Library and Research Resources
Knowing how to find and best utilize information are crucial skills for academic success and life-long learning in the 21st century. To aid graduate students in refining these skills, the three libraries of New School University provide a wealth of resources and services that support our institution’s programs.

Among the services provided are individual reference consultations, general library orientations for new and returning students, and regular weekly walk-in workshops throughout the semester. At the request of faculty members, subject-specific research seminars for individual classes can be created.

To provide additional access to the broadest range of subjects, the University is a member of several library consortia. One of these, The Research Library Association of South Manhattan, known as “the Consortium,” includes New School University, New York University, and Cooper Union. Matriculated students have full privileges at each of these libraries.

BobCat, the consortium’s OPAC (online public access catalog), contains the holdings of New School University, New York University, and Cooper Union, and nonacademic members such as the New York Historical Society. The catalog is accessible via any of the libraries’ web pages. (Go to http://library.newschool.edu/.)

Each of the New School libraries’ web pages provides remote and on-site access to electronic resources, including key discipline-specific indexes such as EconLit, Philosophers’ Index, Anthropological Literature, or Sociological Abstracts; and multidiscipline full-text databases such as JSTOR, EbscoHost, and ProQuest Direct. The libraries’ web pages also provide links to authoritative sites on the Internet.

Library policies, hours, staff directories, and other general information can be obtained via the individual library’s web pages. During final exam periods, each of the New School University libraries extends its hours to provide extra study and research time for students.

Raymond Fogelman Library
New School University
65 Fifth Avenue, between 13th and 14th Street,
Lower Level
Telephone: 212-229-5307
Website: http://library.newschool.edu/fogelman/

Located on the lower level of the Graduate Faculty building, the Fogelman Library maintains a selective collection of resources in the social sciences, philosophy, and literature, supporting the multiple disciplines represented by the University’s academic divisions. Its resources include nearly 200 online databases and indices/abstracts (all available on campus or remotely via the New School University portal). Print holdings include a 200,000-volume circulating and reference collection and nearly 600 journal subscriptions available in print, as electronic journals, and on microfilm. The library also maintains an extensive collection of reserve materials and course packs submitted by the faculty.

The Fogelman Library maintains the New School Archives housing materials pertaining to the history of the University (such as the avant-garde Dramatic Workshop and faculty publications). The Archives also includes the collections of philosopher Reiner Schürmann, anthropologist Stanley Diamond, New School President Alvin Johnson, and the Husserl Archives. Fogelman is proud to be a depository of the NACLA Archive of Latin Americana and one of only three sites providing online access to the entire digitized archive of Hannah Arendt.

Reference assistance is available to help researchers find and use materials on-site and via the Internet using our Ask A Librarian reference address, librarian@newschool.edu.

Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
New York University
70 Washington Square South (4th Street at LaGuardia Place)
Telephone: 212-998-2520
Website: www.nyu.edu/library/bobst

Bobst Library’s circulating collection contains almost 3 million volumes of journals and books, shelved in open stacks by subject. The broad collection spans the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and contains material in many different formats. There also are many electronic indexes and abstracts to help locate information; most of these must be used on-site at Bobst.

The research value of Bobst’s resources is enhanced by its special collections: Fales Library of English and American Literature — housing 150,000 rare books and 1,100 manuscripts relating to 19th- and 20th-century authors — and the Tamiment Institute Library, the nation’s finest collection in labor history, socialism, anarchism, and American radicalism. Bobst also contains a partial depository library for federal agency reports, beginning in 1967, and for U.N. publications since 1949. There are also historical documents from the League of Nations and other organizations. The Microform Center, holding 2.3 million items, offers access to a variety of materials in many disciplines — from 19th-century newspapers to periodicals, NYU dissertations, college catalogs, and selected U.S. telephone directories. The Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media is a rich resource with its substantial collections of videos and recorded music. Consult the Bobst Library’s web page for more information.

Chutick Library
Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
55 Fifth Avenue
Telephone: 212-790-0220

A wide range of legal materials, including materials in international law, are accessible at this nearby library. Note, however, that certain online databases are restricted to full-time Cardozo students and faculty.

