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Northwestern Libraries

Where scholarly research meets one-of-a-kind collections.

The Northwestern Libraries are an intellectual nexus for the Northwestern community and international scholars.

Visitors come for immense and varied collections, databases and electronic journals, governmental information and more. Northwestern’s Libraries rank 13th among private universities in the United States, according to 2023 ARL rankings.

Northwestern University Libraries

Deering Library
Deering Library
Student studying in the library
Northwestern University Library
Northwestern University Main Library
Students studying in the library
University Library's Core Collection
Northwestern University Library's Core Collection
Students walking around in Library's Information Commons
Information Commons inside the main library
Students walking through the lobby of the Library
Mudd Library for technology and science
Library staff helping a student
Student studying in the recent acquisitions area at the Library
Recent acquisitions area at the main library

The libraries' holdings include robust digital collections, extensive backfiles of newspapers and periodicals, scientific documents, medieval manuscripts and the full text of every book, pamphlet or broadside published in the United States between 1639 and 1829.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

  • Collected holdings:
  • Printed books
  • E-books
  • Manuscripts
  • Print journals
  • Electronic journals
  • Audio files
  • Film and video
  • Graphic images
  • Maps and charts
  • Microforms
  • Archives

9 million

print and electronic volumes in the combined collections

Additional Libraries and Collections

Online Tools

Access library materials, electronic resources and course reserves 24/7.

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