About the Empire State College Online Library
Background
In 1971, Empire State College was chartered within the SUNY system as a distance-learning college for adult and non-traditional students. Until 1997, our students relied on other SUNY libraries for research and learning support. In 1997, the Online Library and Learning Resource Center was established and it has continued to grow since then.
We now have 4 full-time librarians and a well-rounded collection of e-books, online journals, reference resources and databases of images and videos. Our collections are entirely online and our services are delivered to our users wherever they are by internet and telephone.
The library is part of the Academic Technologies group within the Office of Integrated Technologies.
Collections and Services
The Empire State College Online Library provides access to a huge collection of online resources for research and study, including:
- dozens of subject guides linking to the most relevant research tools by discipline
- 150+ databases containing millions of full-text journal articles
- 111,000+ full-text e-books
- 2,300+ reference e-books
- 4.5 million+ searchable, digital works of art & photography
- dozens of collections of academic-quality video and audio recordings
- library skills webinars and how tos
- Ask a Librarian service for reference questions
- support and help with accessing materials through other libraries
Alumni have free, lifelong access to the Alumni Library
Librarians
The college's professional librarians provide reference and other library services days, evenings and weekends via e-mail, phone, chat and online forms.
Empire State College Online Library, Three Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. 800-847-3000 ext. 2222
