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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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This is your library – Welcome!
Posted September 20, 2022
The Northwestern University Libraries welcomes students back to campus for the beginning of fall quarter! Whether you are just getting to know the libraries...
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Preparing 17th-Century Texts for the EarlyPrint Digitization Project
Posted May 12, 2022
For the past couple of years, Northwestern University Libraries has been working to digitize a large group of English-language titles printed before the year...
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Fleets of Modernism: the Streamliner Era and Beyond
Posted May 11, 2022
In his 1937 book The Locomotive (its esthetics), industrial designer Raymond Loewy writes that the opportunity to design a locomotive for the Pennsylvania Railroad...
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Latest OER Grant projects to save 1,650 students $193K per year
Posted May 6, 2022
Sixteen applicants of the 2022 Open Educational Resource grant will receive at least $5,000 to develop free teaching material for a Northwestern undergraduate course....
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Libraries add unlimited file storage to popular research tool
Posted April 28, 2022
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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