Art Library
The Art Library includes over 160,000 books and journals about art, architecture and design. The collection also includes rare items such as artists’ books.
Libraries and Collections
Northwestern University Libraries offer a range of specialized collections and resources, supporting research across disciplines with unique materials and expert services.
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Charles Deering Memorial Library
The Charles Deering Memorial Library is a campus architectural landmark designed by James Gamble Rogers and modeled after King's College Chapel in Cambridge, England.
Digital Collections
Northwestern University Libraries' Digital Collections offer access to thousands of digitized items from its special collections.
Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center
The Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center at Northwestern University supports the research, education and clinical missions of the Feinberg School of Medicine by providing access to biomedical information, resources and services.
Government Information and Maps Collection
The Government Information and Maps Collection features U.S., Illinois, Chicago and international documents, along with over 200,000 maps and rare atlases.
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
The Herskovits Library holds a wide range of materials on Africa, including photographs, maps, posters, videos, manuscripts and notable collections like the Winterton Photographs and West African Arabic manuscripts.
Boas Mathematics Library
The Boas Mathematics Library supports research in mathematics and statistics with a 34,000-volume collection, serving Northwestern’s Math and Statistics departments.
Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives
The McCormick Library houses Northwestern’s rarest materials, including manuscripts, archives, and university history and is open to the public for research.
Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center
Explore the media collection, including streaming video, of the Mitchell Multimedia Center.
Seeley G. Mudd Library
Located on North Campus, Mudd Library offers tech-focused resources, diverse study spaces, and expert support in engineering, math and the sciences.
Music Collection
The Northwestern University Music Library, one of the largest in the U.S., specializes in 20th-century and contemporary classical music, with over 300,000 items including scores, recordings and the notable John Cage collection.
Oak Grove Library Center
The Oak Grove Library Center is a climate-controlled storage facility housing up to 3 million low-use items from Northwestern’s libraries, many with online equivalents.
Pritzker Legal Research Center
The Pritzker Legal Research Center unites historic law collections from Northwestern and the American Bar Association, supporting legal research and scholarship.
Styberg Library
The Styberg Library at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary is a leading theological research library, supporting scholarly and spiritual study with extensive print and digital collections.
Transportation Library
The Transportation Library at Northwestern University is a leading research center with extensive collections on all transportation modes, supporting global research in the field.
University Library
Sometimes referred to as "Main Library", University Library has served as the main Evanston campus library since 1970.