Description of Reading Room and Curatorial Units' Collections

Science, Industry and Business Library

188 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 592-7000
E-mail Reference

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Reading Room Description
Richard B. Salomon Research Reading Room
  • Open-shelf reference collection of 60,000 volumes comprised of directories, handbooks, dictionaries, indexes and reference tools in a broad array of SIBL's subject areas.
  • Key investment services for consultation in the Financial Services section between two photocopying rooms.
  • Access to closed stacks research collections of 1.4 million volumes available via call slip submitted to the Altman Desk, where staff provide assistance with reserves, photocopying, and scanning.
  • Laptop docking stations enable high speed access to SIBL's networked databases and and Internet.
Harold W. McGraw Jr. Information Services Center
  • Access to library catalogs and to information specialists.
  • Assistance with research in SIBL's subjects-- Business (Advertising, Economics, Finance and Investment, International Trade, Labor, Management, Marketing, Small Business Development), Science (Chemistry and Physics, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Technology), Patents and Trademarks, Government Publications (United States: Federal, New York State and New York City), United Nations, European Union, International Monetary Fund.
  • Librarians provide walk in reference services, reference consultations by appointment, e-mail reference and telephone reference.
  • Retired executives offer free business counseling in the SCORE office near the McGraw information services desk.
Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn Electronic Information Center
  • Electronic business and science resources on networked computers.
  • Printing or downloading to a disk is permitted for most resources.
  • Access to over 100 licensed databases for research in business, industry, finance, marketing, government information, and the sciences.
  • E-Resources include full-text databases, electronic journals, online directories, newspapers, and statistical publications.
  • The Electronic Training Center, comprised of four training labs within the EIC, is the site for computer-based instruction classes in the use of library resources at SIBL.
Henry and Henrietta Quade Microform Center
  • Access to more than 1 million pieces of microfilm containing retrospective files of newpapers and periodicals, a significant portion of SIBL's government publications, United States Patents, and other documents.
Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Circulating Library and Reading Room
  • The Circulating collections located on the street level provide access to 40,000 popular science and business books available for loan with an NYPL branch libraries card.
  • Materials available for loan include books, videos and CDs in business and science topics. These collections are listed in the LEO catalog.
  • Current issues of more than 150 popular business and science magazines are available for on-site use only.
  • Computers offer access to the Internet as well as to SIBL's networked databases.