periodicals Archive Online: Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text of hundreds of titles. The database spans more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages.

Vogue Archive: The full text, full color, archive of Vogue Magazine, from 1892-present. Available at all NYPL locations.


NYPL Databases:
New York Public Library (NYPL) card holders can reach all NYPL's Articles & Databases in person at an NYPL branch. Some are available from off site with a NYPL barcode and PIN. Since NYPL manages these databases and terms of access independently of the Grad Center, use the NYPL form to report NYPL database access problems .


Enhanced NYPL Borrowing for CUNY Graduate Center Students and Faculty:

NYPL & MaRLI (Manhattan Research Library Initiative)


Enhanced NYPL Borrowing for CUNY Graduate Center Students and Faculty:Enhanced NYPL Borrowing for CUNY Graduate Center Students and Faculty:NYPL extends borrowing of select material for GC affiliates, for pick-up and return at an NYPL research library. Register for NYPL extended borrowing privileges by bringing an NYPL card ( apply online or in person at any NYPL location) and a GC ID card to an NYPL research library. With these, NYPL library staff will issue a CUNY-GC sticker for your NYPL library card that signals extended borrowing privileges. GC affiliates with extended borrowing privileges may borrow select materials in the Research Catalog ( https://www.nypl.org/research ) and the ReCAP Shared Collection ( https://www.nypl.org/scc ) for pick-up and return at an NYPL research library, with 120-day loans, renewable by in-person request. NYPL extended borrowing cards renew every September.


ck-up and return at an NYPL research library, with 120-day loans, renewable by in-person request. NYPL extended borrowing cards renew every September.ck-up and return at an NYPL research library, with 120-day loans, renewable by in-person request. NYPL extended borrowing cards renew every September.ck-up and return at an NYPL research library, with 120-day loans, renewable by in-person request. NYPL extended borrowing cards renew every September.Science, Industry and Business Library (lower level information desk), Stephen A. Schwarzman Building , room 217 Library for the Performing Arts Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture For pick-up and return at the GC, request NYPL books from both NYPL catalogs for 120-day loans through GC interlibrary loan using GC credentials. Databases and E-Book Collections Any NYPL barcode allows off-site access to many NYPL research library databases, including e-book and archival collections not available through the GC Library. Use your NYPL barcode to reach NYPL e-resources from the NYPL site ( https://libguides.nypl.org/eresources ).


ns not available through the GC Library. Use your NYPL barcode to reach NYPL e-resources from the NYPL site ( https://libguides.nypl.org/eresources ).Quick Start Guide: NYPL & MaRLI: Information on services available through the NYPL for Graduate Center students.

Also see the NYPL's online Research Guide Resources for Graduate Students:  Collections for additional information about the NYPL's research centers, collections, databases, and more.


Eligibility for the MaRLI Program:


Eligibility for the MaRLI Program:Eligibility for the MaRLI Program:Any New York Public Library cardholder in good standing at all participating libraries and without any current fines is eligible to apply for the MaRLI program. Applicants must demonstrate a need for research materials not held by the New York Public Library, but that are held by Columbia or NYU libraries. New Requirements for MaRLI. Until the end of September 2019, applicants must first acquire a New York Public Library card , then consult in-person with a librarian at an NYPL Research Library to determine eligibility. Applicants then complete online application for MaRLI membership as directed by the NYPL librarian reviewer. Applications are usually processed within five business days with results e-mailed from marli@nypl.org . As of October 1, 2019, admission to MaRLI will not be application-based.


ocessed within five business days with results e-mailed from marli@nypl.org . As of October 1, 2019, admission to MaRLI will not be application-based.ocessed within five business days with results e-mailed from marli@nypl.org . As of October 1, 2019, admission to MaRLI will not be application-based.ocessed within five business days with results e-mailed from marli@nypl.org . As of October 1, 2019, admission to MaRLI will not be application-based.Instead, an in-person consultation with an NYPL research librarian determines an applicants eligibility to use Columbia and NYU libraries on-site. NYPL reviewers will extend MaRLI privileges only when NYPL resources are determined to be insufficient and all other available resources are exhausted, and when research requires unique materials available only at NYU or Columbia libraries. How do I inquire about MaRLI privileges? Schedule a general research consultation with a librarian at NYPL Research Libraries: https://www.nypl.org/ask-nypl/make-appointment-librarian During your consultation, a librarian will determine how NYPL’s collections can support your research and what other options, including but not limited to MaRLI, may be available. If MaRLI is offered to support your research, you will receive additional information about activating your borrowing privileges at NYU or Columbia.


. If MaRLI is offered to support your research, you will receive additional information about activating your borrowing privileges at NYU or Columbia.. If MaRLI is offered to support your research, you will receive additional information about activating your borrowing privileges at NYU or Columbia.. If MaRLI is offered to support your research, you will receive additional information about activating your borrowing privileges at NYU or Columbia.Members of the MaRLI program will receive renewal details in early September of each year, and will need to opt-in to continue their participation. Doctoral students and faculty will need to show a current student ID at an NYPL research library to renew. Upon admission to the program, MaRLI participants will need to visit a research Library location to retrieve and to authorize or to update a MaRLI library card. Bring the required identification listed here .  For more information, see the MarLI page at NYPL.org/research .


<b>MaRLI:</b>  Manhattan Research Library Initiative:


MaRLI:  Manhattan Research Library Initiative:MaRLI:  Manhattan Research Library Initiative:The Manhattan Research Library Initiative ( MaRLI ) is a borrowing program governed by the New York Public Library, NYU, and Columbia. GC doctoral students at the prospectus/dissertation writing stage and CUNY teaching faculty are viable candidates for MaRLI membership. GC Master's students and early term doctoral students are not recognized by NYPL for MaRLI privileges. Master's students and pre-writing stage doctoral students may make application for MaRLI privileges as independent scholars (instead of as GC affiliates). NYPL reviewers will consider MaRLI privileges only for researchers with needs that can be met only by NYU and Columbia libraries and only if necessary materials are not available at NYPL or any other library available to the researcher. Beginning October 1, 2019, NYPL librarians will determine MaRLI eligibility in an in-person review without an online application for NYPL MaRLI borrowers.


nning October 1, 2019, NYPL librarians will determine MaRLI eligibility in an in-person review without an online application for NYPL MaRLI borrowers.nning October 1, 2019, NYPL librarians will determine MaRLI eligibility in an in-person review without an online application for NYPL MaRLI borrowers.nning October 1, 2019, NYPL librarians will determine MaRLI eligibility in an in-person review without an online application for NYPL MaRLI borrowers.Interpretation of eligibility is subject to NYPL discretion. MaRLI privileges may be revoked by participating libraries, according to their terms of library use and particularly in the case of lost or damaged materials.


