Collections
Research Catalog
Start your research with the thousands of circulating and non-circulating items in our classic catalog. Use the advanced search feature to hone your results.
Articles & Databases
Browse thousands of newspaper and scholarly articles in our databases, which are available either at home with a library card or in person at our research divisions.
Archives Portal
We have more than 56,800 linear feet of material in nearly every format imaginable, including Thomas Jefferson's papers, Maya Angelou's manuscripts, and George Mesrop Avakian's scores.
Prints & Photographs Catalog
View records for more than 200,000 original prints—ranging from engravings to digital prints—and 500,000 photographs in our collections.
Digital Collections
Our digital collections are constantly growing—from Abraham Lincoln's papers to illuminated Hebrew manuscripts to historic maps and atlases of New York City.
Digital Projects
We put our twist on classic items, such as handwritten manuscripts of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, William Godwin, and the 1940 federal census of New York City.