Privileges of the Cards
As of June 22, 2004, all New York State residents , 18 years and older, are eligible to receive a NYS Resident's Borrower's card for the New York State Library (NYSL). This card will allow those individuals to directly borrow items from the NYS Library and to remotely access NOVEL databases . This program gives New York State residents onsite borrowing privileges; materials will not be mailed to individuals under this program. What are the NOVEL databases , you ask? Some of the same tools your librarians at the Research Network use every day: Business & Company ASAP (database of full-text articles on companies, markets and industries) Business & Company Resource Center (database of company profiles, brand information, company histories, SEC reports, and periodical articles) Business Plans Handbooks volumes 5-10 (print out sample plans in PDF format) InfoTrac Custom Newspapers (contains the New York Times from 2000 on, 7 New York newspapers and more!) This list is ju