The library's main floor houses a special collection of materials on ultramicrofiche known as the Library of American Civilization. The collection consists of old books, pamphlets, articles etc. The Popular Reading Collection is located on shelves at the west end of the library's main floor adjacent to the Popular Periodicals Collection. The popular reading collection is comprised of materials on the New York Times and Publisher's Weekly best sellers list, fiction and non-fiction. An index area located in the middle of the library's first floor houses paperbound sets of older, specialized indexes and abstracting services.
Librarians are on duty at the desk most of the hours the library is in operation.
You are encouraged to begin your research at the Reference Desk. The Popular Periodical Collection is located on shelves at the West end of the library's main floor. These are a small percentage of our total current periodical holdings. Oversize Oversize books or periodicals are found on the 4th floor of the library. The collection is situated on the East side of the floor nearest the elevator between the General Stacks and the Folio collection.