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Remote Research Resources: Get Help

Conducting research remotely? The New York Public Library has you covered. This guide includes resources to support your research 24/7 no matter where you are.

Contact NYPL Research Division Experts

Connect with NYPL's expert staff by email:

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
berg@nypl.org 

General Humanities
generalresearch@nypl.org

Dorot Jewish Division
dorotjewish@nypl.org 

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
history@nypl.org 

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
maps@nypl.org 

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
pforzheimer@nypl.org 

Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books
manuscripts@nypl.org 
rarebooks@nypl.org

Wallach Art, Prints and Photographs
art@nypl.org
picturecollection@nypl.org 
photography@nypl.org 
prints@nypl.org

Library for the Performing Arts

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
dance@nypl.org

Music & Recorded Sound
music@nypl.org

Billy Rose Theatre Division
theatre@nypl.org 

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture


Art and Artifacts
schomburgart@nypl.org

Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
schomburgreference@nypl.org

Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books
schomburgarchives@nypl.org 

Moving Image and Recorded Sound
schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org 

Photographs and Prints
schomburgphotography@nypl.org 

Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)

business@nypl.org 

 

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