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==== Library system ==== [[File:Firestone Library Princeton front.jpg|thumb|[[Princeton University Library|Firestone Library]], the largest of Princeton's libraries|alt=A picture of Firestone Library]]The [[Princeton University Library]] system houses over 13 million holdings through 11 buildings,<ref name="Facilities-2021">{{cite web|title=Firestone Library|url=https://facilities.princeton.edu/locations/firestone-library|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628181547/https://facilities.princeton.edu/locations/firestone-library|archive-date=June 28, 2021|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=Facilities|publisher=Princeton University}}</ref> including seven million bound volumes, making it one of the largest university libraries in the United States.<ref name="AmericanLibraryAssociation-2009">{{cite web|date=May 2009|title=The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing By Volumes Held β ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 22|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/library/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413193236/http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/library/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.cfm|archive-date=April 13, 2009|access-date=August 12, 2009|publisher=[[American Library Association]]}}</ref> Built in 1948, the main campus library is [[Firestone Library]] and serves as the main repository for the humanities and social sciences.<ref name="Facilities-2021" /> Its collections include the autographed manuscript of [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Skemer|first=Don|date=May 24, 2013|title='The Great Gatsby' manuscript and galleys now online through Princeton University Digital Library|url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2013/05/24/great-gatsby-manuscript-and-galleys-now-online-through-princeton-university-digital|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526143251/https://www.princeton.edu/news/2013/05/24/great-gatsby-manuscript-and-galleys-now-online-through-princeton-university-digital|archive-date=May 26, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2021|publisher=Princeton University|language=en}}</ref> and [[George F. Kennan]]'s [[Long Telegram]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Telegram to Secretary of State, Washington, The Long Telegram, 1946 February 22|url=https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/MC076_c01560|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185140/https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/MC076_c01560|archive-date=July 9, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Princeton University Library Finding Aids|publisher=Princeton University}}</ref> In addition to Firestone library, specialized libraries exist for architecture, art and archaeology, East Asian studies, engineering, music, public and international affairs, public policy and university archives, and the sciences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Libraries|url=https://library.princeton.edu/libraries|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704044114/https://library.princeton.edu/libraries|archive-date=July 4, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Princeton University Library|publisher=Princeton University}}</ref> The library system provides access to subscription-based electronic resources and databases to students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Databases|url=https://library.princeton.edu/research/databases|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627223023/https://library.princeton.edu/research/databases|archive-date=June 27, 2021|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Princeton University Library|publisher=Princeton University}}</ref>
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