This is a quick guide to help you find social, individual and small group, and quiet spaces at the Saskatoon and Regina campuses.
View USask Library hours and locations, book available study spaces, download mobile apps and access library resources.
The university is closed on statutory holidays. Ear plugs are available at reception desks at all USask libraries.
Saskatoon Study Space
GB06 and E1130: Areas are accessible when classes are scheduled and are being used for the session.
GB03 and GB10: Mondays-Fridays, 5:30-11pm.
Note: GB03 will note be available on the following dates:
Mondays - Sept 8, 15, 22, 29. Oct 6, 20, 27. Nov 3, 17, 24. Dec 1 2025. Feb 9, 2026.
Tuesdays - Feb 10, 2026.
Wednesdays - Sept 10, 17, 24. Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. Nov 5, 12, 19, 26 2025. Jan 7, 14, 21,28. Feb 4, 11, 25. Mar 4, 11, 18, 25. Apr 1, 2026.
Other Health Sciences Building spaces:
Building hours: Monday to Friday 6 am–11 pm, Saturday and Sunday 8 am–11:30 pm
- B,D, and E-wings: multiple meeting rooms available into the early evening during the week:
- 2B22
- 3B24
- 4B29
- 5B24
- 2B42
- 3B44
- 4B39
- 5B30
- 3D15
- 4B407
- 5B44
- 3D07
- 4B408
- 6B25
- 3D05
- 4B406
- 4B433
- B and E-wings: multiple open areas available for studying or quiet socializing.
- D-wing atriums and E-wing atrium: seating areas available for studying or quiet socializing during building operating hours.
- C-wing: lounge and study room; club room and storage.
Summer Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
September - April: Monday to Friday 9am-9pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am-6pm
- There are 23 bookable study spaces with a capacity of 6-8 students.
- All study rooms have screens and are PC and Mac compatible with adaptors available at the check-out desk.
- There are many individual study spaces; there is also casual seating.
- Students can reserve study rooms 1410-1426 and 2410-2416 in two-hour blocks up to 2 weeks in advance. Rooms 2420-2435 can be reserved up to 2 days in advance.
Summer hours - open until 6pm every day of the week.
September - April: Monday to Friday 8am-9pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am-6pm
Social space: Ground and first floor
Individual and small group: Floors 2 to 6 south wing have tables, chairs, couches, and armchairs. Floors 3 to 6 south wing have cubicles for individual study.
Quiet: North wing of the entire library.
- There are 9 rooms for group study as well as cubicles / spaces for individual study over all seven floors.
- The Ground Floor operates late night study for USask students (student card required) from September to April
- There is a Low-Sensory Study Room with adjustable lighting, a variety of seating options, and sound-dampening features.
Hours: September - April: 9am-5pm; Check website to see when Late-Night Study is offered.
Quiet: Space available on all five floors
- One bookable study room
- Cubicles and tables for individual study
- Tables for individual study.
- Quiet study space is available 24/7 at SHA Clinical Library branches at:
- Saskatoon City Hospital (Rm 1923)
- St. Paul's Hospital (Rm B0.6.07)
- Note: access is obtained through the use of your prox card
- The SCH branch also includes:
- bookable room. Book a room.
- Computers are available.
- Printing is free.
Access to the SHA's print book collection and electronic resources are available on their website. Registration is required for access.
- 24-hour Patient and Family Resource Centre (main floor) available to students as a study space
- RUH55-5538 Clerk Study/Social Lounge
- RUH55-5527 Clerk Locker Room
- RUH55-2802 On Call Lounge, residents, Clerks or
- RUH55-2814 OPEN call room
- ON CALL ROOMS:
- RUH55-2803 Physician
- RUH55-4642 OBS Resident
- RUH55-4706 OBS Physician
- RUH55-G239.3 Clerk/Anaesthesia Resident
- LIBRARY:
- RUH-G525 Resident Library – residents or Clerks
- RUH55-2642 Department Education Room
- RUH55-2688 Resident Teaching Room with study cubicles & lockers
- RUH78-1543 Clerk/Resident Library & Study Room
- RUH78-1535 Locker room & clerk/resident reading room
- RUH78-1591 Resident CT reading room
- RUH78-M1511 Resident MR reading room
- RUH78-1523.3 Resident U/S reading room
- RUH55-2839 Resident Workroom
- RUH55-2839.1 Resident Workroom
- RUH55-2839.2 Resident Workroom
- RUH55-2849 Resident Teaching Room
- RUH78-3214 Resident Handover Room & Study
- CHIEF RESIDENT OFFICE Pediatrics RUH55-3511
- RUH55-3515 Resident Study & Lockers
- RUH55-3517 Resident Lounge
- RUH 1 – Anderson Room – Clerkship Seminars
- ON CALL ROOMS:
- JPCH 2304.2 – Clerk Call Room
- RUH 2723.1 – Anderson room – Clerkship Seminars
- JPCH 2395 - Bootcamp
- RUH78-6419 Clerks/Resident Study/Locker Room
- RUH55-5554 Dermatology Peter Lane Library /Study Room
- RUH55-3536 Resident & Library – 2 computers
- RUH55-3537 Resident Locker Room
- RUH55-3516 General Internal Medicine Residents Office
- RUH55-3689 Cardiology Lopez Resident Library/Meeting Room
