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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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This is your library – Welcome!

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

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

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

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  

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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