M.D. Anderson Library

Is it weird to miss a library? If so we’re going to get weird! I love the cozy feel of the personal rooms on the third floor. You can close the door and feel like you’re shut off from the world! Go ahead and study for that biochem final like the nerd that you know you can be. Open up your laptop, textbook and notebook all at once and align your writing utensils so you can access each at whim! Want to listen to music or charge your phone? Borrow a headset downstairs to keep until closing and plug in at the socket provided! Want to print? Each paper is only pennies and printers are just downstairs! The only thing this place needs to make the experience better for the average student is to allow every laptop ability to connect to a printer so we don’t have to save our works to flash drives. Also the cell phone signal sucks– it would be great if we can do something about that. Other than that this place has everything! Dedicated rooms for group projects that you can reserve for free! Open areas for group studies, 2 very large computer rooms, a place to get food-​from a vending machine, a place to eat food and tons and tons of books for research! Also the librarians are really helpful.

Very nice library at UH. Could be 5 stars with a little rule enforcement.
–1^st star
Biggest drawback is the complete disregard for the no eating or drinking policy at the computers. I am in the library at least 4 or 5 times and there are always multiple levels of dining going. That’s bad enough. But, then to leave food remnants and slimy keyboards behind is disgusting. So, if you don’t have to be using a library computer, SKIP it and bring your own and work in another area.
–2^nd star
While there are quiet areas, some are not always quiet. And overall for a library, it is way louder than it should be.
But, on the positive side, lots of resources, very helpful staff, great librarian and pretty good hours.

This is one of my safe and quiet places on campus. The library. I can never get any studying done at home cause I know I’ll just lay in bed and go to sleep. I love that UH library has 8 floors that you can choose to study from. There’s two wings, the brown wing and the blue wing. The brown wing is the quiet area where you can find yourself a cubicle or a cubicle with a closed door or a «confessional cubicle». Either way, you get your peace and quiet to do all of your studying. In the blue wing is where you can sit at the tables to study with a group of friends and are able to talk.
First floor has all the computers and printers for you to use. Second and third floor are the other common areas for study groups and a low to medium volume level of talking.
You can use your cougar card to borrow laptops, headphones, and of course books such as your textbooks for class.
This place is pretty much my safe haven for studying.