Welcome to the Bank Street Library
The Library is home to a children’s collection, a graduate school collection, and electronic resources (databases and computers). We offer spaces for patrons to enjoy books with little ones, work on assignments, and engage in group work. We are also events: Library Salons, BookFest @ Bank Street, and the Irma Black Award, to name a few. We hope to see you soon on the 5th Floor.
How to Renew Books Online
Off-Campus Access to Databases
Research Guides
What are you researching today? These Research Guides are created by librarians and library staff to assist you in your research project.
The Library will be offering nine Introduction to Research Classes during the spring semester. Learn how to use databases from home. There’s no need to sign-up, just meet in the Children’s Library.
| Date | Times |
|---|---|
| Monday, January 28 | 4:00-4:30 PM & 6:00-6:30 PM |
| Tuesday, January 29 | 4:00-4:30 PM & 6:00-6:30 PM |
| Wednesday, January 30 | 4:00-4:30 PM & 6:00-6:30 PM |
| Thursday, January 31 | 4:00-4:30 PM & 6:00-6:30 PM |
| Saturday, February 2 | 12:00 PM |
Monday-Thursday:
8:30 AM-9:45 PM
Friday:
8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Saturday:
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
October Hours
The Library is open normal hours for the rest of October.
The Library has a variety of research options available to graduate school students. Please note that only the research databases require a login.
Book lists and recommendations are located on the Library website, in Educate (Bank Street’s institutional repository), or in a Research Guide. No logins are required to review resources, and whenever possible we try to hyperlink titles to the Bank Street Library catalog.
Last year we surveyed our graduate school faculty. We asked them about their levels of comfort (or frustration) with accessing the following: renewing books online accessing databases from home, electronic reserves (eReserves) my.bankstreet.edu We noted that although most respondents were satisfied and able to get jobs done, we felt that gaining access to online resources […]
