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The Swain Hall Library is a tranquil place for students and faculty from many disciplines to think and make connections.  Books collected here are on topics such as the quantum world, space, time, dimension, motion, pattern, complexity, cognition, logic, mathematics, analysis, probability, statistics, computing, infinity, dark matter, symmetry, supersymmety, energy, branes, the universe, to name a few.  Come learn what is known in the physical sciences and math, and join others pursuing what is unknown. 

The Mission of the Swain Hall Library is to serve the research, teaching, and learning needs of Indiana University faculty and students primarily in physics, astronomy, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and the School of Informatics, but service is not limited to these departments or these majors.  This is carried out by collecting and presenting primary resources (print and electronic) in these physical sciences and mathematics, and in new fields stemming from these foundations.  In addition, the mission of the Swain Hall Library is to offer an environment conducive to research and independent study, and to maintain a current, wide assortment of resources in statistical sciences, computer programming, quantitative analysis, and documentation supporting the current public workstation build offered on the Indiana University campus.