NEIU Libraries Collections & Archives

Collection Location
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 materials, including textbooks
Visit Access Services, 1st floor, Ronald Williams Library

The CMC supports the teacher education program at NEIU. Materials include and magazines, , teacher resource materials, and multimedia resources. Student projects in the CMC represent , , and
3rd floor, Ronald Williams Library

Online search tools for finding journal articles as well as accessing images, streaming video and audio, news and statistics.
Online
Digital Repositories
including , , , and
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.

Foundation-supported Collections

  • (Japanese and Japanese American materials)
  • (South Asian and Indian-American authors)
  • (music audio CDs)
Throughout the Ronald Williams Library

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

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

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

Master's degree final projects by NEIU students completing their degrees.
Throughout the Main and CCICS libraries, recent ones, 
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

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. are available in print in the Ronald Williams Library.
Online and 3rd floor, Ronald Williams Library