Can I use other colleges' libraries if I'm a Manhattan University student or faculty member?
Answer
Do you want to use a database neither we nor the New York Public Library have? Were you not able to ILL or check out the book you want from us or the NYPL? When you check Discovery Search or academic library's sites do you see that there are other academic libraries in the NYC area with the book or database you want? Then we may have an option for you.
First, check if the library with the resources you want is in the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), whose most up-to-date directory will be at the Membership Directory link at their site. If they are, then as Manhattan University is also a member of that council, we can request access on your behalf.
Email us at the library at librarians@manhattan.edu with the title of the book or database, the link to it in the other library's catalog or database listing, and dates or days that work for you for a visit to that other library. We will contact the other library through METRO to see if they will let you visit to use the book or access their database.
Please note that while the Columbia University Library and the New York University Libraries are METRO members, they have restrictive access policies and may not okay the request. Note: The CUNY Graduate Center Library has less restrictive access policies than those two institutions but comparable collections, so check them first, then contact us.