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===Libraries=== [[File:University of Notre Dame Law Library.JPG|thumb|right|alt=See caption |The interior of the Kresge Law Library at the [[Notre Dame Law School]]]] The university's library system is divided between the main library, the 14-story Theodore M. Hesburgh Library, and each of the colleges and schools. The Hesburgh Library, completed in 1963, is the third building to house the main collection.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.nd.edu/about/history/ |title=Theodore M. Hesburgh Library |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007}}</ref> The ''[[Word of Life (mural)|Word of Life]]'' [[mural]] by [[Millard Sheets]], popularly known as "Touchdown Jesus" because of its proximity to Notre Dame Stadium and Jesus' arms appearing to make the signal for a [[touchdown]], adorns the front of the library.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://library.nd.edu/about/history/mosaic.shtml |title=Word of Life Mural |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Brennan, Kevin |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/09/05/roadtrip.notredame/1.html |title=Road Trip β Notre Dame |publisher=Sports Illustrated on Campus |date=September 27, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124064930/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/09/05/roadtrip.notredame/1.html |archive-date=January 24, 2008}}</ref> [[File:Clarke Memorial Fountain.jpg|thumb|right|alt=See caption |The [[Clarke Memorial Fountain]], a war memorial dedicated in 1986, known colloquially as "Stonehenge"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Quinlon |first=Ryne |date=September 17, 2015 |title=On Stonehenge and student behavior |work=[[The Observer (Notre Dame)]] |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2015/09/stonehenge-student-behavior/ }}</ref>]] The library system also includes branch libraries for Architecture, Chemistry and Physics, Engineering, Law, Music, and [[O'Meara Mathematics Library|Mathematics]] and information centers in the Mendoza College of Business, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and a slide library in O'Shaughnessy Hall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.library.nd.edu/services/ |title=Library Services |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514210111/http://www.library.nd.edu/services/ |archive-date=May 14, 2008}}</ref> A theology library, opened in the fall of 2015 on the first floor of Stanford Hall, is the first branch of the library system to be housed in a dorm room. With over three million volumes, the library system was the single largest university library in the world at the time of completion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tour.nd.edu/locations/hesburgh-library/ |title=Hesburgh Library |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref> It remains one of the hundred largest libraries in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/library/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.cfm |title=The Nation's Largest Libraries |publisher=[[American Library Association]] |date=May 2009 |access-date=September 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413193236/http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/library/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.cfm |archive-date=April 13, 2009}}</ref>
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