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  • American Bible Society Library and Archives
  • American Kennel Club Library

    One of the largest libraries devoted to dogs in the world, the AKC Library contains approximately 17,000 volumes including bound periodicals, foreign and domestic Stud Books, art, literature, juvenile books, videos, a stamp collection, and a bookplate collection.

  • American Museum of Natural History Research Library

    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.

  • Catalyst for Women Information Center

    A national clearinghouse for information on women and work for more than 15 years. Collection covers topics including leadership development, statistics on women in the workforce, managing diversity, work and family, women on corporate boards, and flexible work arrangements.

  • Cooper Hewitt Study Center

    The Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Memorial Study Center, a branch of Smithsonian Institution Libraries, contains 55,000 volumes, including 5,000 rare books pertaining to ornament, architecture, and decorative arts. The library's collections focus on interior, graphic, and industrial design, along with books on textiles, wallcoverings, architecture, and design.

  • Foundation Center Library

    The Foundation Center Library is a central part of the Foundation Center's mission to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. The library offers many services including research, grant-writing education programs and other useful programs for non-profit organizations and grant seekers. The website has links to specialized directories and important electronic resources in philanthropy.

  • French Institute-Aliance Francaise Library

    The Library's mission is to provide access to the varied aspects of the French language and culture. Holdings include 35,000 French-language books on all subjects for all ages and interests, new book releases including all recent French bestsellers, paperbacks, 100 current magazine and newspaper subscriptions, circulating CD-ROMs, audio-cassettes and CDs and fiction and documentary videos.

  • Frick Art Reference Library

    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.

  • Horticultural Society of New York Library

    The Library collects material on practical horticulture, garden design, and garden history. Represented within these broad categories are: Specific Plants and Groups of Plants, Urban Horticulture, Gardening with Children, Indoor Gardening, Folklore of Flowers and Plants, Botanical Illustration, Flower Arranging, Careers in Horticulture, Plant Exploration, and Basic Botany. The collection contains nearly 12,000 volumes, subscriptions to 125 periodicals, more than 200 current nursery, seed and supply catalogues and hundreds of ready-reference files. These are supplemented by electronic information resources.

  • Instituto Cervantes Library

    The library houses a collection of more than 600,000 items including books, periodicals, videos, records, tapes and digital material with a focus on Spain and Latin America.

  • Leo Baeck Institute Research and Library Services

    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.

  • Lighthouse Information and Resource Service

    The Lighthouse Information and Resource Service (I & R) provides critically needed, timely information about vision impairment to thousands of people throughout the United States and internationally. Information is provided on: eye disorders, vision rehabilitation services, low vision care support groups, and other resources, including adaptive computer technology, reading and recreation options for people with impaired vision, nutrition, eye health and more.

  • Metropolitan Museum Libraries and Study Centers

    This Website highlights the Met's many libraries, including the Uris Library and Teacher Resource Center, which is open to readers of all ages.

  • Museum of Modern Art Research Library

    The Museum Library is a comprehensive collection devoted to modern and contemporary art. The non-circulating collection documents painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photography, architecture, design, performance, video, film and emerging art forms from 1880 to the present.

  • Planned Parenthood Library

    The McCormick Library has a collection of more than 5,000 volumes, more than 19,000 articles and pamphlets, and 125 scholarly journals, each cataloged and indexed in its unique classification system. This highly specialized collection provides the fields of family planning, population, sexual health, and sexuality education.

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