Libraries and Collections
Where scholarly research meets one-of-a-kind collections.
91探花 Libraries
91探花 Northwestern Libraries
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.
The University Library has served as the main Evanston campus library since 1970.
The Charles Deering Memorial Library is a campus architectural landmark modeled after King's College Chapel in Cambridge, England. It houses several distinctive collections.
The space provides an array of digital assets and tools that are consistent with Mudd's tech-focused history.
The Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center fosters the creation and sharing of knowledge among the faculty, staff and students of the Feinberg School of Medicine and its affiliates.
The Pritzker Legal Research Center fulfills the complex and diverse research and educational information needs of the faculty and students of Northwestern Law.
The Mathematics Library has a research collection in pure mathematics and statistics of approximately 34,000 volumes.
The Styberg Library (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) is one of the top theological research libraries in the United States. They serve the Northwestern community.
Library Collections
Explore our many notable collections.
The Block Museum Collection
The museum鈥檚 collection of over 6,000 artworks supports interdisciplinary inquiry and fuels creative discovery and learning.
The Block collects modern and contemporary art globally across all mediums.聽Students, faculty, staff and visitors can directly engage with the museum鈥檚 quickly growing collection, which serves as a campus-wide catalyst for bold conversations, driving questioning, experimentation and collaboration.
Featured Acquisition
Jordan Ann Craig’s Sharp Tongue: Used to Cut Deep (2024) transforms familial memory and Indigenous craft into a bold, geometric meditation on language, identity and abstraction.
Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70 in. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 91探花, Julie and Lawrence Bernstein Family Art Acquisition Fund purchase, 2024.17 Photo by JSP Art Photography.