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Humanities and Social Sciences Library of the New York Public Library

5th Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018-2788
Reference: (212) 930-0830
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/index.html

Guarded by New York City's most famous lions, the Humanities and Social Sciences Library - known colloquially as "the main library" - contains the New York Public Library's primary research collections in the Humanities. One of four research libraries in the New York Public Library system, it covers the fields of history, languages and literature, art, popular culture, philosophy, religion, psychology, sociology, anthropology, theology, geography and politics. Open to all, this research center includes the newly renovated and refurbished Rose Reading Room. Book stacks are closed; patrons must submit a "call slip" requesting a book, which is usually delivered within minutes.

The Science, Industry, and Business Library

188 Madison Avenue at 34th street
New York, New York 10016-4314
(212)592-7000
http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/index.html

The Science, Industry, and Business Library - or "SIBL" (pronounced like the woman's name) - is one of the four main research libraries of the New York Public Library system. Located in the renovated former B. Altman building alongside the City University of New York's Graduate Center, this library offers research collections and databases dealing with business, banking, commerce, mathematics and science. Several reading rooms and state-of-the-art electronic resources are available to all visitors. The electronic databases of business and investment information in the "Electronic Information Center" are the same sources major corporations use to research marketing, investment, and industrial questions. While these corporations pay handsomely for access to these resources, visitors to SIBL get the same information for free. A circulating library concentrating on business, science, and mathematics is on the street level.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801
(212) 491-2200
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, another of the four research libraries of the New York Public Library, focuses on the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. The center's collections first won international acclaim in 1926 when the personal collection of black scholar and bibliophile, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was added to the public library's Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints. Schomburg served as curator from 1932 until his death in 1938. Renamed in his honor in 1940, today the Schomburg Center contains more than 5,000,000 items, including art objects, audio and video tapes, books, manuscripts, films, newspapers, periodicals, photographs, prints, music discs and sheet music. The collection is open to the public.

Brooklyn Public Library

Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 230-2100
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/

Founded in 1892 and expanded in the early 20th century with money donated by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the Brooklyn Public Library system is separate from the New York Public Library. Serving Brooklyn through 58 branch libraries, it also maintains a central reference and circulation library at Grand Army Plaza. Among the facilities at that library are a multilingual collection that is run by librarians trained to assist the speakers of the major languages of Brooklyn: Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Hebrew and Haitian Creole. The center also contains material in French, Yiddish, Hindi, Bengali, Polish, Italian and Arabic. The Education and Job Information Center at the central library is designed to provide information on "careers, employment, education, test preparation and companies."

Queens Borough Public Library

Central Library
89-11 Merrick Boulevard
Jamaica NY, 11432
(718) 990-0700
http://www.queenslibrary.org/

Early in the 20th century, seven local libraries in Queens County consolidated to form what is now the borough's public library system. A significant donation from Andrew Carnegie, along with an infusion of public funds from the City of New York enabled this new entity to grow and to institute some innovative programs, including a traveling book collection to bring library resources to communities without a branch library of their own. Today, the system includes a central library and 62 branch facilities. If you are not sure about where to locate a particular Queens Library branch, phone: the Central Library at 718-990-0778 or 0779. The Queens Library system maintains an Internet site linking visitors to an impressive array of reference works, newspapers, databases, search engines and other sources of information. For sources ranging from the Baseball Almanac to Inside China today, users can log on to http://www.queenslibrary.org/central/is/quickref.asp

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at the Annex

l 521 W. 43rd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues)
New York, NY 10036-4396

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at the Mid-Manhattan Library

455 Fifth Avenue, fourth floor (at 40th Street)
New York, NY 10016-0122
http://nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html

This library, one of the four New York Public Library research libraries, is home to research and circulating collections on music, drama, dance and arts administration. In addition to books, the library boasts large collections of other materials such as historic recordings, videotapes, autograph manuscripts, correspondence, sheet music, stage designs, press clippings, programs, posters and photographs.

New York Historical Society

2 West 77th Street at Central Park West
(212) 873-3400
Reading Room: ext. 225
Manuscript Department: ext. 265
Fax: (212) 875-1591
http://www.nyhistory.org/libraryoverview.html

Founded in the early 19th century, the library of the New-York Historical Society is one of the oldest research libraries in the U.S. Visitors will discover a superior collection of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, diaries, letters, atlases, newspapers and ephemera from four centuries of American history. The library is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. except between Memorial Day and Labor Day when it is closed on Saturdays. Admission is free, but researchers are asked to consider making a small donation at the front entrance. Inquiries as to the nature and scope of the library's holdings may be made by phoning (212) 873-3400. Specific research questions cannot be answered, although librarians can suggest a research strategy using the Historical Society's collections. Students in high school or younger can visit the library only if accompanied by an adult who must call ahead to discuss briefly the student's project with a reference librarian. The manuscript department is open by separate registration to adults pursuing advanced research.

The Brooklyn Museum of Art

200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-638-5000, extension 311 (archivist Deborah Wythe)

The Art Reference Library of this venerable and recently controversial museum houses materials on American painting, decorative arts and sculpture, as well as on African and Native American art; 19th-century costumes and textiles; Asian painting and ceramics; and the art and archaeology of Egypt, Islam and the ancient Near East. Special collections include fashion and costume sketches created by leading designers from 1902 to 1950, an extensive array of American art auction catalogs and 19th-century photographs of Europe and America. Open Wednesdays and Thursdays, by appointment only.

Frick Art Reference Library

1 East 70th Street (between Madison and Fifth Avenues)
New York, NY 10021-4967
212-288-8700
http://www.frick.org/html/libf.htm

This art-history research library of the Frick museum was founded in 1920 through a gift of Helen Clay Frick, daughter of art collector Henry Clay Frick. Frick's aims for his collection were "to encourage and develop the study of the fine arts, and to advance the general knowledge of kindred subjects." The museum focuses on works done between the 4th and the mid-20th century by European and American artists, and its library is designed to provide research materials on Western art. The library answers reference questions by phone at 212 288-8700 ext. 422 from 10 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. Researchers outside the New York area can submit questions by mail or by e-mailing reference@frick.org.