Area Libraries & Library Catalogs

Academic Libraries of Brooklyn (ALB) - members of the Brooklyn College community have unlimited borrowing privileges from the libraries at Brooklyn College and Medgar Evers College and may borrow up to two books at a time from the other ALB libraries. Ask at the Brooklyn College Library reference desk for an ALB access card.

Brooklyn Public Library - Search the Web-based catalog for Brooklyn Public and all the New York City Public Libraries. New York residents with a library card from any public library in the five boroughs may borrow books from any of the three public library systems.

City University of New York Libraries - Borrowing privileges for students, staff and faculty of Brooklyn College with a few exceptions.

Columbia University Libraries - Access CLIO, online catalog for materials added to Columbia Libraries since 1981.

MetroWeb - New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, access catalogs of more than 250 libraries and libraray systems in the five boroughs of New York City and in Westchester. County

New York Public Library - Search the branch and research libraries

NYU - Connect to research libraries' holdings at New York University.

Online Library Catalogs in the Metro NY Area. - Manhattan College Library
Direct links to catalogs for academic, cultural, law, medical, public, and school libraries.

Oueens Borough Public Library - Search the  catalog

WALDO - Access the catalogs of 32 Academic Libraries in Westchester and New York City.

Westchester Library System - Search the catalogs of Westchester County's Public Libraries.

Other Libraries & Library Catalogs

GPO ACCESS -  Access full text of original Government publications.

Library of Congress - Search 12 million records, reports, books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, maps.

Libraries on the Web - Access academic, public, national and state libraries throughout the world.

WorldCAT- Books and other materials in libraries around the world.