Mathematics - Natural Sciences Library

Library Services and Policies


Borrowing Privileges.

Borrowing privileges are extended to faculty, members, visitors and staff of the Institute for Advanced Study with a valid IAS ID card.  Books may be consulted in the library by visiting scholars.

Interlibrary Loan

Books and periodical articles from the Lewis Library at Princeton University may be requested either by telephone/e-mail to the library office or by filling out the form found on our web page.  We will attempt to fulfill requests within 24 hrs. Interlibrary loan (other than from Lewis Library at Princeton University) is available to faculty, members, visitors and their spouses and companions.  Users can request materials on interlibrary loan by using either the online form from our website or by e-mail or telephone .

Borrowing Procedures.

Borrowers sign and date two book cards found on the inside back cover of the book or bound periodical.  The cards should be placed in the designated box.  Borrowed items may not be taken off campus including the housing project.  When the borrower is away and has a book which is requested by someone else, the librarians may retrieve the book from the borrowers office.  The borrower is notified of this transfer by e-mail.  Please notify the Library Office if you wish to borrow or lend a book that has already been charged to a member.

 Catalogues.

The Institutes online catalog contains all book titles in the collection and most of the journal titles.  All newly received books are also in the online catalog.  To borrow a new book you should speak to a librarian.  We also maintain a card catalog in the main reading room with  author, title and series cards for every book.

 Loan Period.

The borrowing period is the academic year.  Members must return all borrowed books before leaving the Institute.  For long term members and faculty, checked out  books need to be physically accounted for  renewal, at the end of the academic year.

 Locating Books/Periodicals.

             Fuld Hall
Corridor                     – call numbers B824 .6 – QA387 .R
Main Reading Room   – call numbers QA387 .R cont. – Z6655
East Stack Room       – Bound periodicals and some series including Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Asterisque and Proceedings of Symposia in Pure and Applied Mathematics.
Room 217 (North Room) – current issues of periodicals
Landing Stacks      – collected works and proceeding conferences.
Basement               – some old Physics Periodicals.
            Bloomberg Hall
Astrophysics Library           – 2nd Floor – Astrophysics books.
Physics Library                    – 2nd Floor – Reserved Books, periodicals (Nuclear Physics B, etc.)
Basement                             – Astrophysics periodicals.
Seminar Room/Center for Systems biology – Biology books
            H.S.-S.S Library
Basement – old bound periodicals.

Current issues of Periodicals.

Unbound periodical issues are arranged in alphabetical order by title in Room 217 (North Room) of Fuld Hall.  These issues do not circulate
A  periodicals list is available in paper in the library and may be found on the Library’s web page.

Computer – Photocopier – Scanner

A photocopier and a HP digital scanner are available in the Landing Stacks area.  The library also has a PC in the main reading room and MACS in the Current Periodical Room and the East Stack Room.

Princeton University Library

Access Princeton University Library databases and e-journals at:  http://library.princeton.edu/
From off campus:http://www.ias.edu/pul