Society, Sciences & Technology

Get information on everything from education to car repair or from technology to cooking in the Society, Sciences, and Technology (SST) division. Popular with students and researchers, the SST division is replete with statistical information and data on current issues.

Wireless internet access at the Central Library!

The SST Division includes:

Find books and other materials on the following topics:

• Astronomy
• Biology and Genetics
• Chemistry
• Computers
• Economics and Finance
• Education
• Environmental Issues
• Government Publications and Law (see below)
• Health and Medicine
• Mathematics and Physics
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Sociology and Cultural Anthropology

Government publications on microfiche arranged by SuDoc numbers (including the Serial Set from the 99th Congress to the current one, selected congressional bills, resolutions, committee hearings 1985-2005).

Find grants for both individuals and institutions in this print and online collection. The Foundation Directory Online Database is available for use at our public computers only in SST.

This library is a selective Federal Depository. The collection includes but is not limited to:

• New York City Documents
• NYC Administrative Code and Charter (including local laws)
  
• Official Compilation of Rules of the City of New York
  
• New York State Documents
• NY State Register
• Federal Documents
• Population & Housing Census Reports (1910-2000)
• Congressional Record (1873-Current)
• IRS publications
• Code of Federal Regulations/Federal Register

• New York State Consolidated Law Service (Annotated Statutes with Forms)
• United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (including Legislative Histories)
• U. S. Code Service
• United States Supreme Court Reports

The following are selected government websites that can be accessed via icons on the public workstations in Society, Sciences & Technology:

• Census.gov (Census Bureau)
• Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (CDC)
• Foreign Relations of the United States (Dept. of State)
• Crime in the United States (FBI)
• Handbook of Forensic Services (FBI)
• International Classification of Diseases(ICD), Ninth Revision, (CDC)
• World Fact Book (CIA)

The Division has the Kurzweil Reader which reads printed material out loud and the Video Eye enlarger for visually impaired customers.