Service Highlights

Other Libraries: Links to NYC area libraries

Academic Libraries of Brooklyn [ALB]:

The ALB is a cooperative network of seven Brooklyn college and university libraries. Current LIU students, staff, and faculty are allowed reading and borrowing privileges (two books maximum) at member libraries. Users must present a valid school ID as well as an ALB Card to gain access. ALB cards are available at the circulation desk on the 5th floor of the library. Member libraries:

• Brooklyn College Library
  reading privileges only
  
• Medgar Evens College Library (CUNY +)
• New York City Technical College Library
• Polytechnic University Library
• Pratt Institute Library
• St. Francis College Library
• St. Joseph's College

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METRO Libraries:

METRO, the Metropolitan New York Library Council, is a nonprofit organization consisting of 268 member libraries located in greater New York City and Westchester County. LIU students and faculty are entitled to visit METRO libraries by appointment only. Please see a librarian at the Reference Desk on the 3rd floor of the library for details.

Directory of Member Libraries—METRO site

• Brooklyn Public Library
• New York Public Library
• Queens Borough Public Library

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Law Libraries:

• Brooklyn Law School
• New York State Public Access Law Libraries
• State of New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Law Library 1st J.D

• Brill Archives of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute
• Health Information Center of Mid-Manhattan Library, NYPL
• Health Sciences Library, Columbia University
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• Medical Research Library of Brooklyn (SUNY Downstate)
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Mt. Sinai Medical Center—Levy Library
• New York Academy of Medicine Library
• New York University's Medical, Environmental & Dental Libraries
• New York State Department of Health
• SUNY College of Optometry

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Special/Cultural Libraries:

• American Museum of Natural History
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden Library
• Center for Migration Studies
• Chinese Information and Cultural Center
• Frick Collection and the Frick Art Reference Library
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
• Museum of Modern Art Libraries, Archives, and Study Centers
• New York Botanical Garden
• Smithsonian Institution Research Information System SIRIS

• Library of Congress
• Libweb Library Servers on the WWW

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