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Reading Week Raffle!

A collage of a notebook, happy lamp, stickers, 3d erasers, and tea Complete the survey below to enter to win a "happy" lamp (also called a S.A.D. lamp) and a Yale Library tote bag, courtesy of Bass Library.

https://yale.libwizard.com/f/reading-weekSpring2025

Survey opens at 9am on Friday, Apr. 25, 2025 and closes at 5pm on Thursday, May 1, 2025. One winner will be announced at noon on Friday, May 2, 2025.

Playlists

LISTEN! The fall 2024 crowd-sourced playlist made by your peers in Bass Library.

Listen to the spring 2024 crowd-sourced playlist (Spotify).
Listen to a calming study playlist (YouTube) of classical guitar music featuring Yale School of Music's faculty, students, and alumni.

Ask Yale Library

Ask Yale Library offers chat services Sunday from noon to midnight, Monday-Thursday from 8 AM to midnight, Friday from 8 AM to 7 PM, and Saturday from 10 AM - 7 PM.

Ask us anything! If we don't know the answer, we'll connect you with someone who can help.

Give your eyes a break

Coloring page based on "Black Figure Amphora; A: Birth of Athena; B: Frontal Chariot" attributed to Group E, Greek Attic, ca. 540 B.C.

When you take a break from school work try to avoid added screen time (smartphones, Netflix) by reading a chapter in a novel or comic, doodling or using a coloring book, or taking a walk outside.

Take a break and download this coloring page from the Yale University Art Gallery.

Browse Bass Library's graphic novel collection.

Image: Coloring page based on "Black Figure Amphora; A: Birth of Athena; B: Frontal Chariot" attributed to Group E, Greek Attic, ca. 540 B.C.