Humanities and Social Sciences Library

Subject Directory

Subject terms link to the primary curatorial unit's home page. Room numbers in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library link to the Library's floorplan; locations in other buildings link to those facilities' home pages, where travel directions may be found. In cases of subject overlap, Humanities and Social Sciences Library locations are listed first.

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

*A card of admission to these collections is obtained in the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

A

Subjects

Divisions

Room

  Administrative Offices Second Floor (South)  
  Advertising Science, Industry and Business Library  
  African & African-American Studies Schomburg Center
Milstein Divison of US History, Local History and Genealogy
121
  American History Milstein Divison of US History, Local History and Genealogy
121
  Annual Reports of Companies Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Anthropology General Research Division
315
  Archaeology General Research Division
315
  Art & Architecture Art & Architecture Collection
300
  Asian Studies Asian and Middle Eastern Division
219
  Astor Hall First Floor (center)  
  Astronomy Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Automobiles Science, Industry and Business Library
Mid-Manhattan Library
 

B

     
  Baseball General Research Division
315
  Biology Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Black History Schomburg Center
General Research Division
315
  Books to Borrow Mid-Manhattan Library  
  Business Science, Industry and Business Library  

C

     
  Caribbean Studies Schomburg Center
General Research Division
315
  Cartography Map Division
117
  Catalog Room General Research Division
315
  Celeste Bartos Forum Ground Floor  
  Census (Names) Milstein Divison of US History, Local History and Genealogy
Schomburg Center
121
  Census (Statistics) Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Checkroom First Floor (center)  
  Chemistry Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Children's Books Donnell Library Center
General Research Division
315
  Coins General Research Division
315
  College Catalogs Mid-Manhattan Library  
  Computer Science Science, Industry and Business Library  

D

     
  Dance Performing Arts  
  Demography Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Dictionaries General Research Division
315

E

     
  Eastern European Studies Slavic and Baltic Division
General Research Division
217
315
  Economics Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Education Mid-Manhattan Library  
  Electronic Resources General Research Division
315
  Encyclopedias, General General Research Division
315
  Exhibition Galleries
 
 
 
 

 

Gottesman Hall
Jill Kupin Rose Gallery (second floor)
Print Gallery
Salomon Room
Stokes Gallery (third floor)
113







 

F

     
  Family History Milstein Divison of US History, Local History and Genealogy
121
  Fiction to Borrow Mid-Manhattan Library  
  Film Studies Donnell Library Center
Performing Arts
Schomburg Center
 
  Finance Science, Industry and Business Library  

G

     
  Gay and Lesbian Studies General Research Division
Manuscripts and Archives Division
  Genealogy Milstein Divison of US History, Local History and Genealogy
121
  Geography General Research Division
315
  Geology Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Gift Shop First Floor
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
 
  Government Documents Science, Industry and Business Library
General Research Division
315

H

     
  Health Mid-Manhattan Library  
  Heraldry Milstein Divison of US History, Local History and Genealogy
121
  History General Research Division
Milstein Divison of US History, Local History and Genealogy
315
121

I

     
  Immigration Milstein Divison of US History, Local History and Genealogy
General Research Division
Science, Industry and Business Library
121
315
  Information Astor Hall
Ground Floor
General Research Division
315
  Interlibrary Loan General Research Division
315

J

     
  Job Information Mid-Manhattan Library  
  Judaica Dorot Jewish Division
84

K&L

     
  Labor Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Latin American Studies General Research Division
315
  Law Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Library Cards Mid-Manhattan Library
Donnell Library Center
Science, Industry and Business Library
 
  Literature General Research Division
315
  Lost and Found Inquire at guards' desks  

M

     
  Magazines see Periodicals  
  Manuscripts Manuscripts and Archives Division
*328
  Maps Map Division
117
  Marketing Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Mathematics Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Medicine Mid-Manhattan Library  
  METRO Library Referral Cards General Research Division
315
  Microforms Microform Reading Room
100
  Military History General Research Division
315
  Music Performing Arts  

N

     
  Native American Studies General Research Division
315
  Natural History General Research Division
315
  New York City History Milstein Divison of US History, Local History and Genealogy
121
  New York Public Library Archives Manuscripts and Archives Division
*328
  Newspapers
 
 
 
 
 

 

Back issues, referral for: General Research Division
Daily News (current): Mid-Manhattan Library
Foreign, referrals for: General Research Division
New York Post (current): Mid-Manhattan Library
New York Times (current): 108, Mid-Manhattan, SIBL
Out of State (current): Mid-Manhattan Library
Wall Street Journal: SIBL, Mid-Manhattan, 108
Women's Wear Daily (current): Science, Industry and Business Library

315

108

 

O

     
  Oriental and Near Eastern Cultures Asian and Middle Eastern Division
219

P

     
  Patents  Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Periodicals Back issues, referrals for: General Research Division
Current: DeWitt Wallace Periodicals Room
315
108
  Personnel Office 188 Madison Ave. (5th Floor)  
  Philosophy General Research Division
315
  Photographs Photography Collection
*308
  Photography Art & Architecture Collection
300
  Physics Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Picture Collection Mid-Manhattan Library  
  Poetry General Research Division
315
  Political Science General Research Division
315
  Prints Print Collection
*308
  Psychology General Research Division
315

Q&R

     
  Radio and Television Performing Arts  
  Rare Books Rare Books Division
*328
  Real Estate Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Reception Desk 42nd Street Entrance  
  Records and Tapes Literature: Mid-Manhattan Library
Music: Performing Arts, Donnell Library Center, Schomburg Center
 
  Religion General Research Division
315
  Restrooms Men's: Third Floor (North)
Women's: Ground Floor (North), Third Floor (South)
 

S

     
  Science General Research Division
Science, Industry and Business Library
315
  Slavic and Baltic Studies Slavic and Baltic Division
217
  Social Sciences General Research Division
315
  Special Collections Office Office of Special Collections
316
  Sports General Research Division
315
  Stamps General Research Division
315
  Statistics Science, Industry and Business Library  

T

     
  Technology Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Telephone Books

 

Electronic: General Research Division
Foreign: Microform Reading Room
United States: Microform Reading Room, Mid-Manhattan Library
Science, Industry and Business Library
315
100
100
 
  Telephones, Public Ground-, First-, Second Floors (North)  
  Television Performing Arts
Donnell Library Center
 
  Theatre Performing Arts  
  Trademarks Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Transportation Science, Industry and Business Library  
  Travel Guides Map Division
General Research Division
117
315
  Trustee's Room Trustee's Room
206

U&V

     

W

     
  Western European Studies General Research Division
315
  Wheelchair Access 42nd Street Entrance  
  Women's Studies General Research Division
315

X,Y,Z