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Transportation Library
The Transportation Library was founded in 1958 to support the curricula and research programs of the Transportation Center and the Center for Public Safety. Containing more than 500,000 items, the Transportation Library of Northwestern University is one of the largest transportation information centers in the world, encompassing information on all transportation modalities, including: air, rail, highway, pipeline, water, urban transport and logistics. It includes significant collections on law enforcement, police management and traffic enforcement. Its collection of environmental impact statements is one of the most complete in the world.
Visit the Library
In addition to students and scholars from Northwestern University, researchers in the fields of transportation, law enforcement and environmental impact assessment are encouraged to use the Transportation Library.
Location
University Library Level 5, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Contact
Call 847-491-5273 or email transportationlibrary@northwestern.edu.
For reference assistance, see staff assistance hours on our Hours webpage.
Research Support
Start searching the Transportation Library Collections or our Transportation Articles Database.
- Explore the collection and learn more about accessing our archives and special collections materials.
- Review our research guides for Transportation, Law Enforcement or Environmental Impact Assessment.
- Contact us to schedule a research consultation or an instruction session with a transportation librarian.
Campus Partners
- Northwestern University Transportation Center at the McCormick School of Engineering
- Northwestern University Center for Public Safety at the School of Professional Studies
Other Services
New Online Exhibits
- Independence in the Air: African Aviation in the 1960s
- On Board with Design: Passenger Transportation and Graphic Design in the mid-20th Century
- Lovers of the Open Road and the Flying Wheel: From Iowa to San Francisco in a Model T
- Bicycles on Paper: The Printed World of Bicycles at the Turn of the 20th Century
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Contact Transportation Library staff or connect with us on Twitter or Instagram.
Noteworthy Collections
New and Notable
- William R. Hough Timetable Collection: A new blog post looks at the significance of a collection assembled by an individual with a lifelong devotion to collecting in transportation.
- Boom cities : architect planners and the politics of radical urban renewal in 1960s Britain
- The George M. Foster Timetable Collection, comprised of 1766 timetables issued between 1929 and 1991 (1695 airline, 56 railroad, and 15 ship and ferry), is a companion to the Transportation Library Menu Collection. It provides contextual depth for that collection, as many of the timetables include Foster's notes as to flight date and time, and can be matched to his annotated menus.