Faculty and Staff Services

NU-Q Library provides access to a wealth of library resources and services.  All the resources you are used to accessing in the U.S. are available here – either in the collection or via our interlibrary loan service.  We welcome recommendations and value your subject expertise in helping grow the collection.

Contact us with collection suggestions, to organize a research session for your students, or for assistance with individual research.

Review the links below to learn more about our services:

Recommend Items for the Collection

You are encouraged to recommend items for our collection. We rely on your subject expertise to ensure our students have the most appropriate resources for their studies and leisure needs. We also appreciate that you have leisure needs and so will attempt to fulfill these as appropriate. To recommend items for the collection, email libacquisitions@qatar.northwestern.edu.

Course Reserves

If you have high use items that you'd like us to place on Reserve for your students, we're happy to do this.  Course Reserves are ordered via the Registrar's site on Sharepoint. 

Research Assistance

We have access to a huge range of research tools at Northwestern. We are happy to come to your office and help you identify key library research resources. In addition, let us know how we can help you with your individual research and professional needs. Make an appointment by emailing qatarlib@northwestern.edu.

We also appreciate your forwarding students to us for research assistance with their research projects. In addition, students are encouraged to follow up a class visit with an individual research consultation tailored to their information-gathering needs.

Library Instruction

Schedule a library instruction session and introduce your students to key search strategies and evaluation techniques specific to your course projects. We can create content for your Blackboard pages, including links useful resources. Evidence shows that targeted library instruction influences student approaches to research and encourages them to think more creatively about their search for information. We'd love to help prove this!

Schedule a personalized instruction session for your students by emailing qatarlib@northwestern.edu.