What is NOVEL?

NOVEL, the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library, is a public no-cost online information network that will create a "library without walls." NOVEL would provide a gateway for all New Yorkers, even those in the most geographically isolated communities, to a vast array of electronic books, e-journals, full text magazines and articles as well as to the rich resources of libraries throughout the state via online catalogs, digitized collections of photographs, images, maps, manuscripts, encyclopedias, journals and other proprietary databases licensed on a statewide basis for free public access.