Congratulations, NYU graduate! As a valued member of our NYU community, you’re encouraged to explore the library resources and opportunities available to you as an alum. The Alumni Benefits page offers resources to help you stay connected to NYU Libraries, continue your research journey, and support NYU’s mission in teaching, learning, and scholarly inquiry.
Your RefWorks access remains the same. New Alumni users can also create a RefWorks account for the first time in the Alumni E-Library.
Zotero is free and will continue to operate as usual after you become an alumni.
If you downloaded and activated EndNote while a student, you retain the last version of the software you had after graduation. Free unlimited storage goes away 3 years after leaving NYU, unless you pay to upgrade.
Free “world catalog” that can help you locate an item in your area. For locating archives, try ArchiveGrid.
Access free books, movies, music, and databases. Must live/work/go to school in NYS for cardholder access. Get immediate online access with a web account, or visit a branch for a physical card to borrow.
Access scholarly databases (sometimes remote or sometimes onsite), plus original archival material (digitized and/or at the research branches). Need not be an NYPL card holder to visit, but some divisions require an appointment.
Free digitized materials from NYPL. A constantly growing, interdisciplinary collection.
Access free books, movies, music, and databases. Must live/work/go to school in NYS for cardholder access. Get immediate online access with a web account, or visit a branch for a physical card to borrow.
Access free books, movies, music, and databases. Must live/work/go to school in NYS for cardholder access. Get immediate online access with a web account, or visit a branch for a physical card to borrow.
Free datasets published by the NYC Government. Data is organized by agency, geography, or theme. Popular resources include statistics on transportation, public health, municipal hiring, and local wildlife. Training is also available.
Non-profit library of books, movies, music, and archival material. Also includes the Wayback Machine’s website archive.
National library with digital collections and primary sources available remotely. Also provides remote reference services for free.
Interdisciplinary archive of primary sources from across the US. Includes a banned books e-book collection, viewable from the Palace App.
Subscription library with physical and digital collections, plus dedicated study space.
Subscription library focused on physical fiction materials, with dedicated study space.
Options for for-fee corporate research and business data solutions.
Below are additional resources and benefits for NYU Alumni: