The Northwestern University Libraries provide access to the tools,sources, spaces, and staff that will facilitate your research. Some of the features and services of a research library include:

People

• Librarians and staff with expertise in areas from data analysis, literature reviews, research techniques

Services

• Research support in all areas
• Research guides in all academic disciplines
• Scholarly literature in all academic disciplines
• Appointments to meet with a librarian.
• Interlibrary loan for materials not held in the libraries
• Workshops

Collections

• Scholarly literature in all academic disciplines.
• Archives and rare materials held in the McCormick Library of Special Collections.
• Hundreds of online databases providing access to a wide range of scholarly material.
• Northwestern's own collections of digitized materials.

Spaces

• Reservable study rooms.
• Geospatial and Data Visualization Lab
• Video production studio
• MakerLab