Use this guide to help you find services, study spaces, and collections available at Bobst Library.
You can always reach out to our staff via Ask a Librarian if you need help.
| 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 * Gender neutral bathroom |
* 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 | * Open study and lounge space * Mamdouha S. Bobst Gallery |
* Circulation & Reserves * Reference & Research Services * Computer Services |
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| Mezzanine | Open study areas | Subject Specialist Librarians | Core Texts Study Collection |
| Floor 2 | * North Reading Room * 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: Mathemetics; 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 due to construction. Staff only. | — | |
| Floor 11 | Library Human Resources |