Science and Engineering Library/Geology-Geophysics Collection

I don’t think a lot of South Campus major knows about the existence of Geo library until the Chem library was closed permanently.
This library is located down the hall, towards Parking lot 2 on Charles E. Young Dr, on the 4^th floor of Geology library. It has a huge glass window so the sun light is already enough to light up the whole room. This library is less crowded after 6pm since it gets a little Asian packed during the days.
You can check out laptops here. In fact, CLICC lab is replacing all the old macbooks with the new macbook pros. Fancy! There are also desktops and printer to aid students. There are a few study group rooms, some people totally think that it is noise proof and would talk and laugh so loud, apparently not. There is an upper unit of the library, you will see a sign with an arrow pointing upward «Book stacks». That leads to the book stacks obviously, but also to even a more quiet place to study. You will have your own cubicle, doing homework, reading a book, or taking a nap. Just perfect!

Hands down the best place to study in South Campus. Best part: NO ONE knows it exists. This little, hidden gem in the Geology building has ample light & seating and is dead silent all the time. You can even rent out CLICC laptops from here without a wait. Love it!

Best place to study between classes on South Campus! I wholly agree with the two other reviewers’ points.
Pros:
1. The people who frequent this library are there to study. The most you’ll hear in here is the sound of someone yawning, people typing, and pages turning.
2. UCLA_​WEB access.
3. There are a lot of outlets in here, so you can work for extended periods of time.
Cons (these aren’t even cons, really):
1. Since it’s inside the Geo building, you can’t really take a fresh air break.
2. I wish there were outlets along the wall with the windows!

I agree with Regina — one of the best places to study at UCLA! Definitely the best place in South Campus.
Reasons why it is a SSS (Superior Study Spot):
1. It’s SUPER QUIET.
2. The tables are HUGE so you can spread your many books out on them.
3. You can rest your legs on the chairs opposite of you. This seems like a small thing, but most of the libraries at UCLA have installed a bar running down the middle of the table that prevents you from stretching across. If you’re in a library for many hours, being able to change positions and rest your legs is crucial.
4. The temperature is never too cold and never too hot. Also crucial.
5. It’s never very crowded, even during finals… this also means,
6. (cont.) there are always clicc laptops available!
7. Access to UCLAWLAN. + many outlets on the wall.
8. Lots of NATURAL light — so you don’t go crazy under the fluorescents.

Out of all the places I’ve studied on the UCLA campus, this library is my favorite out of all of them. It’s not as happening as Club Powell in the middle of campus nor is it crowded with the chit chatty students who often come from the lecture halls like the one at Young Hall. It also helped that this place was only a 15 minute walk away from my apartment then and just a few minutes walk from the majority of my classes.
During the day, the large windows let a lot of the light in and you can gaze out to see people walking, just in case you need to people watch to take a breather from studying. What I love about this library is that it really helped me concentrate on my studies. It’s so quiet that if someone farts on one side of the library, everyone in the library can hear it… but of course, it’s also because the main room isn’t really as big as, say, the main floor of YRL.
I was able to check out a laptop through the CLICC lab here when I didn’t have a laptop yet. There’s ethernet ports at selected tables and there’s also wireless access, given that you can log into the network using your BOL userid and password on the VPN.
I don’t know much about the books here since I’m not much of a geology person, but as for a place to study, this place is awesome. And no, I don’t intentionally go here to wait for people to accidentally let out a 10 dB fart in the library. Just wanted to make that point clear.
/​nerd