Places & Spaces
Find library locations, quiet study spaces, and coffee shops across the campus and in downtown New Brunswick.
Don't worry about bringing your coffee to the library. "The consumption of food and drinks are permitted, except in designated areas," according to Rutgers University Libraries policy.
Libraries & Centers (New Brunswick/Piscataway)
Rutgers University has libraries across all New Brunswick campuses. Each has a unique collection focus and personality. Many have designated quiet floors or spaces. Find one that fits your needs.
Note: if you find a book in our catalog, and it is in a library you never visit, use Book Delivery and have it sent to the a convenient library location. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, new options have been put in place for Click and Collect services for materials placed on hold, and options for personal delivery of library items.If we don't own what you need, use our interlibrary loan and delivery services.
College Avenue Campus
- East Asian LibraryLocated on the 2nd floor of the Alexander Library
- Scholarly Communications Center (SCC)Located on the 4th floor of Alexander Library
Digitization and data services and workshops - Special Collections and University ArchivesTemporary public service desk located within undergraduate reading room.
- ArtLocated next to the Zimmerli Art Museum, the Art Library has a collection of over 90,000 volumes related to the Arts, a graduate reading room and study space.
Cook/Douglass Campus
- Chang Science LibraryOn the first floor of Foran Hall
- Mabel Smith Douglass LibraryGraduate carrels at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library can be reserved for an academic year. The contact for these carrels is Andy Martinez (maran@rutgers.edu), Douglass Access Services.
Douglass Graduate Carrels are available for ABDs in an academic department located on the Douglass Campus.
Performing Arts Graduate Carrels are available for graduate students in the Mason Gross School of the Arts or in the Ed.M. (Masters of Education) Dance Education Program.
- Douglass Library Carrels Policy and ApplicationReview the carrel policies. Then, complete and submit the application according to the instructions found within the document.
- Performing Arts Carrel Policy and ApplicationReview the carrel policies. Then, complete and submit the application according to the instructions found within the document.
- Fordham Multimedia LabLocated inside the Douglass Library, it offers specialized software in Macintosh computers
- Media Services DeskLocated on the lower level of the Douglass Library, adjacent to the Fordham multimedia lab
Book audio and video recording tools
Check out DVDs and CDs
Request materials for classes - Foster Center"The Margery Somers Foster Center is a unit of Rutgers University Libraries dedicated to developing co-curricular initiatives on visual technology and networked culture. The co-curricular programs promote expressive communication through the use of multimedia, while challenging Rutgers students to engage critically with structures of inequality grounded in alternative accounts of race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, and nationality."
- James B. Carey Library- School of Management and Labor RelationsA small, cozy library inside the School of Management and Labor Relations, on the edge of Douglass Campus
Livingston Campus
Busch Campus
- Library of Sciene & Medicine - Graduate RoomLocated on the second floor of the Library of Science and Medicine, the new LSM Graduate Room sits next to the Government Documents collection. It is equipped with electrical outlets, whiteboards, lounge and soft seating for graduate students to study or work on projects together. It is not intended for tutoring or instructional support.
For first-time access to the room, Rutgers graduate students can visit the front desk on the first floor. Our staff will be able to swipe them in and add their Rutgers NetID to the database for easy future access. - Mathematical Sciences and Physics Library"The Mathematical Sciences and Physics Library holds the primary collection of materials in astronomy, computer science, mathematics, physics and statistics."
- AnnexThe Rutgers University Libraries Annex is a remote storage facility located on the Busch Campus. The Libraries Annex opened in 1982 and the three-story construction is designed to house approximately one-half million volumes in a closed stacks temperature-controlled environment. Infrequently used periodicals, monographs, government documents, and archives are stored at the Libraries Annex.
Find out more about all our places and spaces, or reserve a group study room.
Library Quick Links
- Computers and LabsFind computers and computer labs in our libraries and other centers across the New Brunswick/Piscataway Campus.
- Group Study RoomsUse our online system to book a room