The   Updates to Library Services  page provides regular updates on resources and services.  This website includes information on:

• Access to physical library collections
• Scanning and book delivery
• Interlibrary loan
• Non-circulating materials and special collections

NU Libraries Primer: Welcome to Your Library (video)

• Information on remotely accessing the Libraries, finding resources, and getting help

Need research help?  Visit ASK US  Email library@northwestern.edu or contact a subject specialist.

Background research sources, often called tertiary sources, summarize, digest or synthesize information from primary and secondary sources.  Encyclopedias, handbooks, and biographical dictionaries may be tertiary sources.