Research 101: Accessing online resources from off-campus

Why sign in to your account? Signing in lets you:

• read ebooks and online articles
• see when your loans are due
• renew your loan [COVID note: loans have been automatically renewed through February 2, 2021]
• request books from other CUNY colleges [COVID note: this service is not available right now]

You do NOT need to sign in to:

• search with OneSearch to look for database articles, books, or videos*
• get advice about conducting library research through our Research 101 guide**
• reserve a group study room

Sign in here, using the same username and password that you use for CUNY First and Blackboard.

You can also log in via OneSearch, click on the upper-right-hand corner.

Your name will now appear in the corner. Click on it!

After you click, the corner will now look like this. Click on "my account".

You can see all your loans here - you can renew all of them, or click for more details and to choose certain items to renew.

Please note that if someone else has requested your item, or if you've renewed already, you may not be able to renew!