Now that the end of the semester is drawing near and finals are just around the corner, you are probably looking for a quiet place to study. With 12 libraries on campus, you can find exactly the right space.

Quiet, Out of the Way Places

The Biological Sciences Library on Iowa Avenue between Phillips Hall and the Biology Building has three floors of student study space. The first floor has computers available for student use. The second and third floors have quiet study carrels, soft seating with tables and large work tables.

The Lichtenberger Engineering Library at 2001 Seamans Center has two floors with bean bags, study carrels and quiet tables. The Library is adjacent to the Engineering Student Commons.

The east side of campus is home to many of our small quiet libraries. The Psychology Library at W202 Seashore Hall ; the Physics Library at 350 Van Allen Hall ; or the Geoscience Library at 136 Trowbridge offer computer access, soft seating with tables and large work tables.

The arts campus is home to the new Art Library at 235 Art Building West which is filled with open spaces, graduate study carrels, group work tables and great views of the Hutchinson Quarry pond. The Rita Benton Music Library located at 2000 Voxman Music Building has a separate computer lab, listening room as well as study tables and soft seating.

Late Night Spaces

On the west side of campus on Newton Road, the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences offers a variety of study spaces for students including a 24-hour study room (the rest of the library is open Sunday until 11 p.m. and Monday – Thursday until Midnight). There are group study spaces on the first, third and fourth floors. Quiet individual carrels can be found in the Information Commons West ITC and the fourth floor.  Wireless Internet access is available throughout the building.

The Main Library is open Sunday – Thursday until 2 a.m. The second floor houses the largest ITC (with more than 130 computers) on campus. There are also large study tables on the second floor. For more quiet space in the Main Library, try the Government Documents reading room on the third floor, north end of the building. The Fourth and Fifth floors of the Main Library also have quiet tables tucked away at the ends of the bookstacks.

Quiet and Group Study Spaces have been designated throughout the Main Library. In any undesignated areas “The University of Iowa Libraries encourages scholarly research by maintaining an environment conducive to study in all units of the libraries system. Library users are expected to act responsibly, appropriately, and courteously to preserve the libraries’ facilities, environment, and collections.” (From Conduct In the University of Iowa Libraries: Basic Policy Governing Public Use)

Maps of the Main Library and more information for designated study spaces.