Maps and Directions
Getting here
Street Address
Wright Library, 25 Library Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
Tip: Use for visiting the Library yourself and for package delivery (UPS, FedEx, etc.)
Mailing Address
Princeton Theological Seminary
Wright Library
P.O. Box 821
Princeton, NJ 08542 USA
Tip: Use for sending mail via US Postal Service
library@ptsem.edu
Princeton is an academic, research, business, and residential community located midway between New York and Philadelphia. Residents and students have access to libraries, museums, churches, theaters, concerts, athletic events and public lectures in the immediate vicinity.
Parking
We welcome visitors to park in one of the 10 identified visitor spaces near the Center of Theological Inquiry in the Library Lot without a special permit.
If those spaces are occupied, you may park along Mercer Street, Library Place, or Stockton Street.
Location & Directions (including maps)The Library Lot is monitored. Vehicles parked in non-visitor spaces within the Library Lot without valid, current Princeton Seminary parking permits (or temporary permits issued for specific events) are subject to ticketing.
For general parking information, see the “Visitor Parking” section of the Parking Questions page.
Wright Library Building Directory
Study tables, soft seating options and restrooms are available on each floor.
A water bottle refilling station is located near the main entrance.
Follow the link below to view the full building directory; some locations and information about tours are also listed below.
Building Directory (PDF)Locations and Tours
Visit the Circulation Desk on the first floor to check out and return library materials, including course reserves.
Visit the Reference Desk on the first floor across from the Circulation Desk for reference and research assistance.
Study spaces in Wright Library include places for both quiet and collaborative study. Current Princeton Seminary students may reserve a study room.
Four stand-up computers and one accessible workstation – all designed for short-term use – are located around the columns in the Concourse area on the First Floor.
Shared computers for Princeton Seminary students, faculty and staff are available on the Third Floor, Second Floor and Lower Level.
Library of Congress Call Number System
- Reference B–BR, First Floor balcony
- Reference BS–Z, Lower Level
- Reference 2, A–Z, Lower Level
- A–BS, Third Floor
- BT–BX, Second Floor
- C–Z, Lower Level
- Current issues of selected print journals, Periodicals Reading Room, First Floor (shelved by title)
- Periodicals (Journals), Lower Level (shelved by call number)
- Braille Collection, Second Floor
- Folios, Lower Level
- Media, Second Floor
- Microforms, Second Floor
- New Books (a selection of recent publications), First Floor
- Reigner Collection, Second Floor
A self-guided tour of the library is available on this website. Staff-guided library tours of Wright Library are available by request.
Collections
SEE Collections
- Folios (Lower Level)
- General Collection A-BS (Third Floor)
- General Collection BT-BX (Second Floor)
- General Collection C-Z (Lower Level)
- Media (Second Floor)
- Microforms (Second Floor)
- Periodicals (First Floor and Lower Level)
- Reference (First Floor and Lower Level)
- Reigner Collection (Second Floor)
- Special Collections and Archives (Second Floor) (by appointment)
Meeting Rooms
SEE Code of Conduct
- Alumni Room (Second Floor)
- Daniel J Theron Assembly Room (First Floor)
- Meeting Room (Rm 1010) (First Floor)
- Seminar Rooms (Rm 0060, 1060, 2060, 3060) (all floors)
- Johnson Seminar Room (0060) (Lower Level)
- Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Seminar Room (1060) (First Floor)
- James A. Unruh Family Seminar Room (2060) (Second Floor)
- Theodore Sedgwick Wright Room (Lower Level)
- Tower Room (Second Floor)
Offices
- Advancement (First Floor)
- Collection Services (Second Floor)
- Digital Initiatives (Second Floor)
- Digital Learning (Third Floor)
- Information Technology Services (First Floor)
- Internet Archive (Lower Level)
- Library Administration (Third Floor)
Reading Spaces
SEE Study Spaces
- Center for Barth Studies (Third Floor)
- Concourse (First Floor)
- Iain R Torrance Atrium (Lower Level)
- Korean Missions Room (Second Floor)
- Lobby (First Floor)
- North Gallery (Second Floor)
- Periodicals Readings Room (First Floor)
- Reference Reading Room (First Floor and Lower Level)
- South Gallery (Second Floor)
- Tree House (Second Floor and Third Floor)
- Women in Ministry Room (Third Floor)
Scholars
- Emeriti Faculty & Visiting Scholars (First, Second and Third Floors)
- Faculty Room (Third Floor)
- Frykberg PhD Suite (Third Floor)
- Heritage Room (First Floor)
Services
SEE Services
- Brick Café (First Floor)
- Circulation Desk (First Floor)
- Digital Learning Lab, Office of Digital Learning (Third Floor)
- Information Technology Help Desk (Lower Level), 609.497.7812
- Media Services Help Desk (Second Floor), 609.497.7900
- Reference Desk (First Floor)