Limited (One Day) Access via METRO Referral Cards:
Request a METRO referral card in person from a librarian at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the GC Library. NYC reference librarians may issue METRO Referral cards for one-time, day-long on-site use of a specific, named item from any metropolitan area library catalog. Material from NYPL, NYU, and Columbia libraries may also be available through GC interlibrary loan.


Eligible registered MaRLI borrowers have access to participating library facilities during regular hours of operation and borrowing privileges as follows: On-site access to collections as comparable members of the host institution. On-site access to electronic resources - excluding resources with license agreements requiring institutional authentication. Borrowing privileges for circulating print materials, including those materials that may be shelved in an off-site location. Standard loan period is 120 days. Some materials will have a shorter loan period at local sites, consult a librarian if you are unsure. Please note that multimedia, audio, video, microforms and other nonprint items are not currently included. Materials are subject to recall. Renewal and recall procedures and fines are the same as those for comparable members of the host institution.


cluded. Materials are subject to recall. Renewal and recall procedures and fines are the same as those for comparable members of the host institution.cluded. Materials are subject to recall. Renewal and recall procedures and fines are the same as those for comparable members of the host institution.cluded. Materials are subject to recall. Renewal and recall procedures and fines are the same as those for comparable members of the host institution.Materials shelved in an off-site location will be provided to the requestor in the most appropriate format, i.e., entire item or a scan of appropriate articles or chapters. Appropriate reference/research assistance. For more information, see the MarLI page at NYPL.org .


120 Day Loans:
Library | Faculty Loans | Graduate Student Loans*

NYU Bobst Library | 120 days | 120 days

NYU Courant Library | 60 days | 28 days

Columbia Libraries | 120 days | 120 days

New York Public Library | 120 days | 120 days


Loan Periods:
The loan period for MaRl materials is 120 days for both faculty and graduate students. The only exception is at NYU's Courant Library, where faculty receive 60-day loans and graduate students receive 28-day loans. All loans are subject to recall. NYPL renewals may be requested on-site only. Columbia and NYU may allow remote renewal of materials.


MaRLI Catalogs:
Use online catalogs to locate material: New York Public Library Columbia University Libraries New York University Libraries


Participating Lending Libraries:


Participating Lending Libraries:Participating Lending Libraries:The following libraries will provide routine access to library facilities and borrowing privileges for circulating print materials during regular hours of operation (click on each to find hours and location info): New York Public Library Stephen A.


for circulating print materials during regular hours of operation (click on each to find hours and location info): New York Public Library Stephen A. for circulating print materials during regular hours of operation (click on each to find hours and location info): New York Public Library Stephen A. for circulating print materials during regular hours of operation (click on each to find hours and location info): New York Public Library Stephen A.Schwarzman Building (Rose Main Reading Room) Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Third Floor Print Delivery) Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Offsite Library Shelving Facility (ReCAP) (materials can be requested and borrowed from remote storage using routine procedures and following routine policies) Columbia University Barnard College Library Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary Business and Economics Library Butler Library Geology Library Geoscience Library Journalism Library Lehman Social Sciences Library Mathematics Library Music and Arts Library Offsite Library Shelving Facility (ReCAP) Science & Engineering Library Social Work Library Starr East Asian Library Offsite Library Shelving Facility (ReCAP) (materials can be requested and borrowed from remote storage using routine procedures and following routine policies) New York University Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Courant Institute of Mathematical


mote storage using routine procedures and following routine policies) New York University Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Courant Institute of Mathematicalmote storage using routine procedures and following routine policies) New York University Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Courant Institute of Mathematicalmote storage using routine procedures and following routine policies) New York University Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Courant Institute of Mathematicalmote storage using routine procedures and following routine policies) New York University Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Courant Institute of Mathematicalmote storage using routine procedures and following routine policies) New York University Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Courant Institute of Mathematicalmote storage using routine procedures and following routine policies) New York University Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Courant Institute of MathematicalSciences Library NYU Offsite (materials can be requested and borrowed from remote storage using routine procedures and following routine policies)


Participating On-Site Libraries:
The following libraries will provide routine access to library facilities during regular hours of operation; borrowing privileges are not extended : New York Public Library NYPL Special Collections, serials, pamphlets, microform & any non-print Art and Architecture Collection Columbia University Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Rare Book and Manuscript Library University Archives New York University Fales Library and Special Collections Institute of Fine Arts Stephen Chan Library of Fine Arts Institute of Fine Arts Conservation Center Library Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Library Tamiment Library and Wagner Labor Archives University Archives


Non-Participating Libraries and Collections:
Libraries excluded from MaRLI participation: Columbia University & Affiliated Libraries Jewish Theological Seminary Library Health Sciences Library Law Library Teachers College Library New York University & Affiliated Libraries Cooper Union Library NYU Bern Dibner Library (Engineering) NYU Health Sciences Library NYU Jack Brause Library (School of Professional Studies) NYU Law Library New York School of Interior Design Library The New School - List Center Library, Performing Arts Library, University Center Library


Lending Libraries and Restricted Collections:
The chart below outlines which collections at NYPL, Columbia, and NYU are MaRLI Lenders that allow borrowing, which Special Collections offer access but not borrowing, and which collections at Columbia and NYU do not participate in the MaRLI program and are closed to outside researchers.


The New York Public Library and the Graduate Center:


The New York Public Library and the Graduate Center:The New York Public Library and the Graduate Center:CUNY's PhD programs have been supported from their beginnings by NYPL collections, services, and spaces. In 1962 CUNY became a doctoral degree-granting university, and the CUNY Graduate Center opened in the W.R. Grace Building on 42nd Street, just across from the NYPL Research Libraries' Main Branch, now called the Stephen A. Schwarzman building, or SASB. Throughout the GC's history, NYPL has been CUNY's research library. In 1968, CUNY Chancellor Albert H. Bowker and CUNY Graduate Studies Dean Mina S. Rees, backed by the CUNY Council of Chief Librarians, sought a formal arrangement with NYPL to support CUNY's new doctoral programs. They enlisted the American Council of Leaned Societies ( ACLS ) to outline the mutual benefits of such a collaboration: CUNY doctoral scholars would secure access to a world-class research library, and NYPL , a private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to public service, would be compensated annually by CUNY's funders.


