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  • Information about library holdings, as well as exhibits and special collections at this Long Island liberal arts college.
  • 50,000 volumes, as well as two rare book collections comprise this reading room only research libary, covering a wide range of topics on American Jewry.
  • The collection contains over 485,000 volumes, including books, journals, pamphlets, and reprints and is rich in retrospective materials, some dating to the 15th century. Major topics covered in the collection are zoology, geology and mineral sciences, paleontology, history of science, anthropology and astronomy.
  • Homepage for the library at Columbia Law School.
  • With offices in New York, London, Paris and Berlin, the Bridgeman Art Library is a fee-based archive of fine art images, available both on and offline.
  • Access the online catalog and user information.
  • The gateway to all 60 locations of the Brooklyn Public Library, including the library catalog, events calendar, and electronic resources.
  • Library for the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.
  • Links to web pages for all of the CUNY libraries, the library catalog, and electronic journals and reference databases.
  • Also called the Gottesman Libraries, this is one of the country's most comprehensive collections for educational research.
  • Library homepages, catalogs, electronic resources, and other services.
  • A consortium of libraries in New York State with a combined catalog.
  • A branch of The Smithsonian Institution Libraries, its 70,00 volumes "cover American and European design and decorative arts with concentrations in architecture, graphic design, interior design, ornamental patterns, furniture, wallcoverings, textiles, metalwork, glass, ceramics, and jewelry."
  • Library Homepage for NYU School of Medicine.
  • The Gladys Marcus Library has traditional holdings in the arts and humanities, as well as special collections related to the fashion business and design.
  • The Haskell library at the Alliance Francaise specializes in materials on contemporary France. Members may borrow materials and others may consult them onsite.
  • Its mission has always been to gather photographs of paintings, drawings, sculpture, and illuminated manuscripts executed between the fourth and the mid-twentieth century by European and American artists to collate with each photograph facts relating to the objects history and present location and to create a comprehensive research library for the study of Western art.
  • A subscription library with more than 120,000 volumes of current fiction, non-fiction, trade, and technical-related research materials, as well as a beautiful reading room.
  • Find books and movies in German and English translation covering current topics in Germany.
  • Dedicated to the book arts, this collection of nearly 100,000 volumes is available to Club members and qualified researchers.
  • The ICP library is the only library in New York City that is dedicated to the practice of photography. It is open to the public by appointment only.
  • Though materials only circulate to school students and faculty, others may make appointments to view their unique holdings on music, dance, and drama.
  • A list of public law libraries in Manhattan compiled by the NYU Law Library.

  • As part of the New York Institute, the library's mission is to "provide and preserve source material and services to support research on the collective history and culture of German-speaking Jewry." It includes a Family Research Department.
  • The Leo Baeck Institute is devoted to studying the history of German-speaking Jewry from its origins to its tragic destruction by the Nazis and to preserving its culture.The 60,000 volume library of the New York Institute is recognized as the foremost reference source in its field.
  • Library of Fordham University Law School.
  • "The Juilliard Manuscript Collection"An extraordinary collection of 138 priceless autograph manuscripts, sketches, engravers proofs, and first editions, which were donated to the School in February 2006 by Juilliard Board Chairman Bruce Kovner..."
  • The Peter Jay Sharp Library and Evelyn Sharp Performance Library provide students with access to CDs, DVDs, books, and periodicals relating to an array of musical interests.
  • Library for patients and staff at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
  • Founded in 1820 by merchants and their clerks, this membership library has a circulating collection and sponsors literary events. It also provides low-cost workspace for writers and non-profit literary organizations.
  • This New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO) site contains links to numerous college, museum, law, medical,technical, and organization libraries, etc.
  • This page provides user information for the various libraries at the Met, including the Watson research library, a Teacher Resource Center, a photograph collection, costume library and more.
  • Housed in a recently enlarged Midtown location, it boasts one of the world's greatest collections of artistic, literary, musical, and historical works.
  • All of the library's holdings--including books, periodicals, exhibition catalogues, and the vertical file--are searchable thorugh the MoMAs online database, DADABASE.
  • The Academy Library is the only medical library in New York City that is open to the public.
  • The Mertz Library has one of the world's most extensive collections of plant related resources. It is available both for research and general plant information.
  • The premier place to go for New York State genealogical research.
  • The Brill library is arguably the largest psychoanalytic library in the world. The 40,000 books and periodicals are available to Institute members and scholarly researchers.
  • Founded in 1754, this subscription library houses around 200,000 volumes.
  • Search for books in BobCat, NYU's online catalog for their main Bobst Library, as well as find information about the university's other research facilities.
  • An independent research library with materials covering local history of New York City and State, as well as the American experience.
  • For researchers interested in the fine arts, decoration, art history, architectural history, design and theory.
  • Search the catalog, as well as access research guides for various art-related categories.
  • The Waldmann Memorial Library has resources to facilitate research, patient care, and dental education.
  • A collection of 45,000 volumes of poetry, focusing on contemporary American poets, in a cozy SOHO location.
  • Website of the Bern Dibner engineering library in Brooklyn.
  • Lists law libraries in New York City which are open to the public. From The Law Library Association of Greater New York.
  • Access to the library catalog, events calendar and research resources. Website is also available in Spanish and Russian.
  • Supports the research programs of this University, devoted to biomedical research and contributed to 23 Nobel Prizes.
  • Browse SVA's online catalog of arts & humanities books, as well as audio-visual materials.
  • Library of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, the oldest Episcopal seminary library in the United States.
  • Contact information for a public access law library open week-days 9:00 - 4:30. Select "R" for Richmond County. The Library is now located at 130 Stuyvesant Place, Room 300. The "Libraries" link leads to the LION catalog, which has a "location" limit in the "keyword searching" option.
  • Links to the various libraries of the eight schools that make up this university. Visiting researchers must get approval before coming.
  • Link to the virtual library that catalogs holdings from all the campuses, including those in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island.
  • The Dag Hammarskjold Library, located in a non-public area of the UN Headquarters in Manhattan, is not open to the general public. However, the catalog, where you can find full-text documents, is available to anyone with Internet access.
  • Library for the Medical College of Cornell University, with current events and articles about health.
  • Open to scholars only, the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library houses "the most comprehensive research collection in the field of twentieth-century American art."
  • Library resources for general and Jewish studies.
  • As part of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, this collection has materials in Yiddish, French, English, German, Hebrew, Ladino, Polish and Russian. All are welcome.