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The Popular Library has moved!

You can now find DVDs, CDs and periodicals on the second floor balcony. Also in the coming weeks, expect a 50-seat computer center on the third floor.

Thank you for your patience as we relocate services and materials in anticipation of construction of the Leon Levy Information Commons.

Brooklyn Public Library's Popular Library collection contains the most frequently used resources at Central Library. These consist of our wide collection of periodicals (magazines and newspapers), VHS videos and DVDs, CDs, audiobooks (on CD and cassette tape), periodicals indexes and microfilms. All of these services are ABC-library-card-based, which requires a patron to have an ABC card, to create a PIN (personal identification number, or password) for this card and, for certain services, to add monetary value to the card.

Periodicals

We have a wide assortment of popular magazines and newspapers as well as many scholarly journals. There are additional periodicals titles available from areas restricted to the public which can be requested by patrons through public service staff.

Periodicals Indexes

We have a number of indexes to our periodicals literature, e.g. New York Times Index and the NY Times "Personal Names" Index, etc..

Microfilm/Microfiche/Readers

We carry a variety of periodicals titles on microfilm and microfiche; patrons may access titles themselves or through public service staff. We specialize in many local Brooklyn newspaper titles.

Bookcall

Calls for books in our storage decks can now be picked up in the Languages, Literature & Fiction Division.

DVDs/CDs/Audiobooks

The Popular Library features various multimedia formats, including DVDs, CDs, and Audiobooks. VHS videocassettes are available through Book Call and picked up in the Languages, Literature & Fiction Division.

Holds

Holds can now be picked up in the Languages, Literature & Fiction Division on the first floor.