Finding Books
CannonCat
Begin looking for books here. CannonCat is Melvil Dewey Library's book catalog and it identifies the print books and media items that the library owns and also allows you to read our ebooks. Note: Use Internet Explorer as your browser.
Locate Books in Other Libraries
If we do not own the books that you require, we will likely be able to obtain it for you from another library:
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SUNYConnect Union Catalog If the book you require is not in CannonCat, search here next. The SUNYConnect Union Catalog searches 64 SUNY library catalogs. Once you locate the book, click "Request Item" and follow the directions. Note: The Netscape browser will not allow you to request the item - use Internet Explorer or equivalent.
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OCLC WorldCat If the book you require is not available at another SUNY library, search in WorldCat next. WorldCat is the world's largest online catalog, containing over 40,000,000 records for books, periodicals, visual materials, sound recordings, and multimedia, and it also indicates the libraries that own each title. Once you locate the book, click the "ILL" icon near the top of the page and follow the directions for placing the request.
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Icepac Northern New York's regional book catalog, containing records for the holdings of the region's academic, public, school, and special libraries. Please do not attempt to request books via Icepac. Use Illiad.
Melvil Dewey Library offers the content of several thousand electronic books (e-books) to our patrons. Our electronic books can be accessed via CannonCat or by directly accessing the various collections via links on our Web site. We purchase or facilitate access to these e-books from several sources, including the following:
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NetLibrary Providing digital versions of thousands of books, our NetLibrary collection provides ebooks on many diverse topics.
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SUNY Press E Book Collection - Consists of over 600 titles published by the SUNY Press and made available by the State University of New York.
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Humanities E-Books Provides access to a collection high quality electronic books covering historical as well as multi-disciplinary topics.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Provides a collection of reference e-books - subject and general encyclopedias, almanacs and dictionaries.
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Credo Reference An e-book reference library consisting of reference books from many leading publishers. Includes general and subject-specific dictionaries and other reference works.