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  • Watson Library

    REGISTER HERE
    to use the Library

    For Visitors:
    Tuesday 9:30–5:15
    Wednesday 9:30–5:15
    Thursday 9:30–5:15
    Friday 9:30–6:00
    Saturday 10:00-2:00

    For Museum Staff:
    Monday-Friday 9:00–6:00
    Saturday 10:00-2:00

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    at 3:30pm on weekdays
    at 1:30pm on Saturdays
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    See Access and Hours for more detailed information and Holiday Closings.
    (212) 650-2225

  • Nolen Library

    Monday (staff only) 9:00–5:00
    Tuesday–Thursday 9:00–5:00
    (visitors: 9:30-5:00)
    Friday 9:00–6:00
    (visitors: 9:30-6:00)
    Saturday 10:00–6:00
    Sunday 10:00–5:00

    See the Nolen Library page for more detailed information.
    (212) 570-3788

Announcements

Watson Library Instruction for Volunteer Guides – Winter/Spring 2013

Watson Library Instruction for Volunteers, Fall 2012

Links to Selected E-Resources

Dissertation Abstracts – new on ProQuest

New E-Resource – The Vogue Archive

New titles added to the ACLS Humanities E-Book collection, August 2011

Free Access to Cambridge Journals through August 30

Expanded Subscription – Early American Newspapers, Series 1 – 3, 1690-1922

Individual Consultations offered by Watson Library

Encyclopaedia of Islam – new online

Free online access to Taylor & Francis visual arts journals in February

Links to Resources for Educators

ARTstor Adds Images from the Barnes Foundation

MORE Archaeology and Heritage E-Journal Collection

Digitization Project: American Industrial Art Exhibition Catalogs

Featured Resource: Oxford Art Online

JSTOR Digitization Project – Rare Early American Art Periodicals

New: Berg Fashion Library

From ‘Now at the Met:’ Today in Met history, July 19

NPM Periodicals Online

New titles added to the ACLS Humanities E-Book collection

Early American Newspapers is a new subscription!

Bibliography of the History of Art Update

Watson Library Object Information Class Re-Offered This Spring

Ancestry Library Edition – New Subscription

New 20-minute Drop-in Classes from Nolen & Watson Libraries

JSTOR Printing Problem and Resolution

Fall Classes at Watson Library: Register Now

New titles in ACLS Humanities E-Book collection

Online Language Dictionaries – New

Digital auction catalogs from Koller Auktionen added to WATSONLINE

Classics and Archaeology Full-Text Periodicals – New Subscription!

Digital auction catalogs from Pandolfini Casa d’Aste added to WATSONLINE

Macbeth Gallery exhibition catalogs digitized

Cloisters Archives Photo Albums now Viewable Directly through WATSONLINE

Two Databases Change Face

caa.reviews now available

Art Sales Index now Free

AnthroSource – NEW and Searchable

New Features for E-Journals

Annual Egyptological Bibliography online: NEW

February-March Classes at Watson Library: Register Now

American Periodical Series Online – NEW

Art Sales Catalogues online: New Subscription