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_FYE: First Year Experience - Storrs — What's in the Babbidge Library?

This library guide supports FYE classes at the Storrs Campus Library. It is an introduction to college research and library resources.

Navigating the Library: Click each tab to learn about library website and its physical locations

library homepage fall 2021

Key:

  • My Accounts: Access your library account (good for checking all the books you have out!) with your NetID and password
  • Ask a Librarian: Live chat with an UConn librarian or search the library FAQ
  • Navigation Menu: Access to Resources, Services, Locations and information About the Library
  • General Search (the Search Bar): The Google of the UConn library. Search for books, ebooks, media, articles and more. 
  • Databases: The main access point for the UConn Library Databases
  • Research Guides: Library resources & research tips tailored to your subject
  • Group Study Rooms:  Need a place to study? (Coming soon Fall 2021)
  • Interlibrary Services: Request items (books, articles, films, etc.) owned by the UConn Library and beyond
  • Undergraduate Students Start Guide: Useful information about the library in one place. Good for getting started

2021-2022

The Plaza level is the busiest part of the library, with the campus community entering and leaving, asking for help from staff, and checking out materials at the iDesk.

You'll find:

  • the iDesk (860.486.2518), directions, general research help; printed maps for the library, pick up books, check out laptops and study room keys
  • Auriemma Reading Room
  • New Books area
  • Photocopier 
  • Lost and Found, Security
  • BookWorms Area: Café; On Campus Printing, Scanner.   Bookworms Cafe accepts points and HuskyBucks.

Plaza Level Map

uconn library map plaza icon

 

Level 1  is a busy floor.

You'll find:

 

Level 1 Map

level 1 map

Level 2  is a busy floor with activity from the Writing Center.

You'll find:
  • Writing Center
  • Art & Design Library (Quiet Study)
  • Instruction Rooms 2118C & 2119A - Video Theaters 1 and 2
  • Lockers providing temporary lockable space. Check out a key at iDesk. 2 week loan, non-renewable
  • Instruction Room 2118
  • Scanner
  • Group Study Rooms

Science and Social Sciences Collections 
Call Numbers: H, J, Q, R, S, T, N 

Level 2 Map

level 2 uconn library

Level 3, you'll find: 
  • Q Center (Quantitative Learning Center) : Drop-in tutoring focusing on lower-division Q courses in Chemistry, Math, Physics, and Statistics
  • Individual study carrels (15 available): Individual study rooms are available for checkout at the iDesk. 4 hours /some with windows. Max 2 people
  • Lockers providing temporary lockable space. Check out a key at iDesk. 2 week loan, non-renewable.
  • Journals and Magazines
  • Scanner
  • Group Study Rooms
  • Graduate Study Commons (graduate students only)
  • Wellness Room, 3112

Level 3 Map

level 3 uconn library

Level 4
4 North: Quiet Study Area  (whispering only)

Geography, History, Literature, Psychology, and Religion Collections and the Oversize Collection
Call Numbers: B, C, D, E, F, G, P, PT, PZ

Level 4 Map

level 4 uconn library

Level B 
​You'll find: 

  • Leisure Reading Room
  • Lactation Room 
  • UConn Police  Community Outreach Unit
  • Wellness and Meditation Space
  • Federal & State Documents Primary Research material in the State and Federal government documents
  • Microform Collections
  • Microfilm Reader/Scanners
  • Scanners

Dewey Collection : 000-999
Connecticut  Docs
Federal  Docs

Level B Map

level b uconn library

Level A

Quiet Study Area

You'll find:

Law, Military Science & Naval Science, Bibliography & Library Science Collections
Call Numbers: A, K, L, U, V, Z,  UConn Theses & Dissertations

 

Level A Map

level a map uconn library