Trucking By Electricity: The Fleet of the New York Edison Company
Posted January 11, 2023
The New York Edison Company was the largest provider of electricity in New York City in the 1920s, employing a fleet of several hundred...Blog
New Round of Grant Funding for OER Creation
Posted January 10, 2023
The Affordable Instructional Resources (AIR) initiative invites Northwestern faculty to apply for $5,000 grants to develop Open Educational Resources (OER) for undergraduate courses. OER...
Researching the researchers: new archive collects notes from Environmental Impact Statement research
Posted January 9, 2023
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 fully came into effect in January of 1970, and with it began the age of Environmental Impact...
World Cup exhibit pulls artifacts from 2010 event, but speaks to 2022
Posted December 12, 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...
Red, read wine: How librarians support research through evidence synthesis
Posted November 15, 2022
A research method used predominantly in health sciences to synthesize a wide range of information is increasingly finding its way into the social sciences...
Libraries’ first grant for undergraduate research supports Native American studies
Posted November 15, 2022
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 After over a year of planning, the Libraries’ debuted a research grant last summer designed to support undergraduates...
AI search is here. Go back to typing full sentences, please.
Posted November 15, 2022
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Typing full questions into a search function is usually a sign that a person is out of touch,...
Repository for large datasets fills gap in open-access services
Posted November 15, 2022
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...
Past lives wander the Libraries – it’s anyone’s guess if they’re spectral
Posted October 28, 2022
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...