Historical Studies - Social Science Library
Connect to the online catalog.
Quick links to: 1. Request books and scans, 2. Krateros: digitized Greek Squeezes, 3. Albert (IAS' OA repository), 4. Lunaape Virtual Bookshelf
The HS-SS Library collections are available on the ETS campus in McBride Hall. Requests for the Historical Studies-Social Science Library's collection may be made via our unified request form. Please contact a staff member for more information on the shuttle and access. Institute books, Firestone Library books and Interlibrary Loan books may be picked up and returned to B Building, room B101. We return Princeton books on Thursdays.
- HS-SS Library Services & Policies
- Databases by subject or name
- Institute subscriptions
- Journals
- Key titles on IAS' history
- Institute's older publications
- StoryMaps historical guide to the Institute campus
Subject special collections and resources: - Rare book collection
- Ebooks, OA journals, and maps
- Heissig Mongolian Library (processed titles)
- Heissig Mongolian/East Asian Library inventory and scans
- Institute Offprint Collection
- Manuscripta holdings
- Enlightenment materials on microfilm
- Marshall Clagett science microfilm collection
- A Refuge for Scholars
- Virtual bookshelf, Living Land Acknowledgement
Using the Institute's wireless network to access library resources? You will need to do this through the wireless network Eduroam . Please see a librarian if you are visiting and need access. For more information https://www.ias.edu/computing/ias-wireless-guide : information on OpenVPN : https://www.ias.edu/openvpn-installation-guide. Information on how to set your partner up on the wireless as well as other services: https://www.ias.edu/computing/sponsored-accounts
New to the Institute or have questions? https://www.ias.edu/library/hs/about may provide some answers or speak with a library staff member. We are here to help, please call (see the staff listing at the top of the page) or email us.
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New to the Institute? Please come by the library and we will assist with your orientation to our research environment.
Using the Historical Studies-Social Science Library during our renovation
Using Princeton University Library and their services
New York Times Academic Site License
Accessing HathiTrust
Local Libraries and resources:
- Princeton University Library
- Princeton University Library catalog
- East Asian Library and the Gest Collection
- Princeton Theological Seminary Library
- Princeton Public Library
Other library catalogs:
- WorldCat basic search
- WorldCat (OCLC from off campus)
- Rutgers University Libraries
- Library of Congress
- Other Library listings via LibDex & Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog
- BASE open access index
Additional information about the library: - Desiderata
- Photographic Services
- Library architecture
- Maps
- Resources for English language instruction and other languages
- Streaming music and film
Health and safety updates:
Local information from Princeton, NJ and the State of New Jersey
Copyright information - Fair Use - ARL Code of Best Practices for Fair Use - Digital Millenium Copyright details - AppointmentPlus for the entire Institute
Photograph of the front facade of the original Historical Studies-Social Science Library designed by Wallace K. Harrison.