Get started as an online student using the Fordham Libraries.
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Library resources to help
with your research questions:
Several teams are available to help you with technical issues and program questions. All faculty and students may chat with the Technical Team from their 2FOR homepage 24/7.
Need help with your Fordham login credentials, Gmail account, or using a VPN? Visit the Fordham IT website for assistance with accessing the university's online resources.
We can help with your everyday classroom needs...
Course Reserves (Ares) contain pertinent course readings and materials your professors have designated specifically for your classes. (Ares course page passwords are disseminated only by your faculty members.) Ares help is available in print and video tutorials.
Required books for your classes may be available in the Digital Reserves Collection or as ebooks in the library collection.
Fordham students in the online learning programs enjoy borrowing privileges for materials owned and available at the Fordham University Libraries. Borrowing Fordham materials may be conducted in person at any Fordham campus library using your digital ID to checkout.
Fordham’s online-only graduate students and faculty have access to Fordham’s interlibrary loan (ILL) service. Interlibrary loan’s primary focus for those involved in the online-only programs is to provide digital materials of articles and book chapters. Loans from outside libraries will not be requested via ILL unless the student/faculty member is able to travel to one of Fordham’s three campuses to retrieve and return.
For more information and to create an account, click here and then the "First Time Users" link on the ILLiad home page. When creating an account, choose Online Only-Graduate as one’s status and Virtual Campus as one’s delivery location. Please notify Charlotte Labbé (labbe@fordham.edu), Head of Interlibrary Loan, once you have created an ILLiad account.
Document Delivery allows current students to obtain email delivery of print resources not already available electronically through Fordham's databases and e-journals. Items available in our electronic holdings, including electronic reserves, will not be sent through our Document Delivery service.
All requests must meet the copyright guidelines set forth in Title 17 of the U.S. Code, governing copyright and fair use, in order to be processed. We attempt to fill all requests in the order they are received. If resources are stretched, we reserve the right to limit the number of requests per user to 3 requests per day.
Please complete all fields in this online Document Delivery Request Form to submit your request.
Having trouble opening an article on your laptop? Struggling to navigate a specific database. Click here to get tips for remote access, best practices for access problems, and contact information for when you need it.
Fordham students in the online learning programs enjoy access privileges at a number of university, college and institutional libraries throughout the country, with the presentation of your Fordham University digital ID. A full list of institutions participating in reciprocal access programs with Fordham is available as a PDF download below.
Please contact the library you are interested in using to determine the access policies and/or restrictions before visiting in person. Please note that some of our reciprocal access partners may have visitor restrictions during certain hours of the day or during certain periods of the year.
A range of video and multimedia resources are available to online students, including:
Not sure where or how to start your research? Chat with a librarian now!
The Fordham University Library Tutorial was created to give you a basic overview of how to conduct academic research and how to use our digital collections and services.
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Circulation & Reserve Departments
Fordham University Libraries
Walsh Library ♦ Rose Hill Campus ♦ 718-817-5109 ♦ 718-817-3578
Quinn Library ♦ Lincoln Center Campus ♦ 212-636-6062 ♦ 212-636-6061
Fordham Westchester Library ♦ Fordham Westchester Campus ♦ 914-367-3060 ♦ 914-367-3061
univlib@fordham.edu ♦ intercampus@fordham.edu ♦ libraryreserve@fordham.edu
