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Crerar Mother's Room

The John Crerar Library

features of Crerar Mother's Room

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A Mother's Room on the first floor offers space to parents to feed or change their young children. It features two lounge style chairs, a sink, and a changing counter.
Crerar Mother's Room

Eckhart Library

Eckhart Library

features of Eckhart Library

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Eckhart Library is located on the second floor of Eckhart Hall, home of the Department of Mathematics. Eckhart Library is home to approximately 13,000 volumes, most research level monographs, and selected textbooks in mathematics.
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Mansueto Viewing & Listening Station

The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

features of Mansueto Viewing & Listening Station

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The Mansueto Viewing & Listening Station is a private study room that provides individual patrons with equipment to listen to audio recordings from the Recordings Collection, and is also equipped with a microform scanner. Patrons may request to use the Viewing & Listening Station at the Mansueto Circulation Desk.
Mansueto Listening Station

Prayer Room (Room B-60)

The Joseph Regenstein Library

features of Prayer Room (Room B-60)

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The Prayer Room (Room B-60), located in the northwest corner of Regenstein's B Level, provides a space for prayer for students and other University-affilated users. Access is granted by UChicago Spiritual Life.
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Regenstein Bookstacks, 2nd Floor

The Joseph Regenstein Library

features of Regenstein Bookstacks, 2nd Floor

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Regenstein's 2nd Floor Bookstacks houses collections on History (C - F). There are 23 individual study tables along the perimeter of the bookstacks, intended for quiet study. No food is permitted in Regenstein's boosktacks.
Browsing the Stacks

Regenstein Bookstacks, 3rd Floor

The Joseph Regenstein Library

features of Regenstein Bookstacks, 3rd Floor

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Regenstein's 3rd Floor Bookstacks houses collections on Music & Fine Arts (M & N) and Languages & Literatures (PN-PT). There are 28 individual study tables along the perimeter of the bookstacks, intended for quiet study. No food is permitted in Regenstein's boosktacks.
Bookstacks

Regenstein Bookstacks, 4th Floor

The Joseph Regenstein Library

features of Regenstein Bookstacks, 4th Floor

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Regenstein's 4th Floor Bookstacks houses collections on Philosophy, Psychology, & Religion (B) and Languages & Literatures (P-PM). There are 22 individual study tables along the perimeter of the bookstacks, intended for quiet study. No food is permitted in Regenstein's boosktacks.
Bookstacks Row

Regenstein Bookstacks, 5th Floor

The Joseph Regenstein Library

features of Regenstein Bookstacks, 5th Floor

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Regenstein's 5th Floor Bookstacks houses collections in East Asian (Harvard Yenching and Library of Congress) and on Education (L). There are 25 individual study tables along the perimeter of the bookstacks, intended for quiet study. No food is permitted in Regenstein's boosktacks. Restrooms are located on the east perimeter of the 5th Floor bookstacks.
Searching for Books

Regenstein Bookstacks, B Level

The Joseph Regenstein Library

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Regenstein's B Level Bookstacks houses collections on Social Sciences (G, H, J, XXK), Sciences & Technology (Q-V), and General Works, Bibliography, & Library Science (A, Z). There are several large tables in the center of the floor, as well as a few individual tables and standing height desks along its perimeter, all intended for quiet study.No food is permitted in Regenstein's bookstacks.
Regenstein B Level

The Social Work Library Reading Room

The Social Work Library

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The Social Work Library reading room is a large open space with a southern exposure of floor-to-ceiling windows allowing for lots of natural light during the day. There are a variety of seating options including couches, a rocking chair, large tables for spreading out your materials, and a pinwheel study carrel. There is also a smaller study area behind the bookstacks with single-user desks. Most of the furniture was either designed or selected by Mies van der Rohe.
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