UF Health Science Center Library

This library is like my second home. It is conveniently located in the heart of the Health Science Communicore building, with a Starbucks right outside. The location is great. If you’re studying for a long time, you have plenty of food options. Starbucks, Panda Express, Chik-​FilA, Einsteins, and Salad Creations are all located within two minutes in the Sun Terrace. If you want other options, you can walk over to the Shands food court for the Global Exhibition, burrito bowls, pizza, sushi, Wendy’s, Subway, froyo, or the cafeteria food (which is cheap and delicious). The sushi they serve is the Sushi Gusto kind that comes from Fresh Market, which is the best grocery store sushi in my opinion.
Ever since the new renovation, the second floor has been the place to be. The new seating is reminiscent of Marston. There are plenty of options and even the couches have outlets. You can choose to stand at certain workstations since they have adjustable tables. The overall atmosphere is very calming with the soft blue and silver hues. It is a definite upgrade from the cold, hospital like thing it used to be.
The library is organized by noise level. The higher you go, the quieter it is. The first floor gets REALLY LOUD and depending on the day, so does the second floor. It is a great place to collaborate, but a major con would be the noise level. The HSC library is food friendly so you can eat whatever you want wherever. The students are very respectable since they are mostly in professional school so the library is very clean. There are even little cleaning kits dispersed around to ensure cleanliness.
The cons to the library are the hours. It is only open from 7:30AM-midnight. If you want to study later than that, the Blue Room is located on the second floor and is open for 24 hours. This library also has weird times when there is no one working on the second or third floors, so you are not allowed to exit from those floors to use the restroom.
Overall, this is my favorite library on campus. I basically live here on most days so I am glad it is such a comfortable place to be.

Currently remodeling. Should be nice when they complete it. I would give this 5 stars if the renovations were complete and it did not have modified hours because the college is on spring break. It is a three story library with probably 8 – 10 massive TV screens that are connected to computers for group work. There is also about 50 computers to use if you do not feel like bringing your computer. The top floor is for quit study and the bottom and second floors can be used for group work. They also have rooms that can be reserved to do group work in and not bother anybody. Food and coffee joints are right outside of the library in Shands. Overall I am a big ran of this library and use it all the time.

The University of Florida Health Science Center (HSC) Libraries are active partners in the education, research, training and clinical needs of the HSC colleges, centers and institutes, the University of Florida and the state.