Art 140: Cults of the Ancient World (Winter 2023): Your library connection

"Porter" houses materials of interest to researchers in the Arts and Social Sciences. It also has wonderful work spaces. Start your tour on any floor and just explore. 

Clickable floor plans

1st floor (basement)

• Special Collections and Archives (SCA)
  • In-person appointments available. For researchers who wish to work at a distance, contact SCA
    • Window exhibit: Welcome (back) to Campus

      
      Tiddlywinks Marathon at Waterloo Square

• Microroom. Find reproductions of books, newspapers, government documents, and more that have been photographically reduced to save space. Staff can help you use the room's machine readers to view and scan this content.
• Comfy seating

2nd floor (main floor)

• Circulation and course reserves desk
  • sign out and return books; arrange for research help here
• Printing, copying, and scanning
• Browsers Café 
• IT service desk
• Adaptive Technology Centre
• Waterloo Reads popular books you can sign out

 
Dana Porter Library's Waterloo Reads: popular books, main floor

3rd floor

• Learning Lab and Computer Lab
• Geospatial Centre
• Print periodicals; government documents
• Vending machines
• Bookable group study rooms
• Sims Reading room

Dana Porter Library's Sims Reading Room, 3rd floor

4th and 5th floors - staff only

6th - 10th floors

• Great views, stop and take a look
• Find a floor that suits the day

Silent study: floors 7 & 8
Quiet study: floors 6 & 9
Group study: floor 10

• Bookable group study rooms
• Browsable bookshelves

Dana Porter Library's, 6th floor bookshelves

Top of the self-guided tour box

Dana Porter Library, University of Waterloo main campus, Fall 2020

Silent study: floors 7 & 8
Quiet study: floors 6 & 9
Group study: floor 10