-class research library, and NYPL , a private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to public service, would be compensated annually by CUNY's funders.-class research library, and NYPL , a private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to public service, would be compensated annually by CUNY's funders.-class research library, and NYPL , a private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to public service, would be compensated annually by CUNY's funders.This relationship continues to this day, providing approximately $2 million in annual New York State Library funding to NYPL, specifically to support CUNY PhD programs. For nearly fifty years, New York City and then New York State, on behalf of CUNY doctoral students and faculty, has provided NYPL with a $1 million to $2 million annual revenue stream. The state supplies NYPL an additional $8 million per year to support book collections, undesignated research, services to the blind, the Schomburg Center, and SIBL. According to state reports, NYPL applies CUNY PhD-focused public funding to support NYPL library collections, staff salaries, building maintenance, and capital expenses, in excess of specific GC-serving projects like interlibrary loan and the Readex databases. During the 1970s and 1980s, NYPL provided CUNY PhD students and faculty with study carrels and reserve shelving at NYPL, access to special collections and to pre-cataloged books, and expedited photocopying.


nts and faculty with study carrels and reserve shelving at NYPL, access to special collections and to pre-cataloged books, and expedited photocopying.nts and faculty with study carrels and reserve shelving at NYPL, access to special collections and to pre-cataloged books, and expedited photocopying.nts and faculty with study carrels and reserve shelving at NYPL, access to special collections and to pre-cataloged books, and expedited photocopying.GC affiliates used NYPL's reference service, and GC faculty contributed to NYPL purchase decisions. The GC Library displayed updated printouts of NYPL acquisitions and NYPL dictionary catalogs in the GC reference collection. NYPL's membership in the Research Libraries Group (RLG) allowed GC scholars to borrow material from the nation's largest libraries through NYPL's interlibrary loan. CUNY graduate students and faculty occupied a majority of the NYPL's Wertheim room into the 1990s, and CUNY scholars still constitute about 30% of NYPL study room occupants. The GC Library's e-resource collections expanded over the 1980s and 1990s as vendors licensed digitized scholarly resources to exclusive constituencies. GC library funding increased.


ections expanded over the 1980s and 1990s as vendors licensed digitized scholarly resources to exclusive constituencies. GC library funding increased.ections expanded over the 1980s and 1990s as vendors licensed digitized scholarly resources to exclusive constituencies. GC library funding increased.ections expanded over the 1980s and 1990s as vendors licensed digitized scholarly resources to exclusive constituencies. GC library funding increased.With the growth of the Library Network, including the Center for Research Libraries and the IDS Project , the GC Library provides scholars with exponentially more than before. The Graduate Center moved from 42nd St in 1999 to its current location at 34th St. and Fifth Ave., a few blocks away from the NYPL Main branch. Throughout the 2000s, library networks expanded the range of discoverable materials in collaboratively sourced library catalogs and sped delivery of scanned material, even to scholars unaffiliated with research libraries. The 2006 introduction of intra-CUNY library borrowing deepened CUNY support for graduate programs, and established the Graduate Center Library as a hub of intra-library and electronic delivery. GC - NYPL services advanced significantly in 2011 when GC and NYPL administration agreed that PhD students should borrow books from the NYPL research collections.


rvices advanced significantly in 2011 when GC and NYPL administration agreed that PhD students should borrow books from the NYPL research collections.rvices advanced significantly in 2011 when GC and NYPL administration agreed that PhD students should borrow books from the NYPL research collections.rvices advanced significantly in 2011 when GC and NYPL administration agreed that PhD students should borrow books from the NYPL research collections.Simultaneously, NYPL and their commercial vendors expanded off-site database access to any researcher (not only GC affiliates) logging in with a NYPL library barcode and PIN. Since 2013, NYPL has participated in the GC's yearly OneStop registration to supply all new GC students with borrowing cards, with NYPL barcodes for access to NYPL databases, and with special privileges to borrow directly from NYPL research libraries. NYPL with Columbia and NYU also opened the MaRLI consortium in 2011, with NYPL embracing Graduate Center PhD students and faculty as primary academic constituents. NYPL's MaRLI partnership brokers GC borrowing access to NYU and Columbia collections and on-site use of NYU and Columbia databases. In 2015, NYPL boosted interlibrary loan delivery of NYPL titles to the GC Library, allowing GC interlibrary loan borrowers to request delivery of NYPL books for research-friendly 120-day loans (subject to recall by other borrowers).


allowing GC interlibrary loan borrowers to request delivery of NYPL books for research-friendly 120-day loans (subject to recall by other borrowers). allowing GC interlibrary loan borrowers to request delivery of NYPL books for research-friendly 120-day loans (subject to recall by other borrowers). allowing GC interlibrary loan borrowers to request delivery of NYPL books for research-friendly 120-day loans (subject to recall by other borrowers).With this, CUNY GC users may borrow directly from the NYPL research libraries using NYPL catalogs with NYPL library cards, in addition to requesting NYPL books for pick-up at the GC through GC interlibrary loan. In 2016 NYPL improved online access to NYPL's Readex databases to GC scholars , making them available through the GC Library platform, with GC credentials. GC librarians aim to sharpen NYPL's focus on book, article, and e-resource sharing with the CUNY GC by expanding e-resource availability and by keeping MaRLI borrowing a viable, barrier-free option for CUNY graduate students and faculty. $2 million in public funding should be focused and dedicated to better support e-resource sharing, and to best serve CUNY's public scholars.


Shared Research Collections:
Patrons in the Rose Reading Room of NYPL’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. ( Photo is © Moody Man , used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license.) "The development of a permanent rapprochement between the Graduate School and the New York Public Library — with a long-range commitment of public funds under an agreement that would permit the university’s cooperation in the development of those NYPL policies that affect its research collections — should be one of the Graduate School’s top priorities for the near future." – Mina Rees. The First Ten Years of the Graduate School of the City University of New York. August 1972, p. 10.


