Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
History- North America:
Access Arrangements with Other Libraries
The Rutgers University Libraries participate in a number of cooperative agreements with research
institutions throughout the U.S. and Canada. In particular, you have on-site access to all of the
libraries that are part of the Research Libraries Group. This means that your Rutgers ID should
provide you access to (but not borrowing privileges at) most major research libraries, including
Princeton, Columbia, and New York University. Particularly if you plan to visit the archives or
special collections, it is usually wise to telephone or email beforehand. For more details on
access agreements, see:
Public Services Policy Memo 6: Cooperative Access Arrangements.
As a Rutgers student, you are also entitled interlibrary loans from the Center for Research
Libraries (CRL). CRL is a consortium of research libraries in North America that pools resources
to purchase special materials. It makes available over five million volumes that are rarely held
in other institutions and Loan periods are indefinite, but subject to recall. For more
information on CRL, see:
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/crl/crl.shtml.
