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The Find E-Journals and E-Books by Title Page is the best place to locate journals in electronic format and scholarly e-books.

• Searching and Browsing: This page allows you to search by:
  • Title or ISSN/ISBN
  • By journals only, books only, or both
  • You can also browse by letter or subject
• Searching for Periodicals: Although the title of the page says "journals" this page will help you find electronic versions of journals, newspapers, and other periodicals. When you find the title of the serial you are looking for the description will display the following:
  • The date coverage
  • The database the serial is in (click on the database name to access the serial)
  • Whether the database is available remotely or onsite only
• Searching for Scholarly E-Books
  • ​If you are looking for books by scholarly publishers or text books this is the place to do it. Many of these books you will not find in NYPL's other e-book applications, such as Simply-E, Overdrive or 3M because they are part of collections specifically curated for different research topics.

• Brill Online Books and Journals Description of this database. 

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• Cambridge Core Description of this database. 

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• Oxford Scholarly Editions Online Description of this database. 

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• Project Muse Description of this database. 

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• Sage Knowledge Description of this database. 

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• University Press Scholarship Online Description of this database. 

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• ACLS Humanities E-Book Project Description of this database. 

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Most collections may be found through the NYPL Research Catalog. Note that Advanced Search will yield more refined results.

Use the Library's new Shared Collection Catalog to find and request physical and digital delivery of items from NYPL Research Libraries, Columbia University Libraries and Princeton University Libraries. Read more about the ReCAP Shared Collection here.

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You can see all of the databases that the New York Public Library has to offer by viewing the New York Public Library's Articles and Databases Page.

 Databases with this icon are accessible remotely with a valid NYPL card and PIN.

 Databases with this icon are accessible onsite only at all or specific NYPL locations. You will not need your library card, and you can use your own laptop for most onsite access.