Adam & Sophie Gimbel Design Library
Parsons The New School for Design, New School University
2 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor
Telephone: 212-229-8914

The Adam & Sophie Gimbel Design Library supports art, architecture, and design degree programs offered by Parsons The New School for Design. These include graphic, product, fashion design, and decorative arts. Special Collections holdings number over 4,000, including many rare and valuable items. The extensive Picture Collection provides a variety of images for students to use. The Stephen and Anna-Maria Kellen Archives of Parsons The New School for Design holds primary research materials pertaining to the history of Parsons and its alumni.

The Harry Scherman Library
Mannes College The New School for Music, New School University
150 West 85th Street, 4th Floor
Telephone: 212-580-0210, ext. 232

The Scherman Library supports undergraduate and graduate programs at Mannes College The New School for Music in orchestral instruments, piano, harpsichord, guitar, voice, composition, historical performance, conducting, and theory. Its strong supporting collection of circulating and reference resources includes music scores, books, recordings, and electronic indexes. Special Collections include the Carlos Salzedo Collection of Annotated Harp Music and the Leopold Mannes Manuscript Collection.

Cooper Union Library
41 Cooper Square (7th Street and Third Avenue)
Telephone: 212-353-4189

Strong in architecture, art, and engineering, the Cooper Union Library supplements the resources of the Gimbel Library. Many of the architecture books are in open stack reserve and, although they do not leave the library, they may be consulted on site.

Computing Facilities

Academic Computer Center
65 Fifth Avenue, Room 216

The Academic Computing Center (ACC) provides the University community with access to 50 Windows-based computers, laser printers and a scanner. Additionally there are 25 Windows workstations situated in the Fogelman Library. Both facilities are geared toward individual research and study as well as small-group instruction. The computers share software, printers, memory, and storage space through a local area network and are connected to the Internet. Software applications include Mathematica, SPSS, SAS and Microsoft Office.

University Computing Center
55 West 13th Street, 3rd Floor

The University Computing Center (UCC) is housed on the third and fourth floors of 55 West 13th Street. On the third floor, an additional 40 stations have been added for a total of 135 Windows and Macintosh workstations. On the fourth floor of the UCC, there are eight classrooms with varied seating capacities. Each classroom is configured with projection capabilities. In addition, there is a Print Output Room, which consists of networked Fiery printers and 50-inch and 54-inch photo-quality plotters. There are approximately 155 Macintosh computers on this floor. Each floor is fully networked and has access to the Internet. Additional equipment on both floors includes printers, scanners, and multimedia and MIDI devices. Software includes SPSS, SAS, Macromedia Suite, Adobe Suite, FormZ, Microsoft Office, and many others. There is a lounge on the fourth floor that serves food.

Knowledge Union (KU)
55 West 13th Street, 8th Floor

The Knowledge Union (KU) is housed on the eighth and ninth floors of 55 West 13th Street. The eighth floor consists of four classrooms, six video–audio suites, a transfer room, an animation studio, and a large open lab environment. Hardware devices include Macintosh computers, Media 100s, Avids, scanners, printers, plotters, and projection equipment. Software used in the University Computing Center is available in the KU as well as Adobe After Effects Pro, and additional media applications. On the ninth floor of the KU, there are four classrooms, the Center for Education and Technology, the Equipment Center, the Center for New Design, and an open lab. This floor is equipped with Windows, NT workstations, and Macintoshes configured for use in photography. Software includes SPSS, SAS, Alias, Maya, 3D Studio Max, and others. There is a small lounge on this floor. Each floor is fully networked and has access to the Internet.

For information on any University computing facility, please visit www.newschool.edu/ac.
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Athletics

New School University does not have its own athletic facilities. Nevertheless, its students can engage in exercise programs at a range of private and public facilities, which are sponsored by the university. Contact the Office of University Student Life for more information.

Office of Student Life, Room 206
65 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003.
Telephone: (212) 229-5751
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Arts

Each year the four Arts Divisions of the University - The New School, Parsons The New School for Design, Mannes College The New School for Music and The New School for Drama - along with affiliated programs in The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and the Joffrey Ballet School, sponsor readings, discussions, intimate conversations with famous actors, gallery exhibitions, jazz jams, full orchestral concerts and more. A calendar of these events can be found at New School University Events website.
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