Stressbusters! Digital Care Package

UCLA Library wants to remind you that we're here to support your research AND your de-stressing!

Join us for live de-stress events!

Commuter Fuel for Finals

  • Description: Commuter Support & Programs, Transfer Student Center, & USAC Office of the President present drop-in pastries, coffee, tea & cocoa to help UCLA commuting students fuel up for finals. Drop in to get snacks or stay & study for a while.
  • Location: Kerckhoff 128
  • Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  • Day: Wed 12/6

Guided Meditation

  • Take a few moments in your day to enjoy much-needed relaxation and calm. Meditation is scheduled on the first Wednesday of every month at noon PT. When registering, please enter "Bay Area Bruins” under company.
  • Location: RSVP
  • Time: 12:00 p.m.
  • Day: Wednesday, 12/6

Holly Jolly Play Days

  • In-person and online healthy holiday events for UCLA Staff and Faculty: Self-Guided Puzzle Walk, Healthier Holiday Baking Contest & Bruin Bake-Off, Fitwell TALKS, Pickleball tournament, 12 Staircases of December and more! Participate in at least one week to earn a FREE t-shirt and raffle prizes (while supplies last)! BONUS interactive "Coast to Coast" app-based challenge starts on 12/11
  • RSVP
  • Day: Monday, 11/20 - Tue 12/12

Sweet Wrap to the Quarter with CAE

  • CAE is celebrating the end of the quarter by delivering something sweet to wrap up the quarter! Come drop by our office in Murphy Hall A255 on Tuesday, December 12th between 10am and 3pm to grab a sweet treat, an exclusive "Disabled and Proud Bruin" shirt, and take a needed break from finals to celebrate the end of the fall term with CAE!
  • Location: Murphy Hall A255
  • Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  • Day: Tuesday, 12/12

Run Lola Run

  • The Billy Wilder Theater will be hosting a movie night featuring "Run Lola Run", a 1998 German thriller film. Admission is free. No advance reservations. The box office opens one hour before the event.
  • Location: Billy Wilder Theater
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Day: Friday, 12/15

Chair Massage

Feeling tense or fatigued? A few minutes of a chair massage focused on the back, neck, and shoulders can improve circulation, reduce stress and tension, and rejuvenate your spirit. Drop in for an ergonomic chair massage and let UCLA Library and UCLA Recreation help relieve your end-of-year stress!

Location: Biomedical Library 12-077 CHS, Research Commons

  • Tuesday, 12/5, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Location: Rosenfeld/Management Library E211 Foyer 1 and Foyer 2

  • Thursday, 12/7 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location: Charles E. Young Research Library

  • Friday, 12/8, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • Monday, 12/11, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

PAC Therapy Dogs

De-stress by petting some furry friends! Hosted by PAC (UCLA People-Animal Connection)!

Location: Charles E. Young Research Library

  • Day: Thursday, 12/7 and Tuesday, 12/12
  • 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Participants must sign before participating in the event.

Game Day Pop-Up

  • Need a break from finals? Join us for a UCLA Library Games Pop-Up: Stressbusters Edition! Drop by Powell 330 to play and browse video games and boardgames.
  • Location: Powell Library, Room 330
  • Wednesday, 12/6
  • 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Coffee/Tea Schedule

  • Location: Biomedical Library
  • Thursday, 12/7, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  • Location: Powell Library
  • Monday, 12/11, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  • Location: Charles E. Young Research Library
  • Tuesday, 12/12, 3:00 p.m. - closing

Snacks

  • Location: Science and Engineering Library (Boelter)
  • Wednesday, 12/13, starting at 8:00 a.m.
  • Location: Geology Library
  • Monday, 12/4, starting at 8:00 a.m.
  • Location: Music Library
  • Friday, 12/8, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Origami Paper

  • Location: At the Arts Library, Biomedical Library, Science and Engineering Library/Boelter and Geology, Music Library and Powell Library
  • Ongoing: Week 10 and Finals Week

Stress Balls

  • Location: At the Arts Library, Science and Engineering Library/Boelter, Music Library and Management Library
  • Ongoing: Week 10 and Finals Week

Bruin Bear Stickers

  • Location: Powell Library
  • Ongoing: Week 10 and Finals Week (while supplies last)

Pet rock-making kits

  • Location: Science and Engineering Library/Geology
  • Ongoing: Week 10 and Finals Week

Puzzles

  • Location: Biomedical Library and Powell Library
  • Ongoing: Week and Finals Week

Coloring Pages

  • Location: Arts Library, Biomedical Library, Science and Engineering Library/Boelter, Music Library and Powell Library
  • Ongoing: Week 10 and Finals Week

If you can't make these live events, we've compiled some resources for you to relax with on your own time!

