The Cornell University Library is one of the largest academic research libraries in the United States. Within the CU system there are 23 libraries, housing over seven million printed volumes, more than 60,000 journals, and over 1,000 networked resources. The Library Gateway at CLICK HERE can help you locate books and find out how to use various library resources, including information on each of the branch libraries. The Ithaca campus library branches are:
| Adelson Library (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), Sapsucker |
| Woods Road |
| Africana Library, Africana Studies and Research |
| Center (C1) |
| Catherwood Library (Industrial and Labor Relations), Ives |
| Hall (CD5) |
| CISER (Cornell Institute for Social and Economic |
| Research), Pine Tree Road |
| Engineering Library, Carpenter Hall (C6) |
| Entomology Library, Comstock Hall (D5) |
| Fine Arts Library, Sibley Hall (C3) |
| Hotel School Library, Statler Hall (C5-6) |
| Law Library, Myron Taylor Hall (B6) |
| Library Annex (Storage Facility), Palm Road |
| Johnson Graduate School of Management Library, Sage |
| Hall (C5-6) |
| Mann Library (Agriculture, Life Sciences, & Human |
| Ecology) (E4) |
| Mathematics library, Malott Hall (D4-5) |
| Music Library, White Hall (B4) |
| Olin Library (Graduate/Research library) (C5) |
| Physical Sciences Library, Clark Hall (D4) |
| Rare and Manuscript Collections, Kroch Library, access |
| via Olin Library (C5) |
| Uris Library (Undergraduate library) (BC5) |
| Veterinary Library, Veterinary Education Center (HJ4-5) |
A definite plus for graduate students is that for non-reserve texts, the checkout period is six months. Unfortunately, for periodicals at the Engineering Library (including most journals) the checkout period is one day. This is an attempt to balance between the high demand for many periodicals while allowing time to take a periodical back to your office to read a single article and/or do photocopying. Many other branch libraries only allow periodicals to be taken out for an hour at a time, so this works out to be a good compromise.
There are online facilities for the library system that allow for periodical searches and interlibrary loans. In addition, the library provides access to many journals on-line. These journals will be flagged as a "networked resource" if you do a normal search of library catalog (CLICK HERE).
The electronic journal system continues to be developed as of the printing of this handbook; for up to date information you should go to the main library webpage mentioned above or contact a Cornell librarian. Note that a handy feature of the main Cornell library website is the 'Ask a Librarian' live chat service.
The Engineering Library (CLICK HERE), in Carpenter Hall (C6), is the most significant library for most engineers and houses many volumes of engineering periodicals and texts. There are photocopying facilities on the first floor and a large computing center, the Academic Computing Center (ACCEL), on the second floor. More information about ACCEL appears in section 3.2.5.1.