Work and Study Areas

Group Study Rooms
The Library has eight study rooms located throughout Lower Levels 1 for group studying. Many of the rooms have chalkboards and outlets for audiovisual equipment; all rooms are soundproof to allow for group discussion.
Locations: Lower Level I

Carrels
The Library has a small number of lockable carrels which may be assigned for limited periods of time to users with special research needs. For information on applying for a carrel please see carrel application information or inquire at the Library's Circulation Desk.

Are you looking for work or study spaces? Try the following areas at CUMC, Morningside Campus and around town.

1. Quiet Study Areas
2. Group Study Areas
3. Areas With Wireless Access
4. Eating Study Areas
5. Rooms With A View
6. Late Night Study Areas
7. Study Areas Around NYC

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Quiet Study Areas

Medical Campus

• Hammer Building 3rd floor classrooms
• Study Lounge on the 1st floor of the Bard Building
• 24 hour room in the Hammer Building
• After hours room in the Hammer Building

Morningside Campus

• Avery
• Burke
• Business (3rd floor)
• Butler (212, 301, 310, 502-504, 602- 604, 607, stacks)
• Chemistry
• Starr East Asian
• Geology
• Jewish Theological Seminary
• Lehman
• Physics

Other Libraries

• New York Public Library, on 42nd and 5th

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Group Study Areas

Medical Campus

• The Recovery Room in Bard 1st floor
• The Leisure Reading Room in HSL lower level 1

Morningside Campus

• Butler (403a, 404, 405, 407, 408, 409a)
• Social Work
• Teacher's College

Outside Areas

• The Lawn in Central Park.

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Areas With Wireless Access

Starbucks outlets.

Medical Campus

• Hammer Building
• Study Lounge on the 1st floor of the Bard Building

Morningside Campus

• Avery
• Biology
• Burke
• Business
• Butler
• Chemistry
• Starr East Asian
• Engineering
• Geology
• Lehman
• Math & Science
• Music & Arts
• Physics
• Psychology
• Social Work

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Eating Study Areas

Medical Campus

• Hammer Building 3rd floor
• 24 hour room in the Hammer Building
• The Recovery Room in Bard 1st floor
• The Leisure Reading Room in HSL lower level 1

Morningside Campus

• Avery
• Biology
• Burke
• Business
• Butler
• Chemistry
• Starr East Asian
• Engineering
• Geology
• Lehman
• Math & Science
• Music & Arts
• Physics
• Psychology
• Social Work

Cafés and Restaurants

• Starbucks on 181st
• Emmylou's Café on 181st
• Cloisters

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Rooms With A View

Medical Campus

• Hammer Building 3rd floor
• Hammer Building classrooms
• The Recovery Room in Bard 1st floor

Morningside Campus

• Burke
• Music & Arts
• Social Work

Cafés and Restaurants

• Cloisters

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Late Night Study Areas

Medical Campus

• 24 hour room in the Hammer Building
• Study Lounge on the 1st floor of the Bard Building
• After hours room in the Hammer Building
• The Recovery Room in Bard 1st floor

Morningside Campus

• Butler, (24/7 study spaces on floors 2,3,4)
• Business
• Lehman

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Study Areas Around NYC

• Barnes & Noble, Union Square
• Barnes & Noble , 82nd & Broadway
• Barnes & Noble, 86th & Lexington
• Starbucks, 83rd & Broadway
• Starbucks 138th & Broadway
• Starbucks 125th & Lennox
• Starbucks 114th & Broadway
• Starbucks 111th & Broadway
• Starbucks 102nd & Broadway
• Starbucks 98th & Broadway
• Starbucks 95th & Broadway
• Starbucks 93rd & Broadway
• Hungarian Café, 110th & Amsterdam
• Columbus Bakery, 83rd & Columbus
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• New York Public Library, 42nd & 5th
• Libraries at Cornell & NYU
• The Lawn, Central Park

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