To enjoy all of these resources please connect to the UCLA Virtual Private Network.

As a UCLA student, you can watch these movies right now for free!

Check out the full list of video databases available through UCLA Library

Fall Films!

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021): Marcel, a one inch-tall shell, lives with his grandmother Connie, the only residents of their town after their neighbors' sudden, mysterious disappearance. When a brush with fame gives him a chance at reuniting with his long-lost friends and family, Marcel's big adventure begins in this bighearted and bittersweet, delightful and moving story of finding home.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022): When an interdimensional rupture threatens to unravel reality, the fate of the world is suddenly in the hands of a most unlikely hero: Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), a flustered immigrant mother. As bizarre and bewildering dangers emerge from the many possible worlds, she must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight her way through the splintering timelines to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure through the multiverse.
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953): Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
A Cat in Paris (2010): Dino is a cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little girl whose mother is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night Dino sneaks out the window to work with Nico – a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion as he evades captors and slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline.
Christmas Trade (2015): Just days before Christmas, an LA real-estate lawyer and his eleven-year-old son magically swap bodies. As they walk in each other’s shoes, the father and son rediscover what it means to be family.
Browse Kanopy

Maybe you prefer to dance the stress out?

The UCLA Music Library has created playlists...

to help you dance, energize, reflect, relax, and exercise during finals! We've also created a playlist for children (and everyone else)

Take me to the tunes!

Or maybe you're looking for some Relaxing Meadow ASMR?

Or stress relief resources from the Herb Alpert School of Music?

Are you down to the wire on an assignment and looking for support?

Here are some of our favorite Writing Instruction + Research Education resources for finals season!

Browse all WI+RE Resources

UCLA staff and faculty believe in you and they left you some words of encouragement and advice.

Read them all here!
Screenshot of the digital notepad with positive affirmations

Color me!

Illustration of a student's bedroom intercut with Powell Library Main Reading Room in the light of the laptop screen by Brett Affrunti.

Color Me!

Arts Library Vintage Childhood 1970's Wonder Woman Coloring Book Pages

Download Wonder Woman Pages

Biomedical Library Special Collections Coloring Pages

Maywill Dudley illustrated several books of fairy tales for Whitman Publishing (Racine, Wisconsin) in the 1930s, as well as two activity books: Let's Read and Paint (1934) and The Toy Shop: a Cut-out Book (1935).

Milton Bradley Company (Springfield, Massachusetts), the longtime publisher of board games and activity books, used a dozen of her illustrations in Health Posters to Color and Study.

Download Health Pages
Image of two health posters. The one on the left is the cover of the coloring book featuring a cartoon girl brushing a cartoon boy's hair with the words "Health Posters to color and Study, Maxwell Dudley". The poster on the right features two girls, one with a tissue and says "Cover Your Mouth If You Cough - Sneeze"

More Health Conscious Coloring Books

Feeling artistically invigorated? Submit your own original library inspired art to the Powell Portfolio in order to be featured on UCLA Library social media

Library staff want to share their cute pets with you!

Pets of Powell

A calico, a great tabby, and a white persian cat cuddled up on a blanket
A calico, a great tabby, and a white persian cat each on different levels of a cat tree
Cat in a wing costume!
Fluffy cat laying on its back with paws up
A dog enjoying a picnic!
Guinea pigs in tiny pumpkin costumes
Cat stare!
Cat comic: "Dude, why did you wake me up?" "I'm not the one that has to do work"
Puppies behind a pumpkin patch stand
Cat inside a bat cave bed

Live Cams!

click on the links below to watch live cams~

Koala Cam
Penguin Cam
Kitten Rescue
Jelly Fish Cam
Giant Panda Cam

Escape from Powell Library!

Find your way out of this virtual escape room!

It's the night before the beginning of Finals Week in Powell Library. Even though you're on your third cup of Stressbusters coffee, you can't stop yawning. You're about to break out the Yerba Mate and maybe take a scooter back to the Hill, but your eyelids keep getting heavier and heavier. You figure a nap can't hurt, so you curl up in the nearest chair...

When you wake up, you're alone and the library is dark. Apparently, even the echo of the midnight yell couldn't wake you. Your cell phone and laptop are both dead, and no one is present at the CLICC desk to loan you a charger. You try the doors, but they're locked! The only light in the entire library is the blue glow from the screen of the computer behind the checkout desk...

Make your escape from Powell Library!

Get lost (and then find yourself) in a good book!

Poetry Therapy: Theory and Practice by Nicholas Mazza

Dr. Mazza discusses poetry therapy applications and techniques, carefully illustrating the use of poems, expressive writing, and symbolic activities for healing, education, and community service.
Read Poetry Therapy

Very Funny Ladies the New Yorkers' Women Cartoonistsby Liza Donneli

It’s no secret that most New Yorker readers flip through the magazine to look at the cartoons before they ever lay eyes on a word of the text. But what isn’t generally known is that over the decades a growing cadre of women artists have contributed to the witty, memorable cartoons that readers look forward to each week.
Read Very Funny Ladies

Cinema is a Cat by Daisuke Miao

Watching movies every night at home with his cats, film scholar and cat lover Daisuke Miyao noticed how frequently cats turned up on screen. In Cinema Is a Cat, Miyao uses the fascinating relationship between cats and cinema to offer a uniquely appealing introduction to film studies.
Read Cinema is a Cat

Modern Asian Baking at Home by Kat Lieu

Explore new ingredients, surprising techniques, and interesting textures through lush photography and rewarding recipes that include exciting yet familiar contemporary bakes. The results are unforgettable delights like miso-mochi brownies and spicy gochujang flourless chocolate cake.
Read Modern Asian Baking

Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse Engineer the Mind by Matthew Hurley 

Why does humor exist in the first place? Why do we spend so much of our time passing on amusing anecdotes, making wisecracks, watching The Simpsons? This book offers an evolutionary and cognitive perspective. Humor, they propose, evolved out of a computational problem that arose when our long-ago ancestors were furnished with open-ended thinking.
Read Inside Jokes

Einstein Atomized Science Cartoons by Sidney Harris

Sidney Harris, acclaimed Dean of Scientific Humor, presents his most recent collection of cartoons. No scientific or technical topic is safe from the scope of his humor. 
Read How to Tell a Joke

The Original Bambi: The Story of Life in the Forest by Felix Salten

A new, beautifully illustrated translation of Felix Salten's celebrated novel Bambi -the original source of the beloved story Most of us think we know the story of Bambi - but do we? The Original Bambi is an all-new, illustrated translation of a literary classic that presents the story as it was meant to be told. F
Read Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations

My Kingdom for a Guitar by Kidi Bebey

Based on the remarkable life of Cameroonian-born writer and musician Francis Bebey, one of the best-known singer-songwriters of Africa, whose groundbreaking style merged Cameroonian makossa with classical guitar, jazz, and pop.
Read My Kingdom for a Guitar

How about a game night?

Try out some of our favorite free online games! (Including a game created by our very own librarians!)

Open Axis: The UCLA Library Video Game
ROOOM
Six Sided Streets
Escape Game: Housecleaning
Tricky Keys
Closed Circuit
Tanuki Sunset

Looking for something puzzling? (Besides your homework)

Puzzle Corner

We've brought you virtual puzzles of some of our favorite spots and favorite feline!

Fall Stressbusters
Sculpture Garden
Aerial View
Young Research Library

Or some cool art resources to spark your creativity?

Art Resources Recommended by UCLA Arts Library

Art21

Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time. A nonprofit organization, Art21’s mission is to inspire a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists.

Visit Art 21

Turn your brain off with these videos!

Did you know you have access to a FREE meditation app?

Download the free UCLA Mindful App!

Practice mindfulness meditation anywhere with the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center! Manage stress, reduce anxiety, and cultivate positivity and well being! You can also check out the RISE Holistic Healing Library to access resources without having to download an app.

UCLA Mindful App

Find the perfect study spots around Westwood to boost your focus during your study sessions!

Hammer Museum Courtyard:

  • Enjoy a relaxing outside environment at the Hammer Museum. Check out the beautiful architecture and green atmosphere while also boosting your studies.
  • 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Espresso Profeta

  • Walk over to one of Westwood's coffee study spots to enjoy a calm and serene environment to help you concentrate for finals! Work hard while also enjoying great coffee and treats.
  • 1129 Glendon Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Alfred Coffee

  • Focus on your studies while also enjoying a great selection of coffee and teas. The coffee shops offer great indoor seating and great food and coffee selections.
  • 1154 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Ministry of Coffee

  • For all coffee lovers, treat yourself by studying in a great coffee spot with great food and good vibes. This study spot offers indoor and outside seating and amazing energy to help you work even harder.
  • 1010 Glendon Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Elysee Bakery & Cafe

  • Boost your studies by enjoying one of Westwood's famous coffee shops with a great outside area and a huge selection of cakes and pastries. Great place to give yourself a little treat for working hard
  • 1099 Gayley Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Ok, Bruins! You've GOT THIS! Go forth, knock out those finals, and do some SERIOUS de-stressing!