<b>Option 1:</b>  Register with NYPL for GC Extended Loan Privileges:


Option 1:  Register with NYPL for GC Extended Loan Privileges:Option 1:  Register with NYPL for GC Extended Loan Privileges:All Graduate Center affiliates automatically are eligible for extended borrowing privileges through the New York Public Library (NYPL). But you must register with NYPL to activate these privileges. Once registered, GC affilia ted researchers are entitled to increased borrowing privileges at NYPL (and they may also separately apply for access to Columbia and NYU through the MaRLI program, see option 2) . Loan periods of NYPL materials for GC students are 120 days, subject to recall. Renewals may be requested on-site. Read more . To activate these extended loans: CUNY Graduate Center photo ID card holders register by bringing their GC ID card and NYPL library card to one of these four NYPL research libraries (to get a special MaRLI sticker on their NYPL card): Stephen A. Schwarzman Building , room 217 Library for the Performing Arts Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture If you need an NYPL library card, you can apply online or in person at any NYPL location.


rforming Arts Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture If you need an NYPL library card, you can apply online or in person at any NYPL location.NYPL Quick Start Guide for CUNY GC Privileges: CUNY GC photo ID card holders get NYPL Research Library borrowing privileges


<b>Option 2:</b> Apply for Columbia & NYU MaRLI Access:


Option 2: Apply for Columbia & NYU MaRLI Access:Option 2: Apply for Columbia & NYU MaRLI Access:With a NYPL library card, GC affiliates may apply for Columbia and NYU borrowing privileges through MaRLI: Apply online for MaRLI Non-PhD CUNY grad students should apply as "independent scholars" and note their GC program on the application. Please take care with the final question on the MaRLI application: Describe how MaRLI privileges will support your research; we recommend treating this as an essay question and supply details about what collections you need ongoing access to that are not also available at CUNY or NYPL. Email notification will shortly be sent to you with instructions for completing registration. Each library will issue their own MaRLI access card to you to use throughout the year. Bring your approval email, NYPL library card, and another accepted form of ID to pick up your cards at the locations below. Be sure to plan your trip when these offices are open; office hours may vary from general library hours.


to pick up your cards at the locations below. Be sure to plan your trip when these offices are open; office hours may vary from general library hours.to pick up your cards at the locations below. Be sure to plan your trip when these offices are open; office hours may vary from general library hours.to pick up your cards at the locations below. Be sure to plan your trip when these offices are open; office hours may vary from general library hours.Pick up Columbia MaRLI cards in Butler Library at the Library Information Office (to the left of the entrance) Pick up NYU MaRLI cards in Bobst Library access window in the lobby of Bobst (see " Library Priviledges " hours)


Office (to the left of the entrance) Pick up NYU MaRLI cards in Bobst Library access window in the lobby of Bobst (see " Library Priviledges " hours)NYPL MaRLI Quick Start Guide for NYU, Columbia Borrowing: CUNY GC affiliates register for NYU and Columbia MaRLI borrowing privileges through NYPL


<b>MaRLI:</b>  Manhattan Research Library Initiative:
The New York Public Library (NYPL) and the libraries of Columbia University and New York University collaborate to provide access to their collections for any doctoral student or faculty member and other eligible researchers of their combined constituencies. The collaboration, called the Ma nhattan R esearch L ibrary I nitiative ( MaRLI ), enables eligible users with demonstrable research needs not met by home library resources to visit and to borrow materials from MaRLI institutions. CUNY doctoral students and doctoral faculty are the New York Public Library's primary academic constituents. Graduate Center affiliates may apply for MaRLI privileges (at Columbia and NYU) by virtue of the GC's long-standing special relationship with NYPL . MaRLI affiliation renews each academic year. Renew your membership each year in September (or later) by submitting a new application.


Limited (One Day) Access via METRO Referral Cards:
If you only occasionally need an item held by the libraries at Columbia University or NYU, you may request a METRO referral card in person from a librarian at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the library (or request the item through Interlibrary Loan). NYC reference librarians may issue METRO Referral cards for one-time, on-site use of a specific, named item from any metropolitan area library catalog.


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Other COVID-related information:
NYC Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): COVID-19 information from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Includes Symptoms, Chronic Health Risks; Prevention and Care; Businesses and Other Facilities; Coping and Emotional Well-being; Data; Posters and Flyers; Information for Providers

NYS DOH: Novel Coronavirus: New York State Department of Health information and guidelines. Includes: Symptoms & Prevention; Testing; Know Your Rights; Latest News.

Resources for Undocumented Immigrants and their Families During COVID-19: "At My Undocumented Life we have compiled a list of resources and news that can help undocumented and mixed-status families during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. We update this page frequently so be sure to bookmark it and share it with your networks!"


status families during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. We update this page frequently so be sure to bookmark it and share it with your networks!"Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption: Guide by Stanford University Academic Technologists. "Feel free to remix for your own institutional contexts!"


Works opened due to COVID-19:
In response to COVID-19, many content providers and publishers are temporarily making their content available. We have set up access to many of these resources for the GC community below, including those that require a university affiliation.


Lists of content opened due to COVID-19:
Public Books Database: With 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-19: Community list of resources opened for COVID-19, continually updated.

UP Social Distancing Collaboration: The 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.


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-19: Temporarily 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.


COVID-19 research and press coverage (Free):
Several publishers have agreed to make their coronavirus (COVID-19) content freely available in PubMed Central and other public repositories. Below are listed additional coronavirus-specifc resources from various publishers.

JSTOR: Free access to selected COVID-19-related articles: Editor-selected articles relevant to the COVID-19 crisis. More than 6,000 articles from more than 500 journals, free to read through June 30, 2020. They can be searched and discovered on jstor.org.

Public Health Journals in JSTOR (Temporary Access during COVID-19): JSTOR and participating publishers have made 26 public health journals free to everyone through June 30, 2020.


TOR (Temporary Access during COVID-19): JSTOR and participating publishers have made 26 public health journals free to everyone through June 30, 2020.The Royal Society Publishing COVID-19 research: The Royal Society has signed a Wellcome statement on the subject of research findings and data relevant to the coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak. They are one of several signatories to this statement, the collective aim being to ensure that the relevant research and data are shared rapidly and openly in order to inform the worldwide public health response and to help save lives. This special collection comprises some papers likely to be relevant to the outbreak.


form the worldwide public health response and to help save lives. This special collection comprises some papers likely to be relevant to the outbreak.Elsevier: Novel Coronavirus Information Center: Expert, curated information for the research and health community on SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus) and COVID-19 (the disease). Nearly 20,000 related articles free to access on ScienceDirect. These articles are also available to download with rights for full text and data mining, re-use and analyses for as long as needed. (Note: Creating a free personal account for Elsevier is optional, it is not required in order to use the free full text or data mining access)

Oxford University Press coronavirus research: Oxford University Press content on COVID-19, other coronaviruses, and related topics. Also see their Oxford University Coronavirus Research Hub

SAGE Freely Available Coronavirus Related Articles: List of freely available coronavirus related articles with links.


Academic Publishers opening up their content during COVID-19:
Keeping up with Publisher Access Changes Regularly updated lists of open or temporarily accessible resources and participating publishers that may be useful during this time.

Publisher Access Changes, COVID-19: Community list of resources opened for COVID-19, continually updated.

UP Social Distancing Collaboration: The 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.

Open Access Journals and Books

IUScholarWorks Open Journals: Open Access Journals at Indiana University.


open access scholarship in the humanities.

