The holdings of the Library's Rare Book Division and George Arents Collection can be browsed and searched using the online catalog. The catalog is also where to locate published primary sources and secondary scholarship.
If you have an exact citation, you can search the catalog by title or author. If you are looking for a journal, newspaper, or magazine, use the "By Journal Title" option. To browse more generally, you can also search by keyword.
Digitized Material
When searching the catalog, you can limit your results to digitized items (e.g., ebooks) using the Material Type filter. The digital material types are: E-Book, E-Audiobook, E-Video, and Web Resource.
Often, these catalog records are links to documents within databases to which the Library subscribes, rather than books that the Library owns and has digitized. You may need to log in with your NYPL library card's barcode and PIN to view these files. Additionally, some databases require you to be using a Library computer or Library wifi for access. This information should be communicated within each record. For more on the Library's subscription databases, see the Databases tab.
If the book you are seeking was published prior to 1923, it is in the public domain (meaning it has no copyright restrictions by U.S. law) and may be available through an external website. Three good resources for such items are:
Bay Psalm Book