Reference Desks

Reference assistance is available at many places throughout the Northwestern University libraries. The following libraries and library departments offer walk-in, phone and e-mail reference assistance to help you find answers and direct your research. The hours given are for the academic year. Exam period, intersession, holiday, and summer hours may vary.

Evanston Campus

Reference Department, Main Library

847-491-7656
refdept@northwestern.edu
Chat online with a librarian
Reference assistance is available:
Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.
Sunday, Noon to 11:45 p.m.

 

Art Collection, Eloise W. Martin Reading Room

847-491-7484
r-clement@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available:
Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 10 p.m.


Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections

847-491-3635
spec@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday


Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department

847-491-3130
govinfo@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available:
Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


Math Library

847-491-7627
c-buys@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available:
Monday-Friday: 9:30am - 6:00pm


Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies

847-467-3084
africana@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday


Music Library

847-491-3297
musiclibrary@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available:
Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.


Science & Engineering Library

847-491-3362
sel@northwestern.edu
Reference librarians are available from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday


Transportation Library

847-491-5273
trans@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday


United Library, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

847-866-3910
dhimrod@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (hours may vary)


University Archives

847-491-3354
archives@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

  

Chicago Campus


Galter Health Sciences Library

312-503-8109
ghsl-ref@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available:
Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


Joseph Schaffner Library

312-503-8422
schaffner-reference@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available:
Monday through Thursday, 12:00 noon to 10:00 p.m.
Friday, 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.


Pritzker Legal Research Center

312-503-8451
lawlib@northwestern.edu
Reference assistance is available:
Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight