Hathi Trust Digital Library

Cornell's membership in the Hathi Trust Digital Library allows searching full text of recent copyrighted materials as well as pdfs of older public domain works. Very useful!

Beyond Cornell

New Library Home & Catalog

The library homepage search box searches all library systems--the catalog, articles, and library websites.

library homepage, arrow pointing to the catalog link

The catalog contains all of the holdings of all Cornell University libraries including records for books, ebooks, DVD's/videos, sound recordings, magazines/newspapers/journals, online journals/newspapers, computer files, government documents, manuscripts and archives, maps, musical scores, and more. Everything but articles!

The advanced search in the library catalog allows for more precision. The drop down menu allows you to search by Author, Title, Keyword, or Subject, or combinations.

Use the search filters under "Limit your results."

To search the holdings of libraries beyond Cornell click onResults at “libraries worldwide” (Worldcat Local) page.

Requesting Books from Elsewhere

  • For BOOKS already checked out, or that Cornell doesn't have:
    Borrow Direct
    Books arrive in 3-4 business days.
  • For items (books, articles, microfilm) Cornell doesn't have:
    Interlibrary Loan Services
    Items can arrive in as little as a few days to a couple of weeks.
  • For items at another campus library or the Library Annex
    Use the "Request" button in the Library Catalog and choose Library to Library Delivery.