Selected Science Libraries in New York City

• American Museum of Natural History Library

  • 79th Street & Central Park West, NY 10024
  • Phone: 769-5400, 769-5419
  • Hours: Tue - Fri 11-4
  • The public is admitted.

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• Columbia University Health Sciences Library

  • 701 W. 168th St., NY 10032
  • Phone: 305-3692
  • Hours: Mon - Thur 8:30-11:00,Fri 8:30-11,Sat 10-7,Sun 11-10
  • Open to users with CU ID or affiliation with a hospital on short list.

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• Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

  • 251 Mercer St., NY 10012
  • Phone: 998-3315
  • Hours: Mon - Fri 9-9, Sat 10-6
  • Only reading privileges for users with valid Columbia University ID

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• Environmental Protection Agency - Region II Library

  • 290 Broadway, 16th flr., NY 10278
  • Phone: 267-3185
  • Hours: Mon - Thurs 9-4:30, Fri 9-1
  • The public is admitted.

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• New York Academy of Medicine Library

  • 2 E. 103rd St., NY 10029
  • Phone: 876-8200, ext. 320 (ext.310 Rare books)
  • Hours: Mon - Fri 9-5
  • The public is admitted. Please telephone for an appointment in the rare books room.

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• New York Botanical Garden Library

  • 200th Street and Southern Blvd. (Bronx)
  • Phone: (718) 817-8705
  • Hours: Tue - Thur 11-6, Fri - Sun 12-5
  • The public is admitted.

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• Science, Industry, and Business Library (NYPL)

  Sci-Tech, Patents and Standards
  
  • 188 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
  • Phone: 592-7001 or 7002
  • Hours: Mon, Fri, and Sat: 10-6; Tue - Thur: 11-7; Closed Sunday
  • The public is admitted.

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• New York State Psychiatric Institute Library

  • 722 W. 168th St., NY 10032
  • Phone: 960-5672
  • Hours: Mon - Thur 9-6, Fri 9-5, Sat 10-5
  • Reading privileges available to the public.

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• New York University, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library

  • 70 Washington Square South, NY 10012
  • Phone: 998-2500
  • Hours: Mon - Tue 9-7, Wed 9-5, Thur - Fri 9-7, Sat 10-7,Sun 1-10
  • Reading privileges only, for users with valid Columbia University ID