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Quiet study

This page contains information on the quiet study areas located in the library locations across campus:

Birks Reading Room

  • All of the Birks Reading Room is a silent study area
  • Because of the hardwood floors in the Birks Reading Room, winter boots must be left on the rubber mats inside the main doors of the building.

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Humanities and Social Sciences Library

There are 3,500 seats, with tables of various sizes, available for use throughout the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex. All of these seats except the conversation zones in the Cyberthèque, main floors and 2nd floors of McLennan and Redpath are for quiet study.

 

Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art

The Blackader-Lauterman study space, located on the third floor of the Redpath Library Building, offers large tables for consultation of oversize books and maps.

  • Blackader Library reading room is a quiet study area
  • Large tables seating over 100 people

 

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Islamic Studies Library

  • The Islamic Studies Library is a quiet study area.

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Macdonald Campus Library

  • Level 3

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Marvin Duchow Music Library

Quieter study areas in the Music Library are primarily located on the 4th and 5th floors, as each floor has a designated sound level:

  • 3rd (entrance) floor = Talking Zone
  • 4th floor = Semi-Quiet Zone
  • 5th floor = Silent Zone

Additional study-area features:

  • The perimeter of each floor is lined with individual study desks.
  • The 4th floor has over 40 listening and viewing stations equipped with headphones.
  • The 5th-floor carrels are assigned to graduate students but may be used by anyone when not occupied.

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Nahum Gelber Law Library

There are wired study tables and carrels on all floors of the library.

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Osler Library of the History of Medicine

  • 3 tables that seat 12 students in the main part of the library
  • 2 additional rooms reserved for those consulting rare or archival material

Reserved desks

  • 2 desks in the mezzanine

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Rare Books and Special Collections

  • Space for 18 to 20 readers in the Reading Room.
  • This space is reserved for readers using Rare Books and Special Collections Library items.
  • No items are permitted to leave the Reading Room under any circumstances.
  • Readers can place material on hold in the Reading Room, to make the item readily accessible throughout their research period. Please consult the Reading Room Supervisor.

Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering

  • The 1st, 3rd, and 6th floors of the Schulich Library are reserved for quiet study.
  • There are three individual quiet study pods on the 2nd floor.

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