Alumni may visit New School Library locations with a valid alumni ID card. Contact Alumni Engagement to obtain your card.
Library privileges:
- Browse and read books, periodicals, and other items in onsite library collections*
- Computers (please be mindful of current students and limit use when people are waiting)
- Most library databases
- Printing, with purchase of a printing card
- Wifi
- Research help via Ask Us
- Career Development Research Guide
- Need to return books? See our website for locations and hours as well as book drop locations. Contact us at libhelp@newschool.edu for assistance.
Not included:
- Borrowing books and other items
- Library databases that are limited to current New School students and faculty**
- Remote access to library databases. Tip: Many resources and publications offer a discounted student rate! Sign up before you graduate!
- Access to Consortium libraries (NYU, Cooper Union, New York School of Interior Design)
- Access for unaccompanied friends, family, or coworkers
*Ask Us for access to New School items from our offsite facility
**Alumni, if you need references in RefWorks after you graduate, be sure to export them!
Open Educational Resources (OER)
The New School Libraries maintains a research guide for Open Educational Resources. Please view this guide to discover research resources that are open to all.