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University Library

University Library

Monday-Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: Closed

Public access hours:
Monday-Saturday: open - 6pm
 

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-Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: Closed

Public access hours:
Monday-Saturday: open - 6pm

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 Art Library.

  • 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

Monday-Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: Closed

The North Study Lounge is available with Wildcard access at all hours, 24/7.

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

Ward Building

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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Agreement with Wiley expands open access options

With this agreement, corresponding authors from Northwestern and other BTAA campuses will be able to publish their articles as open access in any journal under the Wiley umbrella at no charge, which includes Wiley hybrid and gold journals.

Libraries research grants - applications open now!

The Libraries offers grants for faculty developing OER, for visiting researchers to unique collections, and for undergraduates in the field of study of Native American and Indigenous research. Applications are currently open.

Events

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

March 30
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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

April 4
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Keeping Current with Scholarly Literature (Online)

April 4
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM