Bibliographic Services Department

NUcat: the library catalog

Request uncataloged materials

Report a cataloging error

Bibliographic Services staff

Bibliographic Services
Annual Reports
2007/2008
2006/2007

Organization chart

The Bibliographic Services Department creates and maintains a portion of the records in NUcat, the Library's online catalog. We catalog materials in all formats and languages acquired by the Library for most Evanston campus collections (except the United Libraries and monographs in Music and Transportation) plus the Schaffner Library on the Chicago campus. We also catalog NU dissertations, maintain the Africana Conference Paper Index, and participate as descriptive metadata experts in library digital projects. Our Catalog Management unit does transfers and withdrawals, helps provide access to previously unprocessed "hidden" collections, and contributes copy cataloging to NUcat.

The Bibliographic Services Department was formed in September 2007 when the Catalog Department (minus the Marking Room, which moved to the Preservation Dept.) was combined with the serials cataloging unit of the Serials Department.

You may request rush cataloging of material with the status "In process."

To report an error in the catalog, use our CatFix form.

For other communications, contact Bibliographic Services at:

(847) 491-7587
bibliographicservices[at]northwestern.edu
Northwestern University Library
Bibliographic Services Department
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2300