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Visit Galter Library
Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
320 E. Superior St., Chicago IL 60611
📞 312-503-8126
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Our entrance is between the security desk and Starbucks. Visitors must show a Wildcard or affiliated hospital badge to enter.
Library Hours
The library is open and staff are available to assist during the following hours. Outside of these hours, the library's Extended Hours Study Space is open to students, staff, and faculty of Feinberg School of Medicine.
Library Access
Galter Library serves the Feinberg School of Medicine community. Alumni and members of the Northwestern University and affiliated hospital communities may also visit the library with proper identification.
Library Resources
Classrooms & Study Spaces
We offer reservable spaces for academic use, including group study rooms and a computer classroom.
Special Collections
Find information on Galter Library's rare books, archives, and historical artifacts.
Quick Answers
Contact us with your questions about the library's resources and services.
Public Computers
We provide computer workstations to help you access collections, find information, and further your work.
Printing & Scanning
Printing, copying and scanning stations are available throughout our library.
Research Help
Identify and connect with one of the library's subject matter experts regarding your research projects.
Exhibits
Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
The Continued Struggle to Treat Mental Illness in America
This exhibit explores both societal and medical treatments of mental illness in the US from the 18th century to today.
Visualizing a Century of Public Health
A Graphic Art Retrospective
Striking, high-quality reproductions of historic public health posters, curated from the National Library of Medicine Digital Collections, the Library of Congress and more.
The Stormy Petrel & the Bull Moose
J.B. Murphy & the Attempted Assassination of Theodore Roosevelt
How a would-be assassin's bullet brought the former president into the path of Chicago surgeon John Benjamin Murphy.