This guide is the Northern Illinois University (NIU) Libraries' quick reference tool for providing information about its collections, facilities, and services. The articles are arranged in an alphabetic, dictionary format with numerous cross-references, and highlight information on the following: administrative offices; company annual reports; University Archives; various library collections; atlases; telephone book renewal; book requests; book circulation loan periods; card catalogs; career information sources; CARL UnCover; CD-ROMs; location of change machines; library and desk hours; collection development; complaints and suggestions; copy cards; copy services; dial access to ILLINET Online; services for people with disabilities; access to NIU dissertations; document express; student employment; film/video viewing rooms; FirstSearch; the founders of Founders Memorial Library; Friends of the NIU Libraries; Government Publications Department; Humanities and Behavioral Sciences reference; index networks; periodical indexes; Infopass/Datapass; Interlibrary Loan services; Law Library; LEARN; Legislative Information System; library instruction; Library of Congress Subject Headings; Lorado Taft Campus Library; lost and found; Map Library; various reading rooms and meeting rooms; microforms and media services; Music Library; OCLC; Online search services; pamphlet files; Periodicals Holdings List; Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program; Reference; Regional History Center; Reserve Room; rest rooms; SEAL; Security; Social Sciences, Education, and Business Reference; storage (closed stacks); student lounge; public and campus telephones; training; and typing room. Other features include five pages of Founders Memorial Library floor-plan maps; an ILLINET Online Location Code chart; a glossary of library abbreviations, acronyms, and terms; and a sampling of library form. (AEF)