Scope of SIBL's Research Collections

Subject areas at SIBL include:

• Advertising, Astronomy
• Banks and Banking, Biotechnology, Business and Commerce
• Chemistry, Computers and Computer Science
• Earth Sciences, Economics, Engineering, Environmental Science
• Finance, Food Sciences and Technology
• General Science
• History of Science
• Industrial Relations, Insurance, International Trade
• Management, Marketing, Materials Science, Mathematics
• Patents and Trademarks, Personnel Management, Public Relations
• Real Estate, Robotics
• Small Business, Statistics
• Textile Industry, Trade and Technologies, Transportation
• Unions, Urban Affairs
• Zoology

Specialized materials include:

• A comprehensive collection of U.S. and foreign government documents, patents, local laws, New York City information, and demographics
• Extensive international trade and business resources
• Standards, codes and technical reports
• U.S. and foreign industrial directories and buyers' guides
• Corporate annual reports, both domestic and foreign, in print, microform and electronic formats
• Financial information services (loose-leafs, stock reporting services and newsletters)
• Basic texts and reference works.