Study Center
Kresge provides a large room that serves as a haven for students who need absolute silence to study. This peaceful setting is filled with study tables and comfortable chairs. The study center is a quiet place for students to get away from busy households and is open from 8 a.m. until midnight everyday.

The University Library offer students a wide variety of reference materials and are quiet places for study, discussion and learning.

Other Study Spots
Lower Street Lawn, the Kresge Meadow, and the Kresge Piazetta provide students with a relaxed place to socialize, read, or just enjoy the sun.

The Owl's Nest Café, is a common meeting place for professors, TA's and students to enjoy a homemade dish while discussing a paper, studying or taking a break between classes.

Dickens Project and Nisbet Archive Libraries
Among its most treasured institutional resources, the Dickens Project is proud to possess the working library of Ada B. Nisbet, Professor Emeriti of English at UCLA. An internationally recognized Dickens scholar and specialist in Victorian literature, Professor Nisbet donated her personal library to the Dickens Project and to the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1990. Each year the Dickens Project hosts the Dickens Universe, a week for students, teachers and the public to study in depth the work of Charles Dickens. Visit the Dickens Project Official Site