Open Access Journals and Books

IUScholarWorks Open Journals: Open Access Journals at Indiana University.Public Books Database: With 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.


E-Resources Made Temporarily Accessible during COVID-19:
For more information about these temporary access trials please see the library's Databases A-Z list .


Finding Ebooks:
Tips & Tricks for Finding E-books: A few tips and tricks for finding e-books while availability is temporarily expanded.


Legacy Dissertations and Capstones:
GC dissertations and capstones before 2014 are online and available to readers with a CUNY library barcode. https://login.central.ezproxy.cuny.edu/login?url=http://library.gc.cuny.edu/legacy/collections/browse


Graduate Center Alumni:
Please visit the Alumni Library Resources guide to see the library resources available to Graduate Center Alumni . Includes information about : Visiting the Graduate Center Library Accessing electronic resources from on- and off-campus Alumni dissertations and theses Learn more about other Alumni benefits provided by the Graduate Center beyond the Library .


Non-GC CUNY Alumni:
Non-GC CUNY alumni (except CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies alumni) who wish to access the Graduate Center Library must join the Graduate Center Friends of the Library and Library Associates Membership at the $250 level allows on-site access to the Graduate Center library for 1 year. A $1000 contribution is acknowledged by a year of borrowing privileges at the Graduate Center library only. Off-campus access to databases, interlibrary loan, and intra-CUNY borrowing is not possible for alumni given the structure of licensing agreements. For more information contact Miriam Capua, Director of Major and Special Gifts, Room 8204, 212-817-7030.


CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies Alumni:
Obtain an alumni ID from CUNY college home campus offices. Along with a photo ID, the alumni ID provides access to materials in and use of the Graduate Center Library, excluding borrowing privileges, off-site access to licensed resources, and interlibrary loan. CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies alumni also have access to CUNY college home libraries. Please note: no alumni privileges to the CUNY Graduate Center Library are extended to CUNY baccalaureate students other than those enrolled in the CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies program.


Upon graduation, alumni may obtain a new GC alumni photo ID from the Office of Security and Public Safety, Room 9123 (212-817-7777). Graduate Center alumni privileges include: Library Access :  Alumni are welcome to use the GC Library by showing their GC alumni photo ID. Borrowing Privileges: Alumni may borrow books from the GC Library collection for three weeks and renew them for another three weeks, but do not have access to inter-CUNY borrowing (CLICS), Interlibrary Loan, or special NYPL borrowing privileges. On-Campus Access to E-Resources: Alumni have on-campus access to databases and ebook collections.  Due to licensing restrictions and CUNY-wide rules governing student accounts, off-campus access to library databases and ebook collections is discontinued after graduation.  See the section below for information on remote access to e-resources.


s to library databases and ebook collections is discontinued after graduation.  See the section below for information on remote access to e-resources.s to library databases and ebook collections is discontinued after graduation.  See the section below for information on remote access to e-resources.s to library databases and ebook collections is discontinued after graduation.  See the section below for information on remote access to e-resources.Guest Login :  On each visit to the library, alumni may request a Guest Login at the Circulation Desk or Reference Desk to use computers in the library to access all the library's resources on-site. For more information: Visit the GC Alumni page on the Graduate Center's website to access the Alumni Directory, FAQs, News, and more.


sources on-site. For more information: Visit the GC Alumni page on the Graduate Center's website to access the Alumni Directory, FAQs, News, and more.Remote Access to E-Resources: Once you have graduated from CUNY, you can still access databases and e-books remotely through your own local public library, whether in New York City or beyond. New York Public Library - free remote access to databases and e-book collections for library cardholders . Brooklyn Public Library - free remote access to databases and e-book collections for library cardholders . Queens Public Library - free remote access to databases and e-book collections for library cardholders . Other Libraries: Most public libraries offer free remote access to databases and e-books. Check the website of your local library for details on the resources available at the library, including reference materials, special collections, archives, and databases, and e-resources that are available remotely with a library card.


library, including reference materials, special collections, archives, and databases, and e-resources that are available remotely with a library card.Interlibrary Loan Graduate Center Interlibrary loan privileges end when you graduate, but you can still borrow materials via ILL by requesting them through your own local public library with a valid library card. New York Public Library Interlibrary Loan Brooklyn Public Library Interlibrary Loan Queens Public Library Interlibrary Loan Not in NYC?  Check your library's website to find out about borrowing materials via ILL


Institutional Info:
Library Online Services (during COVID-19): The library is open online! While the library’s physical space is inaccessible due to COVID-19, many resources and services are available online.


Teaching:
CUNY: Open Educational Resources and Online Zero-Cost Learning: There are many tabs to explore on this guide, including: Accessibility for Distance Education Copyright & Fair Use Textbooks


Example:
GC Alumni News: This is copy of an existing link. You can edit the description, unlike a mapped link. But when original link asset changes, this link will not.

This is rich text. You can embed hyperlinks here the same way you do in standard doc/html. http://www.gc.cuny.edu/GC-Header/Alumni/Alumni-News GC Alumni News Links here that are repeated elsewhere in LibGuides will not be automatically updated.


GC Alumni Databases:
See all details about select databases for alumni available from off-campus at the Alumni Library Resources Guide .


Databases for Alumni (Accessible from Anywhere!):
JSTOR Journals for Alumni: Arts and Sciences I-XII; coverage begins with the first issue of almost every journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. (Please note access to JSTOR ebooks is on-campus only.)

Project Muse for Alumni: Over 350 journals; the Graduate Center does not subscribe to Project Muse ebooks but titles are accessible via the New York Public Library.

SAGE Journals for Alumni: Access to  more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a variety of disciplines.

SAGE Knowledge for Alumni: To see the 31 handbook titles available at the Graduate Center, find and click "Handbooks" under "Browse by Content Type. Then select "Available to me" under "Refine by" on the right hand side.

SAGE Research Methods for Alumni: Over 740 books, including the entire “Little Green Book” and "Little Blue Book” series; a selection of journal articles; specially commissioned videos.


ver 740 books, including the entire “Little Green Book” and "Little Blue Book” series; a selection of journal articles; specially commissioned videos.Versatile PhD for Alumni: Service to help humanities and social science PhDs and graduate students identify and prepare for possible non-academic jobs.


Link assets to fix:
#159603 - Classics | #1045123 - Getting Started | #4954183 - Reference Online (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.)

#159603 - Classics | #1045123 - Getting Started | #4954183 - Reference Online (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.)


(Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.)

