Access to the Lower Level of the Carothers Library is currently restricted due to cleanup from a small fire over the summer.

No research materials were affected, but cleanup includes remediation on the entire lower level.

Please visit the website linked below for the most up-to-date information regarding the URI Libraries' lower level, including current locations for ITS and the AEC. 

Now return to the central staircase and go down the stairs to the Lower Level. Across from the stairs is the start of the Microform Area. Newspapers, ERIC documents, and the back issues of certain periodicals are available on microfiche or microfilm. Reader/printers are also available. Assistance with microform is available from the Circulation Desk during most hours the Library is open.

Zaidee Everett 2/23/2023

To your left, past the serials stacks, is the Academic Enhancement Center. Here's where you can meet tutors for STEM and Business tutoring.

Zaidee Everett 2/23/2023

The IT Service Desk is to the right as you exit the stairs. The IT Service Desk can assist you with common technology problems, including lost passwords, technical issues, and so on. Most of the rest of the floor contains the Bound Serials, older issues or periodicals which have been bound together in volumes for preservation. They are shelved in call number order.

Zaidee Everett 3/9/2023

Lower Level: To the right of the Help Desk you will find signage leading to LL12. LL12 is scheduled for Library Instruction classes, primarily credit-bearing information literacy courses.

Zaidee Everett 3/28/2023