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University & Deering Libraries

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University Library is the main library on our Evanston campus. It contains the bulk of the library holdings and houses several notable departments and collections. University Library includes the Herskovits and Transportation Libraries, as well as the Music Collection.

Deering Library is currently closed for renovation. See frequently asked questions. 

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Mudd Library

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Seeley G. Mudd Library is located on North Campus and was designed with collaboration and technology in mind.

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Math Library

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*The Math Library is only accessible to Northwestern community members with an active Wildcard, with no staff assistance. The building is open for 24 hours with keycard access for Northwestern Mathematics and Statistics graduate students and faculty.

Circulating materials are available for pickup at the Main Library through NUsearch.

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Professional Libraries

Galter Health Sciences Library serves Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine and McGaw Medical Center.

Pritzker Legal Research Center serves the Northwestern University School of Law.

The Styberg Library is the academic library of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Bexley Seminary.
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Enhance learning with Sage Campus: 40 self-paced courses for research and data skills

Northwestern Libraries now provides access to Sage Campus, a suite of online courses focused on research and data literacy skills. Sage Campus provides an accessible and flexible option to grow critical academic and research skills with 40 self-paced online mini-courses designed to supplement your existing coursework.

Northwestern students, faculty and staff can now directly access the New York Times online

Northwestern Libraries now provides current faculty, students and staff direct access to The New York Times (NYT), including News, Audio, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic. The subscription includes access to features directly through nytimes.com and through the NYT mobile apps.

Elsa Álvaro appointed AUL for Collections and Access

Dean of Libraries Xuemao Wang has appointed Elsa Álvaro as the Associate University Librarian (AUL) for Collections and Access for the Northwestern University Libraries. As the AUL for Collections & Access, Álvaro will articulate organization-wide strategies and implement solutions for the development of and access to all library collections. This role also will lead librarians and staff across all operational areas of the organization to achieve strategic collections objectives.

Grant supports Northwestern Libraries launch of generative AI-based chat search

A National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supports trailblazing work using generative AI to implement a chat search of the Northwestern Digital Collections, as well as to augment human-mediated metadata creation. The two-year grant also supports the creation of toolkits that will help other libraries and cultural institutions experiment and integrate this transformative technology into their discovery platforms.

Events

Keep Current with Scholarly Literature (Online)

November 7, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Googling for Data: Strategies & Resources​ (Online)

November 7, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Your Dissertation and Copyright: What You Need to Know (Online)

November 12, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

There are no upcoming lectures or workshops at this time.