#159603 - Classics | #1045123 - Getting Started | #4954183 - Reference Online (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.)The two Brill links were created by MH for the Classics guide, where the original versions lived. The old links were unproxied: neither resource is on the A-Z or on the vendor's list of our subscribed resources ( https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/subjects ). They have since were copied as new assets to this Master guide, and the old assets were deleted 8/22/19: Original Asset ID 9710371 Original Asset ID 9710345 Recommendations: 1. If these resources are available at NYPL, map or copy the new assets to Classics and provide the NYPL links, also adding instructions about NYPL barcode to the description. 2. If these are resources that the GC has in fact acquired recently, wait for the resources to be activated by the vendor, then map/copy to Classics.


2. If these are resources that the GC has in fact acquired recently, wait for the resources to be activated by the vendor, then map/copy to Classics.Brill's New Pauly: Brill´s New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996. The encyclopaedic coverage and high academic standard of the work, the interdisciplinary and contemporary approach and clear and accessible presentation have made the New Pauly the unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world. The section on Antiquity of Brill´s New Pauly are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand.


co-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand.co-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand.co-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand.The section on the Classical Tradition is uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. Brill´s New Pauly presents the current state of traditional and new areas of research and brings together specialist knowledge from leading scholars from all over the world. Many entries are elucidated with maps and illustrations and the English edition will include updated bibliographic references.


rom all over the world. Many entries are elucidated with maps and illustrations and the English edition will include updated bibliographic references.Brill's New Jacoby: Brill's New Jacoby provides a revised edition of the Greek texts of Felix Jacoby’s Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker where relevant. It includes several new authors and many fragments of existing authors that were either unknown to Jacoby or excluded by him. It also gives commentaries in those cases where Jacoby failed to do so. Brill's New Jacoby presents facing English translations of the Greek fragments, a new, critical commentary, and a brief encyclopedia-style entry about each historian’s life and works, with a select bibliography.


GC Google Scholar Search 1:
Look for the "Find Fulltext at GC" link next to each result. Use that link to get the full text via the library's resources. Tip:  You can link your Google account to the GC, so the “Find Fulltext at GC” links will always appear – even if you don’t start your search from this page. Go to our customized settings screen , check all boxes for Mina Rees Library and click Save. If you’re logged into a Google account, it will remember that setting from now on.


GC Google Scholar Search 2:
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How do I find ILL in Google Scholar?:
1. No full text link? No problem! Click the double arrows icon below the search result:

2. Then click the Find it! @ GC link that appears to the left of the arrows:

3. Select Request item via Interlibrary Loan to open a pre-populated request form:

4. I don't see a link to FindIt! in Google Scholar, can I still use ILL? Yes! Try looking up the item in WorldCat , or go directly to Interlibrary Loan from the library homepage . More info about ILL can be found in the FAQ .


Off-campus issues with customized Google Scholar:
Finding Full text from off-campus when Google Scholar is down: Sometimes the Find Fulltext at GC link temporarily stops working in Google Scholar. When that happens, try the following: Use OneSearch , Journals A-Z or A-Z Databases to locate full text in the library's subscription resources. You can also still use Google Scholar to find open access scholarly works. Request items through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) from the library's website, catalog and databases (including WorldCat ).

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Information about Library Resources and Services during COVID-19:
Library Online Services (during COVID-19): The library is open online! While the library’s physical space is inaccessible due to COVID-19, many resources and services are available online.

An updated public list of freely available resources during the COVID-19 crisis is available here: https://bit.ly/PublisherAccessChangesCOVID-19 . Looking specifically for ebooks? Try the library's Ebooks Collections guide. For more information about trial access duration and how to access/use the temporarily accessible resources listed below, please visit the library's A-Z Databases List: COVID-19 Temporary Access .

NYC Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): COVID-19 information from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Includes Symptoms, Chronic Health Risks; Prevention and Care; Businesses and Other Facilities; Coping and Emotional Well-being; Data; Posters and Flyers; Information for Providers


alth Risks; Prevention and Care; Businesses and Other Facilities; Coping and Emotional Well-being; Data; Posters and Flyers; Information for ProvidersNYS DOH: Novel Coronavirus: New York State Department of Health information and guidelines. Includes: Symptoms & Prevention; Testing; Know Your Rights; Latest News.

Resources for Undocumented Immigrants and their Families During COVID-19: "At My Undocumented Life we have compiled a list of resources and news that can help undocumented and mixed-status families during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. We update this page frequently so be sure to bookmark it and share it with your networks!"

Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption: Guide by Stanford University Academic Technologists. "Feel free to remix for your own institutional contexts!"


Introduction:
Open Access publishing is web accessible, free of charge, and free from most licensing restrictions. OA means a work can be widely shared and cited.  There are two types of open access: Gold OA: Publishers automatically and immediately make works available online to all at no cost.  Some gold OA publishers charge article publication fees, but that does not mean they are vanity publishers.  Fees are often paid by grant funds or institutional open access funds, and some publishers are willing to waive their fees. Green OA: Publishers allow authors to archive their articles in an online open access repository committed to long-term preservation — either a subject repository (PubMed Central, arXiv, e.g.) or a college/university institutional repository like CUNY Academic Works . Explore the tabs in this guide to learn more about Open Access at CUNY and beyond. Source: Open @ CUNY


Read About Open Access:
Following is a short list of readings that provide an overview of the landscape of open access publishing.  Also see the Further Reading section of this guide.

Open Access by Peter Suber: MIT Press, 2012. Essential, easy reading for academics about all aspects of OA publishing

Understanding Open Access: When, Why & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible: Comprehensive and practical resource from the Authors Alliance .

Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies and the Future by Martin Paul Eve: Called a "new core title" and "a fair-minded and intellectually honest exploration of open access ... as it works, does not work, and could work in the humanities" in a Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy review by the GC's Jill Cirasella.

"Open Access Without Tears" by Barbara Fister: A quick and easy intro to OA for Academics.


e Technology & Pedagogy review by the GC's Jill Cirasella.

"Open Access Without Tears" by Barbara Fister: A quick and easy intro to OA for Academics.Open Access to Scholarly Articles: The Very Basics: From the blog Open Access @ CUNY.


CUNY Academic Works:
CUNY Academic Works is an open access institutional repository dedicated to collecting and providing worldwide access to the research, scholarship and creative work of the City University of New York. In service to CUNY’s mission as a public university, content in Academic Works is freely available to all. (For more information, visit About CUNY Academic Works .) GC Library Guide for Academic Works - Find out how to prepare your work for submission, get step-by-step uploading instructions, and learn more about Academic Works.


