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The Thomas J. Watson Sr. Center for Information Technology (1988) and the Sciences Library (1971).

The front facade and main reading room of the John Carter Brown Library (1904).

A student studying at the Rock.

At Brown, your education is supported by a wide range of world-class facilities for learning.

The Brown University Library system is made up of six individual libraries, each of which has a specific function. The John D. Rockefeller Library, otherwise known as"the Rock", serves as the primary teaching and research library for the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts. With some exceptions, the Rock is usually the most appropriate library at Brown in which to begin research on a topic.

To browse the Library's collections online, click here.

The Brown University Library

Individual libraries:

• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library (humanities and social science)
• Sciences Library (physical and biological sciences, and maps)
• Orwig Music Library
• Art Slide Library
• John Hay Library (special collections)
• Annmary Brown Memorial Library

Computing Facilities

The Office of Computing & Information Services (CIS) maintains computing facilities for the use of Brown students, faculty and staff. Public Computing Clusters are available for general computing needs, computing classrooms for faculty who wish to provide computer-assisted instruction, and a training room for CIS-offered computer training.

The CIS Computing Clusters are public access areas containing Macintosh and Windows computers as well as scanners, printers and data storage devices. Use of the Computing Clusters is limited to members of the Brown University community.

Computing Classrooms are instructional environments where students, faculty and staff can benefit from a variety of computer classes. Many of the courses are scheduled and presented by CIS's Computer Education group. A schedule of classes is posted on the door of each Computing Classroom. When classes are not in session, some Computing Classrooms are available for public use as additional computing clusters.

Research Facilities

The facilities for doing advanced scientific research at Brown are second to none. The full list of Brown facilities is much too long for this page (and includes phrases like"Molecular Beam Epitaxy"). If you're interested in doing research while at Brown, the Brown Research Web site is an indispensable resource.