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#25. Find a quiet place on campus that is a good place to study if your home or dorm is too loud. Why is this a good place to study? Do many people know about it? How do we find it? Give directions and a photo reference.

Studying may be hard at times, so I walk to the Hilton C. Buley Library on campus.  It is located near Connecticut Hall Dining Hall and the Wintergreen building.  I enjoy going to the library because it is a quiet place to study.  Sitting in the library will not distract me from my friends, computer, television and music.  I set “library time” in my schedule and go right after my last class so that I can get my homework done right away.

Studying in the library helps me focus more and is also easier for group projects as well.  A useful and helpful tip I learned is to not sit right in the main area of the first floor of the library where other students are studying or where other students may see me and distract me from getting any work done.  To get more homework done, I try to go to the library’s “quiet floor” because it ensures me I will get my work done and not be distracted while in the library.

The Hilton C. Buley Library has their own website (Link: http://library.southernct.edu) which helps students search for books, articles, journals by title, DVDS and also eBooks.

“Hilton Buley Library originally opened in 1970 toward the end of Hilton Buley’s (pictured below) 17-year reign as president of Southern. He served in that capacity from 1954 to 1971.”  (Link: http://www.southernct.edu/about/construction/groundbreaking.html)

Southern Connecticut State University launched the reconstruction project on July 17, 2013 and the library will be under construction until 2015.  Here is a map of the library (Link: http://library.southernct.edu/maps.pdf) "It is going to be a beautiful building that will be the academic hub of the campus,” said Christina Baum, director of library services at Buley. “I really think it will be a more inviting and approachable facility for our students.”  (Link: http://www.southernct.edu/about/construction/groundbreaking.html)

After the renovation is completed, more students will want to study there.  “One of the important improvements to the facility will be the additional group study space that is currently in high demand by our students,” Baum added.  (Link: http://www.southernct.edu/about/construction/groundbreaking.html)