FAQs

To register for Weill Cornell Medical Library privileges, please visit the Library SMARTDesk with your valid WCMC/NYPH ID and fill out a registration card. You will be issued a barcode that can be used to borrow library materials at the WCMC, MSK, Rockefeller, and HSS Medical Libraries.

Additionally, your library barcode allows you to register for a Tripsaver/Interlibrary Loan account, reserve a room inside the library, check out a library laptop, sponsor your spouse or another unaffiliated user for access, and other privileges.

Patrons from MSK and Rockefeller must register at their home library first.

HSS ID holders are eligible for borrowing privileges only.

WCMC/NYPH volunteers are not eligible for registration and must be sponsored by a department administrator if they require borrowing privileges.

Please inquire at the SMARTDesk if you have additional questions.

To find the location of a book or journal at the library, search OneSearch, the joint online catalog of Weill Cornell Medical Library, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering. The e-Resources page contains links to some electronic resources, including journals, not listed in OneSearch.

To find the location of a book or journal at the library, search OneSearch, the joint online catalog of Weill Cornell Medical Librar. The e-Resources page contains links to some electronic resources not listed in OneSearch.

To check materials out of the library, you need a current ID card from Weill Cornell, NewYork-Presbyterian, or an affiliated institution with borrowing authorization. To find out if your institution is affiliated, please contact the SMARTDesk.

Bring your ID to the SMARTDesk to register for borrowing privileges and a library barcode for the back of your ID card. Each time you need to borrow, present your bar-coded ID card to the desk staff.

For additional information, please see our circulation and renewal policies.

1) You can renew current items yourself by going to OneSearch and logging into your account.

2) Click on "My Library Card"

3) Click on "Loans"

You can also renew library materials, either current or up to seven days overdue, by contacting the Circulation Desk.

Please make this request at the circulation desk. A library assistant will ask you to fill out a form for repair items. The guaranteed turnaround time is 24 hours. A second assistant can also prepare a photocopy of the article for you. Check OneSearch for electronic versions or copies at Memorial Sloan Kettering or Rockefeller University Library. If no other copies are available, you can request the item through Interlibrary Loan.

Staff, students or faculty with a current ID from NYP-WCMC, or anyone sponsored with full borrowing privileges, may request an interlibrary loan for journal articles, books or other materials not in our collection. You may submit requests online.

You may also recommend items for purchase by the library. Please fill out our online form.

OneSearch is your one-stop shop for accessing a wide range of content belonging to Weill Cornell and our partners at Rockefeller University (RU) and Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSKCC).

With OneSearch, you can:

• Access full text articles, chapters, e-books, and our physical collection 
• Access all WCM content, as well as RU and MSKCC physical offerings
• Manage your library account, renewals, and requests in one, easy to navigate location

If you are having problems with your account. Please contact our support team using any of the methods here: https://library.weill.cornell.edu/ask-us

If you have a favorite author or subject for which you often search when using the catalog, you can save the search with the click of a button. This will prevent you from having to key in the search each time and let you place reserves on new materials quicker.

1) Sign In

2) Click on "Save Query"

3) Turn on notifications if desired

You can save individual records in OneSearch with the touch of a button.

1) Sign In

2) Click the thumbtack icon from the search results or the indivual record

Or

You can easily export, print, or email records from OneSearch:

1) From the search results, click on the '...' symbol

2) Export using your desired method

OR Export using your desired method from within the item record

While you might be used to logging in to one catalog website shared between Weill Cornell, MSK, and Rockefeller, we now maintain three separate instances of the catalog. You can log into your local institutions catalog by going to your library's home pages:

• MSK: https://library.mskcc.org/
• Rockefeller: http://markuslibrary.rockefeller.edu/