The ground floor of the library contains periodicals, indexes and abstracts, current journals, magazines, newspapers, juvenile fiction and non-fiction, curriculum materials, an art gallery, microforms, makerspace, special collections, a media room, reading areas, and technical services. Key areas include the periodicals stacks and reading room, juvenile non-fiction, art gallery and special collections, and a microforms room. The ground floor is also connected to the math emporium, duplicating services, and restrooms.

1. Ground Floor
​The easiest way to get to the ground floor is to take the staircase in the connector. Or you may take the elevator in the first
floor Reference area. The Ground Floor has bound periodicals, current journals, magazines, and newspapers, Indexes and
Abstracts, Juvenile Fiction and Non-fiction, Curriculum Collection, Art Gallery, Microforms, Makerspace, Special
Collections, Media Room, a reading area, and Technical Services. The corridor off the Special Collections reading area leads
to the Math Emporium and Duplicating Services.
Stairs to ground floor

2. A view of the Periodicals stacks and reading room when you get off the stack elevators – straight ahead on the short
stacks is the juvenile non-fiction books. Current periodicals are in white boxes in the center of the Periodicals reading
room and are shelved after the Bound Periodicals and Indexes/Abstracts. Juvenile Non-fiction continues on the right
followed by Juvenile fiction, Juvenile oversize books, and the Curriculum Collection.
Juvenile Non-fiction
Bound Periodicals
Indexes/Abstracts
Current Periodicals
Art Gallery, Special Collections and Reading Area, TV
Viewing Area, Microforms, Makerspace, Math
Emporium, Duplicating Services

3. Juvenile Non-fiction books are shelved on low stacks directly
in front of the elevators leading to the Periodicals stack area.

4. Periodicals are arranged in the stacks in alphabetical order by the title of the periodical with the A’s at the far end. The
Indexes and Abstracts are shelved after the periodicals.

5. Current periodicals are shelved after the Indexes/Abstracts in white plastic boxes in the center of the Periodicals
Reading Room. Our daily newspapers are on the newspaper rack. A scanner is conveniently located on the desk in the
reading room. Anyone wishing to take a study break may work on the puzzle table!
Scanner
Newspaper
Rack
Current Periodicals
Puzzle table
Juvenile non-fiction
Contd.

6. A closer look at the current periodical shelves and the newspaper rack that are shelved in the center of
the Periodicals Reading area.

7. The Juvenile Fiction collection, oversize juvenile books, and the Curriculum Collection are shelved at the end of the
juvenile non-fiction books that are continued in the shelves in the center of the room near the puzzle table.

8. A snapshot of Technical Services from the Periodicals Reading Room.
Passage
Technical Services –
door in passageway

9. View of the Periodicals Reading Room on your left when you get off the ground floor staircase. Directly
across from the stairs is the Art Gallery.
Periodicals Reading Room

10. Make a right at the foot of the stairs leading to the ground floor to get to Special Collections. Special
Collections includes materials on Connecticut history especially New Haven county, university
publications, faculty and alumni collections, select administrative documents, Faculty Senate Archives,
as well as ephemeral materials, a book history collection, and materials dealing with children’s
literature and nineteenth century education.

11. The Special Collections Reading area is located just outside the Special Collections office. Adjacent to it is the Media
Room with 4 large viewing stations and the Makerspace area. The door at the back leads to Microforms.
Special Collections Reading Area
Viewing
Stations
Makerspace

12. Makerspace Area
Microforms
Room

13. File cabinets containing microfilm and microfiche, and a microfilm/fiche machine are in the Microforms Room.
If you need help using the machines, the staff at Technical Services can provide assistance.

14. The Special Collections Reading area leads to a corridor. On the left of the corridor are the Math
Emporium and Duplicating Services. Restrooms and a water fountain are also located here.
This concludes our tour of the ground floor. Click on the Fourth Floor tab above to continue with the
tour.
Math Emporium
Duplicating
Restrooms