NEIU Libraries Collections & Archives
| Collection | Location |
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| Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) Library The Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies offers materials in the social sciences and humanities related to the African and African-American experience. |
CCICS Library, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd. |
| Course Reserves Course materials, including textbooks |
Visit Access Services, 1st floor, Ronald Williams Library |
| Curriculum Materials Collection (CMC) The CMC supports the teacher education program at NEIU. Materials include children's books and magazines, elementary and secondary school textbooks, teacher resource materials, and multimedia resources. Student projects in the CMC represent Math, Special Education, and CMC Honors |
3rd floor, Ronald Williams Library |
| Databases and Online Collections Online search tools for finding journal articles as well as accessing images, streaming video and audio, news and statistics. |
Online |
| Digital Repositories including CARLI Digital Collections, Chicago Collections Consortium, NEIU Digital Commons, and NEIU Digital Exhibits |
Online |
| El Centro Library and Learning Resource Center The El Centro LLRC offers a recreational reading collection and has some items on reserve for El Centro courses. |
El Centro LLRC, 3390 N. Avondale Ave. |
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Foundation-supported Collections
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Throughout the Ronald Williams Library |
| Full Text Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers (online) NEIU subscribes to thousands of online titles in all subject areas, from popular magazines to academic journals. |
Online |
| Full Text Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers (print) These items may be found shelved alphabetically by title in the Periodicals section. |
2nd floor, Ronald Williams Library |
| Government Information The Library is a depository for Federal (1963-present) and State (1968-present) publications. The collection includes Census data, current economic statistics, and a variety of other electronic resources. |
2nd floor, Ronald Williams Library |
| Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) IRAD is a repository of primary source documents on Chicago municipal government as well as genealogical information for Cook County. |
Lower Level, Ronald Williams Library |
| Special Collections A small number of rare books and materials are housed in the locked cases in the Ronald Williams Library. |
Visit the Reference Desk, 1st floor, Ronald Williams Library |
| Theses Master's degree final projects by NEIU students completing their degrees. |
Throughout the Main and CCICS libraries, recent ones, online |
| University Archives The University Archives collection preserves the history of NEIU. Materials include minutes of University meetings, policies and reports, the Internal Budget, NEIU's student newspaper, and yearbooks from 1964 to 1982. |
Lower Level, Ronald Williams Library |
| University Honors Program Senior Projects All UHP Scholars design and complete a UHP Senior Project, a research-based thesis or creative work that is the culmination of the 300-level Honors Scholar curriculum. Older honors projects are available in print in the Ronald Williams Library. |
Online and 3rd floor, Ronald Williams Library |