Open Access:  Six Myths to Put to Rest:
Six OA Myths Put to Rest - From Peter Suber, Author of Open Access (MIT Press, 2012) Myth 1: The only way to provide open access to peer-reviewed journal articles is to publish in open access journals Myth 2: All or most OA journals charge publication fees Myth 3: Most author-side fees are paid by the authors themselves Myth 4: Publishing in a conventional journal closes the door on making the same work open access Myth 5: Open access journals are intrinsically low in quality Myth 6: Open access mandates infringe academic freedom Read the full text of Peter Suber's article debunking the six OA myths in The Guardian .


OA Rationale:
OA publishing allows work to be widely discovered, freely read, and frequently cited. OA is fully compatible with peer review; though some OA journals are not peer reviewed. OA may reduce library costs by eliminating excessive subscription fees to boost publisher profit margins, but OA is not free (costs to run peer review, editing, distribution must be covered). Following are a few articles that advocate for Open Access.  See the Further Reading section for others.

Should All Research Papers Be Free? (NY Times): One woman’s guerrilla campaign seeks to tear down the paywalls of scholarly journals and make research papers free.

Open and Shut?: Independent journalist Richard Poynder's blog covering OA with essays, interviews, and commentary on the movement.


earch papers free.

Open and Shut?: Independent journalist Richard Poynder's blog covering OA with essays, interviews, and commentary on the movement.Why You Should Ditch Academia.edu and Use CUNY Academic Works: CUNY's OA repository, Academic Works , is the ideal way for you to make articles, book chapters, data, etc. available to your research community and the broader public.

Open Access - Explained by PLoS: OA:  What it is; why it matters, and how it works.

Hiding Your Research Behind a Paywall is Immoral: Academics work to benefit the public good, but publishers reap a benefit before readers do.

Further Reading: A round-up of articles, books and blog entries on OA, organized according to the tabs in this guide.


OA Repositories & Publishers in the News:
What Do the Authors of Sci-Hub’s Most-Downloaded Articles Think About Sci-Hub? Chronicle.com (5/13/16). Elsevier Denies it Will Force SSRN Users on to Other Services . The Times Higher Education (5/19/2016). Who's Downloading Pirated Papers?  Everyone! Science (4/28/2016). Academics Want You to Read Their Work for Free . The Atlantic (1/26/2016).


Tools for Open Access:
Comprehensive List of OA Tools

Tools for OA: A list, currently under development, from the OA Directory covering citation impact, current awareness, directories, dissemination, quality evaluation, harvesters, open licenses, policy, and more.

Journal Tools

SHERPA/RoMEO: 95% of academic publishers offer standing permission for OA repository publication for some version of a work; check a journal's publishing policy here.

Beyond Beall's List: Better Understanding Predatory Publishers: Explains and contextualizes so-called "predatory" publishers.

DOI System: Paste a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) into the search box to resolve a DOI name.  Results turn up OA and non-OA articles.

Think, Check, Submit: A tool to help you choose the right journal for your research.


to resolve a DOI name.  Results turn up OA and non-OA articles.

Think, Check, Submit: A tool to help you choose the right journal for your research.HowOpenIsIt? Open Access Spectrum (OAS) Guide: A guide to help users understand the components of OA journals; learn the differences between more vs. less open journals; and decide where to publish their work.

BASE: Operated by Bielefeld University Library, BASE is one of the world's largest search engines for academic OA web resources.

Google Scholar: Google Scholar provides a simple way to search broadly for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities, and other scholarly organizations. Follow the steps to customize Google Scholar to make it easy to find full text at the GC.

Book Tools

Online Books Page: UPenn's FAQ + tools for determining whether a book can go online.

Copyright


make it easy to find full text at the GC.

Book Tools

Online Books Page: UPenn's FAQ + tools for determining whether a book can go online.

CopyrightCreative Commons: A nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free, easy-to-use tools.

OA Policy Tools

ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies): A searchable registry of open access policies and mandates adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders.

SHERPA/Juliet: Search research funders' open access policies.


Scholarly Metrics:
The Open Access movement overlaps with the push to broaden the meaning of scholarly impact and to take into account not just formal citations in scholarly articles but also blog posts, tweets, and other forms of recognition. To learn about the various metrics (both traditional metrics and "altmetrics") that can help you analyze a journal, author, or article, consult the library's Research Metrics guide .


Publication Quality, Evaluating Publishers, and Bibliometrics:
City Tech's Monica Berger has compiled an excellent research guide to help you evaluate scholarship and choose the right publisher for your work. The guide covers publication quality, evaluating publishers, OA publishing, Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Journal Ranking, and more. Publication Quality, Evaluating Publishers, and Bibliometrics Links to subscription resources within the guide will require City Tech's credentials, but you can find the same resources on the Graduate Center's A-Z list of Databases and log in with your GC credentials to search. Also see Monica Berger's article " Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Predatory Publishing but Were Afraid to Ask " in CUNY Academic Works.


Browser Extensions:
Following are two browser extensions that make it easy to find legally available OA versions of articles.  Read more about them in the article " Unpaywall and Open Access Button: Browser Extensions for Fast Access " on the GC Library's News & Events blog.

Unpaywall: An open database of millions of free scholarly articles that "harvest[s] Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories, and make[s] it easy to find, track, and use."

Open Access Button: A Firefox browser extension that allows you to freely and legally obtain research articles instantly or automatically request them from authors.


Resources:
OAD (Open Access Directory): A continually evolving compendium of open access resources in wiki format.

SPARC - The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition: "[A] global coalition committed to making Open the default for research and education."

Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association: Vetted OA publishers.  The OASPA as established in 2008 to represent the interests of OA journal and book publishers globally in all scientific, technical, and scholarly disciplines.


OA Journals and Books:
Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals: Includes over 2.5 million articles and more than 9,000 free online journals.  Browsable and searchable by subject journal license, publisher, and language.

Open Library of Humanities: Launched January 2013 to build a low cost, sustainable, open access future for the humanities. This non-profit is funded by an international consortium of libraries with a mission is to support and extend open access to scholarship in the humanities for free, for everyone, forever.

Books

Directory of Open Access Books: Academic, peer reviewed, open access e-books.

OA Book Publishers: A list from the Open Access Directory.

OAPEN Library: Contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences.


OA Repositories:
CUNY Academic Works: A service of the CUNY Libraries dedicated to collecting and providing access to the research, scholarship and creative work of the City University of New York. In service to CUNY’s mission as a public university, content in Academic Works is freely available to all.

OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories): Find subject and institutional repositories and/or search the full-text of material held in open access repositories.

Disciplinary Repositories: From the Open Access Directory.


