Quiet Study Areas in Campus Libraries

Central /Divinity building

The sixth floor is the designated quiet study floor, which includes two large reading rooms (the Payne Graduate Study Room, and the Periodicals Reading Room) as well as several renovated alcoves.

The Cheek Reading Room in the Divinity Library is also a designated quiet study area.

Law Library

The Tarkington Reading Room on the top floor of the library and the Study Carrel room adjacent to the Main Reading Room are used for quiet study. There are no officially designated quiet study areas.

Music Library

The spaces around the bound periodical and scores stacks are designated as quiet study areas.

Peabody Library

Spaces that are usually more quiet than others include the Fireside Reading Room on the 1st floor, the Youth Room on the 3rd floor, and carrel study spaces in the stacks by the windows. There are no officially designated quiet study areas.

Science Library

The entire library is generally quiet. The study carrels around the stacks and the Reading Room in the back of the library tend to be most quiet. There are no officially designated quiet study areas.