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Image	Study area	Located In	Description
	Bender Room	Green	The Albert M. Bender Room offers beautiful views of the Quad and the hills beyond campus, as well as comfortable seating and a quiet atmosphere for study, leisure reading, and reflection. The Bender Room contains a non-circulating collection of books of current and classic interest, both fiction...
	Green Library group study rooms	Green	Seven study rooms, each with space for groups of up to six people, are available outside the main reading rooms in the Bing Wing. Most rooms are equipped with white boards, and one (outside the Jonsson Social Science Reading Room) has a smart board as well. Policies: Rooms are...
	Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room	Green	The Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room facilitates a range of social science learning and research activities. It contains a social science reference collection of over 15,000 volumes, including classic texts, new and notable publications, and current issues of core journals in the social...
	Lane Reading Room	Green	The Lane Reading Room houses the Humanities and Area Studies Resource Center. Traditional study and reading space is complemented by wireless Internet access and computer workstations. The room offers printed reference collections and specific "mini-collections" devoted to important topical...
	Mary M. Tanenbaum Room	Green	The Mary M. Tanenbaum Room includes one large antique table and chairs for six people. Policies: Available on a first-come basis Two-person minimum Please observe a two-hour limit while others are waiting No food or drinks are allowed ...
	Biology group study room	Biology (Falconer)	The group study room in the library contains a round table with four to six chairs. The room is small but cozy, and is first-come, first-served.
	Tech Lounge	Lathrop	This study area offers 22 dual-boot Mac/Windows computers, color and grayscale printers, laptop-support displays, group study areas, moveable furniture, wide-screen monitors, and projection systems. The Tech Desk...
	Engineering Library study area	Engineering (Terman)	The Engineering Library's study space contains a variety of furniture for students' study needs, including study tables, study booths, individual study carrels, and an outdoor balcony. Equipment available in the study area includes seven Dual Boot iMacs with SUL-supported software, a Dell...
	Chemistry & Chemical Engineering study area	Chemistry & ChemEng (Swain)	As you enter the library, a small room on the left has three computers and four lounge chairs. Natural light from large windows, a couple of plants, and a coffee table make this a comfortable place to work or chat with colleagues. The reference room contains an abundance of natural...
	Earth Sciences study areas	Earth Sciences (Branner)	This study space contains large tables, couches, comfortable chairs, and individual study carrels with power outlets for laptop users. Other equipment includes three dual boot Mac computers, three book scanners (including one oversized scanner for atlases), and a color printer....
	Earth Sciences study rooms	Earth Sciences (Branner)	Two study rooms are available, one with four chairs and one with six chairs.
	East Asia study areas	East Asia	There are three main study areas in the East Asia Library:
	Education group study rooms	Education (Cubberley)	Two rooms in the Education Library are designed for group study, each with an eight-person capacity. Both rooms have white boards and projection screens, and the library has projectors that can be checked out for use in the rooms. One room contains a 46-inch LCD monitor and can be...
	Education instruction room	Education (Cubberley)	The large instruction room seats 30 with tables and chairs that can be configured in a variety of ways. There is also a large Smart Board and white board, and a laptop with Smart Board software is available for checkout. This room can be...
	Education study area	Education (Cubberley)	The study area in the Education Library has two long tables and comfortable seating, including armchairs, foot stools, and end tables.
	Marine Biology study area	Marine Biology (Miller)	Seating includes three large tables with seating for 12, six lounge seating with ottomans, 12 individual study carrels, and a small table with seating for two.
	Math & Statistics group study room	Math & Statistics	The group study room in the library contains a round table with four to six chairs. The room is small but cozy, and is first-come, first-served.