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University Library

University Library

Monday-Thursday: 8am - 12am
Friday: 8am - 10pm
Saturday: 10am - 10pm
Sunday: 10am - 12am

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.

To see campus COVID-19 safety policies, visit the Northwestern COVID-19 and Campus Updates page.

Deering Library

Deering Library

Monday-Thursday: 8am - 12am
Friday: 8am - 10pm
Saturday: 10am - 10pm
Sunday: 10am - 12am

A campus architectural landmark, Deering Library served as the library's main library until 1970 and now houses the McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives and the Eloise Martin Reading Room.

  • 1937 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
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Math Library

Monday-Friday: 10am - 5pm*

*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.

Mudd Library exterior

Mudd Library

Mudd Library is accessible to Northwestern community members with an active Wildcard, with no staff assistance, at all hours, 24/7. 

The Circulation Desk is staffed:

Monday-Thursday: 8am - 8pm
Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: 12pm - 8pm

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

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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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James Lee fills new leadership role in academic innovation

James Lee joins Northwestern on September 1 as associate University librarian for academic innovation. He also begins a joint appointment as a tenured associate professor in the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. His work will significantly strengthen the Libraries’ role as a nexus for academic collaboration and a catalyst for innovative interdisciplinary research and learning.

Big Ten Open Books launches with 100 free-to-read titles

One hundred titles on Gender & Sexuality studies are now open access - meaning free and available to read by anyone online - from the Big Ten University Presses as part of the Big Ten Open Books project. The Gender & Sexuality studies collection is the first to launch, making available titles in art, humanities, and social sciences, and establishes a foundation for a long-lasting program of open access university press titles.

Libraries refocus Open Access support for greater impact

Beginning in September 2023, Northwestern Libraries will shift support for Open Access publishing to institutional-level initiatives.

Rachel Cole appointed head of Transportation Library

After a year in an interim leadership role, Rachel Cole has been appointed the head of the Transportation Library at Northwestern University Libraries.

Events

Can I Use This? Copyright and Fair Use in Practice (Online)

October 3, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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

October 4, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Text Mining with Library Resources (online)

October 5, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM