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General Research Division
Third Floor, Room 315
Phone: (917) 275-6975
Fully accessible to wheelchairs
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| 10:00 AM - 5:45 PM |
10:00 AM - 7:45 PM |
10:00 AM - 7:45 PM |
10:00 AM - 5:45 PM |
10:00 AM - 5:45 PM |
10:00 AM - 5:45 PM |
1:00 PM - 4:45 PM |
Call slips cannot be accepted beginning 30 minutes prior to closing.
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Ask a QuestionHome to approximately 4 million items, the General Research Division serves as the central research hub in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Our staff of librarians is on hand to help you with research questions, navigate the Catalog, use our abundant electronic databases, make referrals to other NYPL divisions or local libraries, and teach about the history of this landmark building.
Our materials include academic areas such as literature, philosophy, religion, anthropology, sociology, world history, and biographies. We also collect extensively in sports, comic books, genre fiction, archived magazines, cookbooks, Asian & Middle Eastern materials, and Slavic & Baltic materials.
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