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These are some of the NU Library-based resources which might be helpful in getting you started in your research. This is by no means a comprehensive list of all that is available at the Library; it simply points to some of its offices, people, portals and search engines best equipped to help those in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

NU Library Subject Specialists Listing and contact information for subject-area and collections bibliographers/selectors at the Library.

Research Guides by Subject (aka Research Guides A-Z) Guide to vast resources for research in all subjects. Maintained by NU Main Library.

NU Library Digital Collections A listing of the Library's original digital-only collections.

Electronic Resources NU Library's basic search tool for e-journals, online catalogs, indexes, and other local and web-based resources.

NUcat Library Catalog system Main search page for NU Library holdings.

Einstein Portal to electronic journals, databases, and NU Library assets. Allows simultaneous searching of multiple databases, and saving of search results. For more information about connecting to Einstein remotely, please visit the library's Off Campus Access to Electronic Resources page.

Circulation Services Policies and services regarding NU Library circulation.

Digital Media Services Assists with digitizing and streaming media in and out of the classroom.

Electronic Reserves Guidelines How to place and pick up library items on reserve.

EndNote bibliographical tool support Widely used bibliographical software. Licensed for NU via the Library.

GIS in Government Info Library-based assistance and instruction in the use of Geographic Information Systems.

Inter-Library Loan How to borrow materials from other university libraries.

Library Briefings NU Library newsletter for faculty.

Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center NU Library media tech services and circulating video collection

Reference Department Workshops at the NU Library Provides training in the use of bibliographic tools, database searches, academic career resources and more.

SSDS, Social Science Data Services via NU Library ICPSR, UCSD's Data on the Net, and other sources of data sets and social science literature.

State and International Geospatial Data and Maps At the NU Library.

2East Library Trainings and Workshops Workshop series for faculty on using technology resources in teaching.

Visualization Services Lab Also known as Vislab. NUIT's Academic Technologies created it both for faculty use and to demonstrate low cost capabilities for departments with significant visualization needs.

Winterton collection of African Photographs Study collection of original images from Africa.

Business Research Compiled by NU Library staff.