CRL Center for Research Libraries
DESCRIPTION
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is a consortium of North American universities,
colleges and independent research libraries. The consortium acquires and preserves
newspapers, journals, documents, archives and other traditional and digital resources for
research and teaching. CRL resources are made available to member institutions cooperatively,
through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery.
COLLECTIONS
CRL holds over four million newspapers, journals, dissertations, archives, government
publications and other traditional and digital resources for research and teaching. Holdings
include such diverse materials as 800,000 doctoral dissertations (including those of Albert
Einstein, Dag Hammarskjold and other Nobel laureates), some of the earliest African-American
newspapers and the 100,000-plus-page archive of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge security force.
Emphasis is on materials produced outside the United States, and the Center has special
strength in publications and archives from many developing nations. These holdings are
available for use by students, scholars and other researchers affiliated with CRL member
institutions.
SERVICES
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Project length loan privileges
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Third day delivery on most interlibrary loans
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Request a Purchase – Enables patrons to request purchases up to $2,000 annually in
three areas: foreign dissertations, newspapers, and archival material
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Digitization of fragile or high value CRL materials
ACCESS to CRL
You can access the Center for Research Libraries database by using the tab “Find Articles and
Databases” from the Libraries’ homepage. To borrow materials from CRL use the Libraries’
interlibrary loan service at http://illiad.lib.binghamton.edu/. When filling out the request form
answer “CRL” for the question “Where did you find this item cited?”
K. Bouman/Reference, Information and Instructional Services/Binghamton University Libraries/ rev.3-10