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Welcome to Bobst Library! Our flagship building is a large space, and host to many special collections, study spaces, and services. Use this handy guide to help you find what you’re looking for. And don’t forget, you can always reach out to our staff via Ask a Librarian if you need assistance.
| Floor | Spaces | Services | Collections |
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| Lower Level 2 (LL2) | * Open study areas * Individual study rooms (all-student access) * Group study rooms (all-student access) *Graduate-only study rooms |
* Preservation Department * Microform |
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| Lower Level 1 (LL1) | * Open study areas * Mac Lab * PC Labs 1 & 2 * Group study rooms (all-student access) * Graduate-only study rooms * Snack Lounge * Adaptive Computing Rooms * Classrooms |
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| Floor 1 | Mamdouha S. Bobst Gallery | * Circulation & Reserves * Reference & Research Services * Library Privileges * Computer Services |
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| Mezzanine | Open study areas | Subject Specialist Librarians | Core Texts Study Collection |
| Floor 2 | Special Collections Center | Special Collections Reading Room | NYU Special Collections (appointment only) |
| Floor 3 | Closed for renovation | — | — |
| Floor 4 | * North Reading Room * Dissertation Writers’ Rooms * Graduate Collaborative Rooms |
* A: General Works * B-BS: Ethics; Philosophy; Psychology; Religion * CC-CT: Archaeology; Genealogy & Biography * D-DS: History: Europe; History: Asia * Oversize A-C |
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| Floor 5 | * Open study areas * Dissertation Writers’ Rooms * Research Commons |
* Data Services * Digital Studio |
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| Floor 6 | * Open study areas * North Reading Room * Dissertation Writers’ Rooms * Graduate Collaborative Rooms |
* DT-DZ: History: Africa; History: Oceana * E-FC: History: North & South America * G-GN: Geography; Anthropology * H-HA: General Social Sciences; Statistics * Oversize D-HA |
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| Floor 7 | * Feldstein Immersion Room * Collaborative Media Rooms |
Avery Fisher Center for Music & Media | * M: Music Scores * ML: Music Books & Periodicals * MT: Music Instruction & Study |
| Floor 8 | * Open study areas North Reading Room * Graduate-only study rooms |
* HB-HD: Economics * HF Commerce * HG-HJ: Finance * P-PZ: Philology; Linguistics; Classical Languages & Literature; European Languages, Modern; Romance Languages; Germanic Languages; English; Slavic Languages & Literature; Asian Languages & Literature; Literary Criticism; Cinema; Theater; Journalism; Literature: French, Spanish, Italian; Literature: English; Literature: American British Parliamentary Papers |
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| Floor 9 | * Open study areas * Graduate-only study rooms |
* Reference Collection * HM-HZ: Sociology; Family; Society * J: Political Science; International Relations * K: Law * L-LG: Education * N-NK: Arts & Architecture * QA-QP: Mathmetics; Computer Science; Hard Sciences * R: Medicine * S: Agriculture * T: Technology * U: Military Science * V: Naval Science * Z: Bibliography; Library Science |
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| Floor 10 | Closed, staff only. | — | |
| Floor 11 | Library Human Resources |