<b>Costs of Open Access Publishing</b>:
Producing a journal isn’t free — it costs time and money. The articles in OA journals are free to read, so how do the journals cover their costs? There are many different ways , including endowments, grant funding, and article processing fees (APCs) paid by authors. Some OA journals charge APCs. Most do not. (Some subscription-based journals also charge fees (e.g., by the page, by the illustration!) Some researchers worry that paying APCs is tantamount to vanity publishing. But that is not the case. At reputable journals, the fact that there are APCs for accepted articles has no bearing whatsoever on whether an article is accepted. Also, APCs are generally not paid from researchers' pockets. Grant funding is frequently used to pay APCs. Some universities and research institutions pay APCs for their employees. And some journals waive APCs for those who cannot afford them.


More Tools & Resources:
See the Tools & Resources tab of this guide for additional information.


Introduction to Authors' Rights:
When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Some journals require you to relinquish your copyright , meaning that you have to ask permission or pay a fee to share your article with others.  Some journals allow you to retain some rights (e.g., the right to post online).  And other journals leave copyright in your hands . You simply give the journal a non-exclusive license to publish the article. Explore the links below to find out about the copyright policies of specific journals and/or to find tools and resources to help you negotiate a contract that preserves your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create as a scholar and author.


Copyright:
The Keep Your Copyrights Project: Columbia Law School project "designed to help creators hold on to their copyrights, to license their rights on author-friendly terms, and in general to encourage creators to take a more active role in managing the life of their creative work."

Creative Commons:  Choose a License: You keep copyright; others distribute & cite by your rules.

SHERPA/RoMEO: Most academic publishers offer standing permission for authors to "self-archive" some version of their article in an OA repository; check a journal's self-archiving policy here.

SPARC Author Addendum: A legal instrument that modifies the publisher’s agreement and allows you to keep key rights to your articles.  A model deal to strike.


thor Addendum: A legal instrument that modifies the publisher’s agreement and allows you to keep key rights to your articles.  A model deal to strike.Big Ten Academic Alliance - Scholarly Communication: The Big Ten's (formerly the Committee on Institutional Cooperation or CIC) scholarly communication initiatives include a Statement on Publishing Agreements with a sample addendum whereby authors retain a degree of control over the distribution of their intellectual property.


Authors Alliance:
The Authors Alliance focuses on the issues of authors' rights, authorship law and policy, reaching audiences, and authorial reputation and integrity.  Resources available on their website include a Rights Reversion Guide & Portal ; Open Access Guide & Portal , FAQs , and a Resource Library containing all of their own resources and links to helpful items around the web.


Introduction: OA & The Dissertation:


Introduction: OA & The Dissertation:Introduction: OA & The Dissertation:A dissertation contains original research that contributes to the scholarly record. In order to advance knowledge, dissertations must be available to readers beyond the degree-granting institution. In addition, doctoral students embarking on their own dissertation research must be able to demonstrate that their proposals are, in fact, original. For this reason, universities everywhere require graduating doctoral students to submit their dissertations for archiving and publication. In this context, “publication” means “the act of making available to the public,” or dissemination, not “formal publication with a publishing house.” At the Graduate Center, all capstone projects, master's theses, and dissertations must be submitted to CUNY Academic Works (CUNY’s open access institutional repository), and all dissertations must also be submitted to ProQuest for inclusion in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global database.


tutional repository), and all dissertations must also be submitted to ProQuest for inclusion in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global database.tutional repository), and all dissertations must also be submitted to ProQuest for inclusion in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global database.tutional repository), and all dissertations must also be submitted to ProQuest for inclusion in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global database.This page contains information for dissertation authors on the Graduate Center's policies as well as general information on copyright, publishing your work, and making an informed decision on whether or not to embargo your dissertation.


<b>Your Dissertation:  Policies & Copyright</b>:
GC Dissertations & Theses Guide: Learn about deposit procedures, formatting your document, copyright, embargoes, digital projects, finding dissertations, and more.

Your Dissertation:  Why Academic Works & ProQuest?: The Graduate Center's policies and deposit procedures for the dissertations, theses, and capstone projects of graduating students are explained here.

Copyright and Your Dissertation: Fair Use Week: Learn about the factors to consider when determining whether something is "fair use" and link to online tools such as the Fair Use Evaluator or a fair use checklist .


Surveys: ETDs & Subsequent Publication:
Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences?: November 2014: More than half of the science journals responding (51.4%) reported that manuscripts derived from openly accessible ETDs are welcome for submission and an additional 29.1 percent would accept revised ETDs under certain conditions.

Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities? Findings from a 2011 Survey of Academic Publishers: Findings: manuscripts that are revisions of openly accessible ETDs are always welcome for submission or considered on a case-by-case basis by 82.8 percent of journal editors and 53.7 percent of university press directors polled.  Vol 74, No 4 (2013).


or considered on a case-by-case basis by 82.8 percent of journal editors and 53.7 percent of university press directors polled.  Vol 74, No 4 (2013).Impact of Publishers' Policy on Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Distribution Options within the United States: Angela McCutcheon (2010) finds a minimal 1.8% publisher rejection rate traced to ETD deposit. Some publisher rejection may be based in misunderstanding of  embargo practices or ETD distribution rights.


Finding OA Theses & Dissertations:
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (oatd.org): From the website:  "OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 3,519,126 theses and dissertations."


CUNY Embargo Policy & Options:
Embargo (delayed release) options determine when a dissertation, thesis, or capstone project will be made publicly available online. Under an embargo, a work is only made available to the Graduate Center community and researchers at other institutions through Interlibrary Loan. Graduating students may place an embargo of up to two years from the initial deposit date by selecting appropriate options in both ProQuest and CUNY Academic Works. After the degree has been conferred, any requests to extend or remove an embargo must be sent to the Graduate Center Library and ProQuest , separately. Read more about embargoes in our Dissertations & Theses guide.


To Embargo or Not to Embargo?:
Hear and read some key thoughts from the GC event “Share It Now or Save It For Later: Making Choices about Dissertations and Publishing,” featuring the MLA's Director of Scholarly Communications, two university press editors, and two recent alumni. Also, see background information and related readings .


Recommended Reading:
Articles

Thistlethwaite, Polly, "Publish. Perish? The Academic Author and Open Access Publishing" (2012). CUNY Academic Works.: This essay traces the history of dissertation preservation and publication, considering matters raised by open access publishing as it affects authors, advisors, and readers.

Covey, D. T.  "Opening the Dissertation: Overcoming Cultural Calcification and Agoraphobia" (2012).  tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique.  Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 11(2), 543–557.: This article places the struggle to open access to the dissertation in the context of the crisis in doctoral education and the transition from print to digital literacy.