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50 specialty libraries of New York City : from botany to magic /
Everyone knows that New York maintains one of the great library systems in the world - the two lions that guard the 42nd street library among the most important icons in the city. Less well known are a host of specialty libraries that have grown up around the rich intellectual and cultural life of N...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Oxford :
Chandos Publishing,
2016.
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| Colección: | Chandos information professional series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Series Page; 50 SPECIALTY LIBRARIES OF NEW YORK CITY; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1
- The Pioneers: Three Subscription Libraries, 440Years of Service to New York; THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY; GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN LIBRARY; LIBRARY: THE CENTER FOR FICTION; FURTHER READING; 2
- Economics; AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY-THE HARRY W. BASS JR. LIBRARY; LIBRARY: FOUNDATION CENTER; FURTHER READING; 3
- Law Libraries; NEW YORK COUNTY COURTS PUBLIC ACCESS LAW LIBRARY; LIBRARY: QUEENS SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARY.
- FURTHER READING4
- Medicine; NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE; LIBRARY: NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS LIBRARY; LIBRARY: NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY MID-MANHATTAN BRANCH; FURTHER READING; 5
- Rare Books; LIBRARY: BERG COLLECTION OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY; LIBRARY: MORGAN LIBRARY; FURTHER READING; 6
- Art; LIBRARY: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART; LIBRARY: FRICK ART REFERENCE LIBRARY; LIBRARY: COOPER HEWITT; LIBRARY: WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART-FRANCES MULHALL ACHILLES LIBRARY; INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY LIBRARY; LIBRARY: THE REANIMATION LIBRARY; FURTHER READING.
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- PsychologyTHE KRISTINE MANN LIBRARY; LIBRARY: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH; FURTHER READING; 8
- Government Libraries; LIBRARY: THE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY; LIBRARY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES AT NEW YORK CITY; FURTHER READING; 9
- Language Libraries; LIBRARY: JOHN & FRANCINE HASKELL LIBRARY FRENCH INSTITUTE ALLIANCE FRAN�CAISE; LIBRARY: GOETHE-INSTITUT; LIBRARY: INSTITUTO CERVANTES; LIBRARY: ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE; FURTHER READING; 10
- Services to the Blind; LIBRARY: XAVIER SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND; LIBRARY: ANDREW HEISKELL BRAILLE AND TALKING BOOK LIBRARY; FURTHER READING; 11
- Science.
- LIBRARY: AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH LIBRARYLIBRARY: THE EXPLORERS CLUB; FURTHER READING; 12
- Entertainment; LIBRARY: THE HAMPDEN-BOOTH THEATRE LIBRARY, THE PLAYERS FOUNDATION FOR THEATRE EDUCATION; LIBRARY: LOUIS ARMSTRONG ARCHIVE; LIBRARY: NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS; LIBRARY: PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA; LIBRARY: CONJURING ARTS; FURTHER READING; 13
- Culture; LIBRARY: CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY; LIBRARY: POETS HOUSE; LIBRARY: HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA; LIBRARY: NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK FAMILY HISTORY CENTER; LIBRARY: AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB.
- LIBRARY: CHANCELLOR ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON MASONIC LIBRARYLIBRARY: SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE; LIBRARY: LESBIAN HERSTORY ARCHIVES; FURTHER READING; 14
- History; LIBRARY: AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY; LIBRARY: OTHMER LIBRARY-BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY; LIBRARY: BRONX HISTORICAL SOCIETY; LIBRARY: STATEN ISLAND MUSEUM; FURTHER READING; 15
- Botany and Horticulture; LIBRARY: BROOKLYN BOTANICAL GARDENS LIBRARY; LIBRARY: THE BARBARA A. MARGOLIS LIBRARY OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK; LIBRARY: THE LUESTHER T. MERTZ LIBRARY, NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDENS.