The New York State Library's collection is particularly strong in medicine; social sciences; education; American and New York State history, sciences; technology; and Federal, State, and international documents.
The followings is an alphabetical list of collections and resources.
- Bibliographies
- Internet Bibliographies (Lists of Web sites)
- Print Bibliographies (Lists of books, articles and documents)
- Building Codes
- Census
- City Directories and Telephone Books
- Databases, Indexes and Reference Sources
- Education
- Exhibits
- Federal Documents
- Genealogy
- Grants and Foundations
- Health and Medicine
- Law
- Legislative History - New York State
- Manuscripts and Special Collections
- Military History and Records
- New Netherland Research Center
- New York State History
- Newspapers
- Patents
- Publications
- Regents Exams
- Science and Technology
- Standards and Specifications
- Trademarks
Related Pages
Collection Development
- NYS Library's Collection Development Policy - The policy includes the Library's Collection Development Goals, Statement of Scope and Purpose, General Policies, Definition of Collection Levels and Schedules, Manuscripts and Special Collections Collection Development Policy, and Preservation Policy.
- Purchase Recommendation Form - The New York State Library welcomes suggestions from customers for acquisitions and comments about the Library's collections.