Libraries
The combined collections of the University's libraries
total more than 4 million volumes, ranking 10th among private
universities in the United States. The main library offers
a 60,000-volume reference collection; research databases;
extensive collections of federal, state, and international
documents; and microform materials. A multimedia development
lab and an internationally known library of African studies
are among its other resources.
Supplementing the main library are the Mathematics and Geology
Libraries; the Seeley G. Mudd Library for Science and Engineering;
and the Charles Deering Library, home to the Music Library
and Listening Center, the Art Collection, University Archives,
and the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections.
The libraries of the Feinberg School of Medicine and the School
of Law on the Chicago campus are also open to SCS students.
An interlibrary loan service provides daily delivery of books
and materials requested by students on the Chicago campus.
In the Joseph Schaffner Library, on the second floor of
Wieboldt Hall in Chicago, students have access to instructional
programs, research consultations, free access to computer
databases and writing tutorials during late afternoon, evening
and weekend hours. For more information about University Library,
please see www.library.northwestern.edu.
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