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Learning Resources
31 West 4th Street
The Center facilitates equal access to the programs and activities of the College and NYU. Matters relating to students who visit the Center are strictly confidential. Services cover a wide range of disabling conditions. In addition to working with students who have mobility, visual, and hearing impairments, the Center assists a significant number of students with learning disabilities and many others with chronic impairments, such as diabetes, cancer, HIV infection, psychiatric illness, head trauma, and seizure disorders. The Moses Center is staffed by a group of specialists who have a wealth of experience in helping students obtain necessary academic adjustments and accommodations based upon individual needs. In order to receive services from the Center, students must provide appropriate documentation.
10 Astor Place, 4th Floor
Helpline and information: 998-3333; e-mail: its.clientservices@nyu.edu
Information Technology Services (ITS), NYU s central organization for technology-based services for the University community, provides a wide variety of technology-related services to NYU students and faculty. E-mail and Internet access is available to all students enrolled in degree or diploma programs. NYUHome provides a portal for your e-mail and Internet activity and links you to NYU-NET, Albert, a host of on-line library catalogs (including BobCat), network news groups, and many other Internet resources. Students can access these services through their own computers and modems, through NYU's computer facilities, or through one of the NYU Internet stations in Bobst Library, the College Learning Center, and elsewhere. Computer labs are located in residences and other buildings on campus. These labs are equipped with Macintoshes and IBM-compatible PCs, laser printers, CD-ROM drives and related equipment, and a wide variety of software. The labs are available to all students. Please visit www.nyu.edu/its/labs/ for locations and hours. Also, discipline-specific resources are available to eligible students in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Classes and workshops are available to those who wish to learn more about using computers, networks, and related resources; schedules are available at any ITS lab, at any NYU library, and online at www.nyu.edu/its/classes/.
70 Washington Square South, 998-2505
One of the largest open-stack libraries in the nation, with more than 2.5 million volumes, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library and Study Center offers a world of information on virtually any subject. In addition to books, journals, and other print materials, the library provides access to many non-print resources, including microfilms, computerized databases and other electronic information, extensive video and audio collections, a language laboratory, and computer equipment and software programs. Most materials in Bobst are accessible through BobCat, its on-line catalog, which also lists materials at a number of affiliated libraries. Library orientation sessions, which provide an introduction to BobCat, the journal collection, and index services, are held each semester, as well as workshops on research strategies and the Internet.
Weinstein Residence Hall, 5-11 University Place, 1st Floor, 998-8085
Third Avenue North Residence Hall, 75 Third Avenue (11th Street entrance)
The College of Arts and Science's Learning Center can help students realize their full academic potential. The Learning Center provides individual and group review sessions for specific courses, as well as Academic Success Workshops, free of charge to any NYU student who is enrolled in a CAS course. The Learning Center's mission is to assist students in developing the knowledge base, skills, and strategies that will help them to become confident, independent, and active learners. Its various academic support services are intended to help students meet the challenge of the College's rigorous academic standards.
The Expository Writing Program
411 Lafayette Street, 998-8860
The Expository Writing Program (EWP) offers writing courses for students throughout the University as well as tutorial help in the Writing Center for the entire University community.
The EWP faculty includes teaching assistants from across the University. The program is nationally recognized for faculty development and innovative teaching. Faculty members regularly present their ideas at national conferences for writing teachers and conduct writing workshops throughout the world.
The Liberal Studies Writing Support Program
726 Broadway, 6th floor, 998-7115
Writing is an integral part of the Liberal Studies Program. Every course in the program requires that students write to demonstrate their mastery of the material. LS provides individual tutoring (by appointment) in writing with faculty tutors for students needing additional guidance.
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