Memorial Library is proud to highlight student work from Transformations, the annual undergraduate research conference at SUNY Cortland. Students who present or give posters can choose to share their posters or presentation slides through the Transformations collection in Digital Commons
Please contact digitalcommons@cortland.edu with any questions, or if you are interested in sharing your work from Transformations this year!
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Memorial Library preserves and shares Cortland students’ theses through our online repository, Digital Commons.
Our Masters theses collection includes graduate theses from the departments of English, History, Kinesiology, Physical Education, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies and Sport Management: https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/theses/
Also, check out our brand new collection of theses and final projects from students in the undergraduate Honors Program: https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/honorsprogram/
Expect new additions to both collections later this Spring!
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Wondering what SUNY Cortland used to look like? Want to check out photos of your time suiting up as a Red Dragon? Many of SUNY Cortland’s historical photographs, documents, yearbooks and many other items are available online for free! Check out the SUNY Cortland Digital Commons to find out more!
https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/archives_specialcollections/
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Wondering about SUNY Cortland’s history? The Archives in Memorial Library is open by appointment! It is home to collections of photographs, the campus yearbook Didascaleion (also called the ‘Did’), and many more books and manuscripts that tell SUNY Cortland’s story.
The Archives is located on the 3rd Floor B-side of the Memorial Library.
Be sure to check out the Libguide here to learn more: https://cortland.libguides.com/archives
Appointments can be requested Monday through Friday from 8am to 3pm. To schedule an appointment or ask questions email: library.archives@cortland.edu
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There are 34 study rooms available on the 4th floor of the Memorial Library. The 4th floor is our designated quiet area. These small rooms allow for studying individually and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis to SUNY Cortland students, staff, and faculty. The rooms do not require a reservation or a key. They also have a window!
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To reserve one of the Library’s Group Study Rooms and review the terms and conditions visit https://cortland.libcal.com/reserve/groupstudyrooms
The Memorial Library has 3 study rooms that can hold 2 people and 6 study rooms that can hold larger groups of 4+. You need to make a reservation to sign out a key. Make your reservations early to ensure you get the room you want when you need it.
Note: The Library’s group study rooms are only available for check out to current students.
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Memorial Library has a free online copy of this year’s Common Read book to all faculty, Staff and Students. That book is Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer .
Access the ebook via the QR code in the image or use this link.
Note: You will be required to log into MyRedDragon.
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If you are an Online Masters Student then you can request to have books sent to you, but be aware that this will probably add one to two weeks to the time it takes to get your materials. You may not be able to renew the books, depending on who provides them.
Before doing so, please be sure you have exhausted all possible alternatives (see the options listed in Library Resources outside of Memorial Library and have consulted with your Advisor as well as meet with your Library Liaison to review options. Following the sequence provided above will ensure that getting the material needed will be a smooth and quick process.
If you have completed the above steps, you can proceed to fill out the form to set up the request process. Do not submit requests until you hear back from the Interlibrary Loan Department that the setup is complete.
For those of you who use Interlibrary Loan, please be aware that ILLiad credentials now need to be verified annually for requests to be processed. If you haven’t already done so, please sign into your ILLiad account now to update/verify your information (make sure your department is correct).
If our library doesn’t have what you need, it is likely that the item can be borrowed from another library at no cost to you. Articles are usually turned around within 24-48 hours, books usually take about 2 weeks. For further information on this service, see our Interlibrary Loan FAQs.