- CHIEF RESIDENT OFFICE Medicine X 2 RUH55-3668
- RUH55-3643 Rheumatology Residents Office
- RUH55-3632 Rheumatology Conference Resident Teaching Room
- RUH55-2661 Cardio Fellows Study Room
- RUH55-1668 Neurology Residents Library
- RUH55-1653 Neurology Resident Locker Room
- RUH55-1653.1 Neurology Resident Lounge
- CHIEF RESIDENT OFFICE – Neurology RUH55-1
- RUHEH-538 Respiratory Lung Assoc Library/Resident Study Room
- RUHEH-560 Respiratory Resident Office
- ON CALL ROOMS:
- RUH55-2808 Internal Medicine CTU SR Resident
- RUH55-2809 Internal Medicine RED JR Clerk
- RUH55-2816 Internal Medicine CTU JR Resident
- RUH55-2818 Internal Medicine Neurology Resident/Clerk
- RUH55-2820 Internal Medicine Blue JR Resident
- 1st year Resident’s share lounge space RUHEH-3
- 2nd & 3rd Year Residents assigned office space some individual some shared office space
- 4th & 5th year Residents assigned individual office space as they see patients regularly
- Clerk Room- Ellis Hall Rm 188- lounge space with lockers provided
- ON CALL ROOMS, effective April 1st, 2014:
- RUHHB-H140 Resident call room
- RUHHB-H149 Clerk call room
- RUH55-5521/5525 Orthopedics Clerk/Resident Library & Teaching rooms
- RUH55-2652 Resident Library
- RUH55-3566 Neuro Surgical Clerk/Resident Griebel Library
- RUHEH-146 Resident Library & Study Carousals
- ON CALL ROOMS:
- RUH55-2807 Surgery Resident – General
- RUH55-2810 Surgery Resident – Nuero
- RUH55-2813 Surgery Resident – General
- RUH55-2815 Surgery Clerk – General
- RUH55-2817 Ortho Resident
- RUH55-G239.1 ICU Resident
- RUH55-G239.2 CCU Resident
- RUH55-4647 Resident Study Library
- CHIEF RESIDENT OFFICE – RUH55-4527
- ON CALL ROOMS:
- RUH55-2811 Clerk
- RUH55-4640 FM Resident
- RUH55-4643 FM Consultant
- RUH55-4645 Resident
- RUH55-4647 Resident
- RUH55-4648 Resident
- RUH55-4709 Physician
- RUH55-4720 Physician
RUH Mall Seating Areas and Staff Cafeteria – 24 hour access
Meeting rooms at RUH in the 78 building if unoccupied are used as study rooms by U of S students or they can be booked for weekends or after 5 pm Monday to Friday by emailing CONFAVBOOKING@saskatoonhealthregion.ca or calling 306.655.2611.
- RUH78-5417 and RUH55-2E
- JPCH 2304.2 – Clerk Call Room
- JPCH 2395 – Bootcamp
- JPCH 3024- Resident and Clerk Locker Room
- ON CALL ROOMS:
- JPCH 4312.2 Clerk
- Clerk Accessible Rooms
- SCH-1435- Physician Lounge
- SCH-1436- Staff Washroom
- SCH-1444- Physician Lounge
- SCH-1464- EM Staff Kitchen
- SCH-1575- Scrub Room
- SCH-6137 and 6138- Shared Resident and Clerk
- ON CALL ROOM:
- SPHB 2.09 Surgery Clerk
- SPHA-2.8.03 Medical Education Resident Classroom
- SPHA-2.4.92 Clerk Lounge/Locker Room
- SPHB-8.31 Resident Lounge
- ON CALL ROOMS:
- SPHA-2.4.46 Critical Care ICU Resident
- SPHA-2.4.48 Critical Care ICU Resident
- 2.02 Surgery Clerk
- SPHA-2.9.11 Same Day Surgery Resident
- SPHB-7.31 General Resident
- ON CALL ROOM:
- SPHA 2.3.50
- SPHC-4.20 Nephrology Residents
- SPHB-2.10 Study, teaching room & lockers- shared
- CHIEF RESIDENT OFFICE SPHB-2.01- shared
Regina Study Space
- 24-hour open study space and student lounge
- Bookable break-out and clinical exam rooms
- View the daily booking schedule
- Quiet study space is available 24/7 at SHA Clinical Library branches at:
- Regina General Hospital (0B)
- Pasqua Hospital (3A)
- Wascana Rehabilitation Centre (2-402)
- Note: all require security ID badges.
- The Regina General Hospital Branch includes:
- 4 networked public computers connected to a large printer/photocopier/scanner
- One bookable study room. Book a room.
- Several docking stations available throughout the study space so students can charge their phones or hook up their laptops in order to work with a second monitor.
- Cubicles for individual study
- Printing is free.
- Textbooks from the College of Medicine curriculum available to borrow from the CoM Collection at the RGH branch.
Access to the SHA's print book collection and electronic resources are available on their website. Registration is required for access.
Resources
- AcccessMedicine
- AccessAnesthesiology
- AccessEmergency Medicine
- AccessPediatrics
- AccessSurgery
- Clinical Key
Visit https://library.usask.ca/ddls/index.php to register for this service.
Fill in an interlibrary loan request to access an article not available through USask. You will receive an emailed link that allows you to download the article. Print books can also be requested through this service, but will take a bit longer since a physical copy will need to be mailed to the USask Library or mailed to you if you are located outside Saskatoon.
Resources include:
- BMJ Best Practice
- Micromedex
- PEPID
- Essential Evidence Plus
- Toronto SickKids Formulary in Lexidrug
- DermExpert in VisualDx
Registration is required for access.
For inquiries or to meet with an SHA librarian in Regina, phone 306-766-4142 or email library@saskhealthauthority.ca.
For inquiries or to meet with an SHA librarian in Saskatoon, phone 306-655-8228 or email library@saskhealthauthority.ca.