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    Michigan State University Main Library

    Michigan State University Main Library

    3.3(6 reviews)
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    It's a university library. So it can get pretty crowded at times as students are cramming away for…read moreexams. Yes as other reviewers have said it does have a smell... good or bad you can decide for yourself. This library has a lot of areas to study at but good luck finding a good spot some times. It can be filled with chatty inconsiderate students. And students who will also cough on you and not care. Also hearing students talk bad about each other isn't really a positive experience..."She's so weird" etc. There are study rooms with chalk and white boards that's a plus, but you can get kicked out if you're alone and a group wants to use that room. I once got kicked out by a group of "10" students that were allegedly going to cram into a room that would comfortably fit 5 to study in. They're where study rooms that had only one person in it not far from me... I was a little upset as I just had about 40 minutes left of my study session and having had a recent surgery I didn't want to move around a whole lot and set myself up somewhere else to study again. The library probably doesn't get cleaned very often either... for a whole week I went everyday to the same spot to study and the same trash that was on the ground never got picked up and the desk had the same eraser shavings there left by someone else. Some desks/cubicle things also have graffiti as a classy touch... Bathrooms are frequently dirty too. over all it's just an ok library to study in.

    I love the smell of this place…read more No matter what, whenever I go here I am transported back in time. The smell of the books is a constant. And for learning, the library is Mecca. Check it out: Their collection includes over 4.5 million volumes, 33,000 magazine and journal subscriptions, 200,000 maps, 40,000 sound recordings, plus access to hundreds of electronic resources. Lots of windows, well lit, plenty of places to sit and study or work, well equipped with electrical outlets and even a coffee and sandwich shop. The building is almost in the center of campus and overlooks the Red Cedar River on one side, and Beaumont Tower on the other and is flanked by Beal Gardens (only one of the best botanical specimen gardens in the Midwest - where I first discovered the Dawn Redwood...sigh). You don't need a student ID to get in, wireless internet is free. Did I say I love this space.

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