Plan Your Visit to the Music Collection

We welcome all students, faculty and scholars from around the world to use our collections.

Location and Hours

The Music Collection is primarily located on the 3rd floor of University Library. Physical media such as CDs and LPs are available by request from the Mitchell Multimedia Center.

University Library, 3rd Floor
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

The general collection is available to browse during all hours that University Library is open.

Visitors without a Wildcard will need to provide a photo ID to enter the library.

Rare materials can be requested from the McCormick Library.

Visitor Resources

If you are traveling, we recommend contacting us or setting up a research consultation in advance to ensure all materials you need are on-site and available.

• Contact Us
• Request a Research Consultation
• Out-of-Town Visitor Resources

Rare Materials Guidelines and Policies

Rare, unique or delicate collection items are non-circulating but available for in-library use in the McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives.

For instructions on how to request collections and make an appointment in the reading room, see the McCormick Library.

You can see already-digitized collections on Digital Collections or see how to request a reproduction from the Music collections.