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Through the CUNY Libraries Inter-Campus Service (CLICS) students, faculty, and staff in good library standing may borrow materials from libraries anywhere within CUNY and SUNY (State University of New York).
Most books arrive within 3-5 business days. You can request books through CLICS using OneSearch and will be notified via your City College email account.
To learn more about CLICS program, read through the FAQ. If you have more questions, please contact us at circ@ccny.cuny.edu
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a free service offered to City College faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and staff with a current CCNY ID and an unblocked library account. Through ILL, you may borrow articles and book chapters that are NOT available through any CUNY or SUNY Libraries.
For more information about the ILL program, check out the FAQ. Contact the ILL office for any questions at ill@ccny.cuny.edu.
Call numbers for print books on History are in three main areas of the Cohen Library. Use the floor plans online or near the elevators to navigate each floor.
The third floor under letter "C" contain auxiliary sciences of history (i.e. archaeology, and biographies).
| C | Auxiliary Sciences of History (General) |
| CB | History of Civilization |
| CC | Archaeology |
| CD |
Diplomatics, Archives, Seals |
| CE | Technical Chronology. Calendar |
| CJ | Numismatics |
| CN | Inscriptions. Epigraphy |
| CR | Heraldry |
| CS | Genealogy |
| CT | Biography |
The fourth floor under letter "D" contains World History.
| D |
History (General) |
| DA | Great Britain |
| DAW | Central Europe |
| DB | Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czechoslovakia |
| DC | France - Andorra - Monaco |
| DD | Germany |
| DE | Greco-Roman World |
| DF | Greece |
| DG | Italy - Malta |
| DH | Low Countries - Benelux Countries |
| DJ | Netherlands (Holland) |
| DJK | Eastern Europe (General) |
| DK | Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland |
| DL | Northern Europe. Scandinavia |
| DP | Spain - Portugal |
| DQ | Switzerland |
| DR | Balkan Peninsula |
| DS | Asia |
| DT | Africa |
| DU | Oceania (South Seas) |
| DX | Romanies |
The fifth floor under letters "E" and "F" contain histories of the Americas.
| E 11-143 | America |
| E 151-909 | United States |
| F 1-975 | United States (local history) |
| F 1001-1145.2 | British America (including Canada) and Dutch America |
| F 1170 | French America |
| F 1201-3799 | Latin America. Spanish America |
If you need a book not owned by any CUNY or SUNY Libraries, you can search the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, or Queens Public Library. You can search library catalogs from across the nation using WorldCat and request any item through Inter-Library Loan (ILL).