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springSpace.publicObj.loadGuideCounts({ action: 177, site_id: 873 }); // Load owner group counts. springSpace.publicObj.loadGuideCounts({ action: 178, site_id: 873, group_id: 0 } ); }); jQuery(function() { jQuery(document).ready(function () { springSpace.springTrack.trackPage({_st_type_id: '11'}); }); }); </script> </head><body class="s-lib-public-body homepage"> <a id="s-lg-public-skiplink" class="alert-info" href="#s-lib-public-main">Skip to Main Content</a> <a id="s-lg-public-skiplink-search" class="alert-info skiplink" href="#s-lg-hp-nav-bottom">Skip to search guides</a> <!-- BEGIN: Page Header --> <header class="header"> <div class="container"> <div class="logo vertical-center"> <a href="https://library.nyu.edu" title="NYU Libraries Homepage"> <img src="https://cdn.library.nyu.edu/images/nyulibraries-logo.svg" alt="NYU Libraries logo." width="233" height="30"> </a> </div> </div> </header> <!-- END: Page Header --> <!-- BEGIN: Content Header --> <div id="s-lib-public-header" 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