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Brown University has a wide range of resources available for students. The University Library is one of the largest academic libraries in New England. It contains more than 5 million items, including books, periodicals, maps, microforms, videotapes, CD-ROMs, records, and manuscripts. The major social science library is the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library. It features a large number of social science books and journals. It has a reference department, interlibrary loan office, and office for government documents. Books and journals are shelved together in open stacks according to the Library of Congress classification system. The library features a large number of electronic resources, includes Lexis/Nexis, Josiah (the online library catalog), JSTOR, and many other electronic databases.

The Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Center for Information and Technology (CIT) features state of the art computing facilities. The university has a wide range of computers, including mainframe and minicomputers, 5,000 personal computers, 500 Unix workstations, and many specialized computers and servers, all connected by a campus-wide network. The CIT features several public computing clusters, all staffed by consultants. Training and consulting on university computing services are available at no charge to members of the university community.

The university provides health care through its Health Services center. This service includes primary care, gynecological care, dermatology, nutrition services, and psychological counseling. Students requiring specialized assistance are referred to an appropriate specialist in the community. Those who are not covered by a parental or private health plan are required to purchase health insurance offered by the university.

There are a wide range of recreational and physical education facilities available at the university. These include the Olney-Margolis Athletic Center, Pizzitola Sports Center (with indoor tennis and squash), Meehan Skating Rink, Smith Swim Center, weight rooms, tennis and squash courts, and numerous fields. In addition, the university offers classes in dance, aerobics, spinning, and tennis on a regular basis.

For students with children, there are a number of day-care facilities in the area. The University runs a day-care facility and there are off-campus sites that are available as well.