Please join us this Thursday, April 16 at 2pm on the 3rd Floor of the Cooperman Library for our Annual Library Day Celebration!
We will celebrate faculty, staff, and student accomplishments and our libraries during National Library Week.
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Please join us this Thursday, April 16 at 2pm on the 3rd Floor of the Cooperman Library for our Annual Library Day Celebration!
We will celebrate faculty, staff, and student accomplishments and our libraries during National Library Week.
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Thanks to the CUNY Council of Chief Librarians, anyone with a valid CUNY email address can receive unlimited access to the New York Times in digital and mobile formats.
Here are the steps to follow to sign up for access:
Once you've created an account, access will simply require your Hunter New York Times login--you will not have to authenticate it through the library's website. You will see your subscription as being for "one year," although it will be renewed as the subscription continues.
Restrictions:
If you already have an annual subscription to the New York Times with your Hunter email address, you can cancel it and receive a refund. If you wish to continue your own access (for example, If you get the print edition with online access), but also want to use the Hunter version, we suggest you move your original subscription to a personal email address.
"I'm looking for a book for my class."
"Do you have this textbook?"
"My teacher said the library had this book for our class. Can you help me?"
These are the questions that we hear at the start of each semester here at the Hunter College Libraries. And the answer is yes, we can help you find out if your textbooks are available at the library. You can also help yourself by learning how!
First, you should be aware that the library does not own copies of every textbook for every class, but it is a good idea to look because we do have a lot. it's up to the Professor for a course if materials are made available on reserve, so it can't hurt to ask your professor about this as well.
Reserves - what does it all mean??
Professors can place materials “on reserve” at the library. What that means is that there is at least one copy of a textbook or other material at the Reserve Desk (on the 3nd floor of the Cooperman Library, or at the Circulation Desks of the Social Work and Health Professions Libraries) that is available to be used for two hours at a time in the library. Reserve materials cannot leave the library, but you can make photocopies. Start here:
You can search the Reserves collection by the name of your Professor, your course, or by the title or author of the work.
Sometimes you will have no choice but to get your textbooks from an outside source, which usually means laying out some cash. Thankfully, CUNY has a handy guide to help you save money on textbooks: http://www.cuny.edu/about/resources/student/textbook-savings.html
Hopefully, this post will help you help yourself locate the textbooks you need to succeed this semester. And as always, if you have questions you can Ask A Librarian!