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[[Image:Homer D Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT.jpg|right|600px|Homer D Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT.jpg]]'''UConn Libraries Homer Babbidge Library'''<br>369 Fairfield Way<br>Storrs, CT 06269<br>Telephone: 860-486-2518<br>E-mail: [http://lib.uconn.edu/services/research/ask/ Ask a library] form<br>Internet: [http://lib.uconn.edu/ UConn Libraries]<br><br>  
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=== Contact Information  ===
 
'''Email:'''<br> 
:[http://lib.uconn.edu/services/research/ask/ Ask a library] <br>
 
'''Address:'''<br>
 
:369 Fairfield Way<br>
:Storrs, CT 06269<br>
 
'''Telephone:'''<br>
 
:860-486-2518<br>
 
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
 
:[http://www.lib.uconn.edu/ University of Connecticut Libraries]
:[http://lib.uconn.edu/ UConn Libraries]
 
'''UConn Libraries Homer Babbidge Library'''<br><br><br>  


:They have an outstanding Connecticut genealogy collection.<ref name="DB25">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
:They have an outstanding Connecticut genealogy collection.<ref name="DB25">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
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*One of the 13 libraries on the campus of the University of Connecticut. The Learning Commons, featured on Level 1, offers two large information retrieval cafes; a 40-workstation computer lab; two electronic instruction classrooms; digitizing and scanning services; a writing center; a math tutoring center; research assistance; a language tutoring and cultural center; a center for computer technology training and media editing; and personal computer help services. The Babbidge Library also houses a Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC), which is the largest public map collection in New England and a nationally acclaimed resource for geospatial data. MAGIC, in collaboration with several other campus departments, operates the Connecticut State Data Center, the state's official liaison to the U.S. Census Bureau, which provides a single portal for all socioeconomic data for the state and its municipalities. Also included are an Art &amp; Design Library and reading room; the Roper Center Public Opinion Archives; comprehensive collections of current and retrospective Federal and Connecticut documents; extensive video and audio collections; and two video theaters.<ref>[http://www.lib.uconn.edu/about/overview.html Overview of Libraries]</ref>
*One of the 13 libraries on the campus of the University of Connecticut. The Learning Commons, featured on Level 1, offers two large information retrieval cafes; a 40-workstation computer lab; two electronic instruction classrooms; digitizing and scanning services; a writing center; a math tutoring center; research assistance; a language tutoring and cultural center; a center for computer technology training and media editing; and personal computer help services. The Babbidge Library also houses a Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC), which is the largest public map collection in New England and a nationally acclaimed resource for geospatial data. MAGIC, in collaboration with several other campus departments, operates the Connecticut State Data Center, the state's official liaison to the U.S. Census Bureau, which provides a single portal for all socioeconomic data for the state and its municipalities. Also included are an Art &amp; Design Library and reading room; the Roper Center Public Opinion Archives; comprehensive collections of current and retrospective Federal and Connecticut documents; extensive video and audio collections; and two video theaters.<ref>[http://www.lib.uconn.edu/about/overview.html Overview of Libraries]</ref>
=== Historical Background  ===
=== Links  ===
*[http://www.lib.uconn.edu/ University of Connecticut Libraries]


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UConn Libraries Homer Babbidge Library
Homer D Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT.jpg

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

Email:

Ask a library

Address:

369 Fairfield Way
Storrs, CT 06269

Telephone:

860-486-2518

Internet sites and databases:

University of Connecticut Libraries
UConn Libraries

UConn Libraries Homer Babbidge Library


They have an outstanding Connecticut genealogy collection.[1]

Mission[edit | edit source]

  • One of the 13 libraries on the campus of the University of Connecticut. The Learning Commons, featured on Level 1, offers two large information retrieval cafes; a 40-workstation computer lab; two electronic instruction classrooms; digitizing and scanning services; a writing center; a math tutoring center; research assistance; a language tutoring and cultural center; a center for computer technology training and media editing; and personal computer help services. The Babbidge Library also houses a Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC), which is the largest public map collection in New England and a nationally acclaimed resource for geospatial data. MAGIC, in collaboration with several other campus departments, operates the Connecticut State Data Center, the state's official liaison to the U.S. Census Bureau, which provides a single portal for all socioeconomic data for the state and its municipalities. Also included are an Art & Design Library and reading room; the Roper Center Public Opinion Archives; comprehensive collections of current and retrospective Federal and Connecticut documents; extensive video and audio collections; and two video theaters.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25. WorldCat 39493985; FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.
  2. ↑ Overview of Libraries

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