Northwestern University Libraries

Northwestern University Libraries is the main academic library system of Northwestern University. Northwestern Libraries host a total of 8,198,268 printed or electronic volumes.
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: academic and research library system
  • Also known as: “Northwestern University Library” and “Northwestern University Library Building”
  • Address: 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Deering Library and Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art.

Library
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Charles is an academic library of Northwestern University, a private research university in . Deering served as the university's main library on the Evanston campus from 1933, when it was established, until the construction of the Northwestern University Main Library in 1970.

Arts center
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The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in , . The Block Museum was established in 1980 when art collectors Mary and Leigh B. is situated 530 feet southeast of Northwestern University Libraries.

Stone
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is a boulder on the campus of Northwestern University in , between University Hall and Harris Hall. It functions as a student-painted billboard for announcing campus groups, events, and messages, and has been repeatedly repainted in various colors and designs over the years. is situated 750 feet southwest of Northwestern University Libraries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Central Street.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district in , . The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Neighborhood
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is the principal east-west artery in the far north of and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago. is situated 2 miles west of Northwestern University Libraries.

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is 16 miles north of . It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the . It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.

Northwestern University Libraries

Latitude
42.05319° or 42° 3′ 12″ north
Longitude
-87.67421° or 87° 40′ 27″ west
Operator
Northwestern University Libraries
Open location code
86JJ383G+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 175187764
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Wiki­data ID
Q615670
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Northwestern University Libraries” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Block Cinema and Northwestern Lakefill.

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