Cornell University Library

The Cornell collections are open to the public — to students, faculty, visiting researchers, and members of the community. The Cornell Online catalog may be searched remotely via the Internet at http://catalog.library.cornell.edu/.

A very rich resource available to anyone with a computer and internet connection is the Cornell HEARTH website: http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/. This site is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines beginning in 1850. The titles and full text of these materials are available, as well as, bibliographies and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics. This site offers the Journal of Home Economics / Journal of American Family and Consumer Sciences from 1909-1980 online. This information is free and directly accessible from your home computer.

The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections can be found at http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/. A special series of Cornell research is titled From Domesticity to Modernity: What Was Home Economics? This site offers many biographies of early leaders in home economics and historical events and information.

Cornell’s interlibrary services are for currently employed faculty and staff, and currently registered students. If you are an individual registered or affiliated with another academic institution, please use your institution’s interlibrary services. They can request items from Cornell on your behalf. If you are not affiliated with an academic institution or business, please contact your local public library. Most offer options for obtaining resources from other libraries and institutions.

Out of town visitors and researchers are welcome. You may wish to confirm the library hours before your visit by calling 607.255.3530. A day’s advance notice is needed to retrieve those collections housed off-site in the Library Annex and you may request specific items in advance to ensure their availability for your use.