Study Rooms + Spaces

Student study in Underhill

Quiet study overlooking Crum Woods from the Underhill Library mezzanine

This fun quiz published in The Phoenix (October 10, 2019) remains a remarkably accurate way to predict a good fit for finding a study spot or for exploring something new. Or try the updated version published February 6, 2026.

Quiet Study
McCabe
  • Lower Level
  • Honors Reading Room, Level Two
  • Carrels along exterior walls of Level Two and Three
Cornell
  • L15, L16, L17, L18
  • 207, 208, 209
  • Upper Level
Quiet Conversation
McCabe
  • Level Two open areas
  • Presentation Practice, 307
Underhill
Group Study Rooms

Group ​​​​​​Study Room use is limited to Swarthmore College students, faculty and staff

McCabe

Lower Level Rooms: 011, 028, 036

Level Two:

Level Three:

Cornell
Underhill
Open Areas for Groups

McCabe

  • Atrium
  • LibLab
  • Popular Reading Room
  • Public Computing Area
  • Lounges on Levels Two and Three

Cornell

  • Main Floor
  • Lower Level

Underhill

  • Main Floor
  • Crum Lounge (on the Mezzanine)

Reserve library space on Swat Central: