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Activities to Do

Sports & Recreation

With so many opportunities for individual and team sports participation, plus great spectator sports, you can stretch your body and mind at Iowa. The University of Iowa Sports and Recreation [1] lists up-to-date information for both the participant and the spectator.

Shopping

Check out the family friendly activities [2] for people of all ages in and around Iowa City, and if you have children, the University's Family Services Office [3]has compiled a helpful list of area resources.

Libraries

Area library collections are designed to serve a wide audience, whether you are in pursuit of historical records and rare manuscripts or the latest bestsellers and children's books.

University collections
There are 13 libraries on campus.

University of Iowa Libraries [4]
UI Special Collections [5]

Community collections

Coralville Public Library [6]
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library [7]
Iowa City Public Library [8]
State Historical Society of Iowa Library and Archives [9]

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Links:
[1] http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/undergrad/student-life/sports-rec.htm
[2] http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/undergrad/student-life/family.htm
[3] http://www.uiowa.edu/hr/famserv/
[4] http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/
[5] http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/collections.html
[6] http://www.coralvillepubliclibrary.org/
[7] http://www.hoover.archives.gov/index.html
[8] http://www.icpl.org/
[9] http://www.iowahistory.org/