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SUNY books are Now Available through OneSearch

Posted on March 6, 2024 | No Comments
On January 18, 2024, CUNY libraries went live with a new way to share books between CUNY and SUNY libraries. Through our online catalog, OneSearch, we can now request books from SUNY libraries, as well as other CUNY libraries — increasing the total number of […]
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700,000 Interlibrary Loan Requests…and Counting! (updated)

Posted on December 12, 2023 | No Comments
As of five years ago, our interlibrary loan department had processed half a million “ILL” transactions using ILLiad software. (And, of course, we processed many before this, as well.) And now we are celebrating our 700,000th request. Every request is important to both us and […]
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Save Your Interlibrary Loan Request History Before January 13, 2023

Posted on December 19, 2022 | No Comments
In order to keep information about library requests private, we periodically “delink” finished interlibrary loan requests from library users’ names. This will happen next in January 2023. After this, you will only see the last six months of information in your ILL account. If you […]
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Find Books From Libraries Around the World with WorldCat: Same Tool, New Interface

Posted on October 19, 2022 | No Comments
Need books from beyond CUNY? Want to search for books from libraries around the world, to see what’s out there, regardless of which libraries have what? And, then, get them delivered to you through our interlibrary loan service? WorldCat is the tool for you. WorldCat […]
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Requesting Interlibrary Loans With DOIs

Posted on June 17, 2022 | No Comments
Now you can both auto-complete the request form and search for an immediately available open access version of a resource by using the digital object identifier, or DOI.
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Interlibrary Loan News – Make More ILL Requests!

Posted on November 22, 2021 | No Comments
Greetings from Interlibrary Loan Services! Just in time for Thanksgiving, the limit of active ILL requests for students is being increased from 25 to 50. (And, if you ever need more, just let us know.) We hope that this makes it possible for you to […]
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INTERLIBRARY LOANS: Book Requests and Returns

Posted on August 30, 2021 | No Comments
BORROWING REQUESTS: It is, once again, possible to borrow print books and other physical information resources! If you request a book through ILL, we will now request a print copy for you. (E-books are not usually available through ILL; instead, you can request a chapter […]
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Did You Know…? Interlibrary Loan Edition!

Posted on February 26, 2021 | No Comments
In order to meet the varied information needs and research interests of the The Graduate Center community, all of us in the Library work to connect you to needed information in a variety of ways. Our interlibrary loan specialists, for example, have filled over one […]
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UPDATED: Save Your Interlibrary Loan Requests Before February 1, 2021

Posted on January 13, 2021 | No Comments
If you want to keep your past Inter-Library Loan (ILL) request history for future reference, please be sure to download it by Monday, February 1, 2021. At the Graduate Center Library, we do a periodic delinking (twice a year) of finished ILL requests so that […]
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Library Services for Students on Leaves of Absence, Fall 2020

Posted on August 31, 2020 | No Comments
In support of all members of the Graduate Center community during these challenging times, all of us at the Mina Rees Library are looking for ways to ensure that access that to information is seamless and robust during this semester. One change that we are […]
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