Library Programs & Services

SCS faculty may use any of Northwestern University's libraries, including, on the Evanston campus, the Main Library, the Seely G. Mudd Library for Science and Engineering, the Geology Library, the Mathematics Library, the Music Library, the Transportation Library, and the United Library. The libraries on the Chicago campus include the Joseph Schaffner Library, the Galter Health Sciences Library, and the Law Library. The WildCARD serves as a library card and is needed to check out library materials. A WildCARD must be presented for admittance at Galter Health Sciences Library on Saturday and Sunday, and at the Main Library after 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, after noon on Saturday, and all day on Sunday.

For additional information on the libraries, contact Schaffner Library at (312) 503-8422 or visit its website; visit the Main Library's web site.

The Schaffner Library has a librarian dedicated to SCS and is glad to work with faculty to provide library instruction and help for research papers and presentations, and assist with reserve materials. Contact Qiana Johnson, reference and instruction librarian, at q-johnson@northwestern.edu or (312) 503-6617.

Reserve

Books (both personal copies and those owned by the Library) and photocopied materials may be placed on reserve at the Schaffner Library for Chicago campus courses and at the Reserve Room of the Main Library for Evanston campus courses. Photocopied materials should comply with copyright restrictions.

Schaffner Library in Wieboldt Hall and University Library on the Evanston campus regularly accept the following items for reserve: A library copy of a book, including books from the branch libraries. Your own personal copy of a book. (Please write your full name inside of the book in order to insure its prompt return.) A photocopy of a single chapter from a book, or of an article from a journal. A full source citation must be presented, including copies of the title page and the copyright page. Due to clear copyright restrictions, course packs may not be placed on reserve.

To allow sufficient time for acquiring and processing materials, please submit the reserve list for each course at least three weeks before the start of the class. If new books or additional copies of books need to be ordered, the request should be submitted eight to ten weeks before the start of the class. Special arrangements must be made with the Reserve Room staff to place multiple copies of photocopied materials on reserve. All faculty-supplied photocopies must include a complete citation for the work from which the copy was made, including a photocopy of the source's title page and copyright page. Photocopied materials will be stamped with the required warning notice of copyright. For reserve information at all Northwestern libraries visit www.library.northwestern.edu/courses/facind.html.

As a complement to traditional reserve, the library's Electronic Reserve System makes course materials accessible to remote users via the World Wide Web. Using a networked computer, students can access electronic reserve materials without coming to the library. Course materials are prepared for Electronic Reserve in a number of ways; printed materials can be scanned, and materials already in electronic format can be easily converted. Contact e-reserve@northwestern.edu for more information.

For further information, call Schaffner Library ((312) 503-8422), or for classes taught in Evanston, call the Main Library Reserve Room ((847) 491-7681).