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Travel grants put scholars in touch with rarest collections 

A pilot project issuing travel grants to far-flung scholars for visiting Northwestern Libraries collections in person was such a success for the 2022-2023 academic...
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World Cup exhibit pulls artifacts from 2010 event, but speaks to 2022

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Though the World Cup is half a world away, one graduate student at Northwestern is bringing the international...
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Red, read wine: How librarians support research through evidence synthesis 

 A research method used predominantly in health sciences to synthesize a wide range of information is increasingly finding its way into the social sciences...
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Libraries’ first grant for undergraduate research supports Native American studies

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 After over a year of planning, the Libraries’ debuted a research grant last summer designed to support undergraduates...
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AI search is here. Go back to typing full sentences, please.

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Typing full questions into a search function is usually a sign that a person is out of touch,...
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Repository for large datasets fills gap in open-access services

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Northwestern boasts over 23,000 students, almost 4,000 academic staff, and 11 schools all of which are constantly contributing...
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Past lives wander the Libraries – it’s anyone’s guess if they’re spectral

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 For an institution that’s been around since 1851, Northwestern is seemingly short on ghost stories. The groaning of...
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Libraries add unlimited file storage to popular research tool  

Many students and faculty rely on the digital tool Zotero to organize their research literature, especially the all-important management of bibliographic citations. Now an upgrade funded...
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Remembering Don Roberts, Music Library curator  

When Don Roberts became the second-ever head librarian for Northwestern’s Music Library in 1969, the library had a nuts-and-bolt mission: Provide whatever scores, records, and...
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