Last Friday, we held a photo party, where a number of IU East’s long-standing employees generously gave their time to help us identify countless unlabeled photographs from the archives. We are immensely grateful for the help of Lee Ann Adams, Rena Dilworth, Di Fahl, Paul Kriese, Mary Mahank, Gail Smoker, and Tammy Williamson. It… Read more »
Matt Dilworth
Picture Party
With IU East’s fortieth anniversary rapidly approaching, we’ve been sorting through the archives and finding all kinds of interesting pictures from our university’s past. There’s only one problem – a lot of them have no identification! And that’s where we need your help. This Friday, December 3rd, from 11-1, the library will host a picture… Read more »
CredoReference
You may be familiar with some of our bigger and better known databases – EBSCO, JSTOR, ProQuest – but we have some real treasures among the lesser-known ones, too. CredoReference is one of them. CredoReference is like a reference shelf full of hundreds of dictionaries, encyclopedias, quotation guides, and biographies all in one place. Some… Read more »
Billie Girl
A few days ago we were privileged to hear Vickie Weaver speak and read from her book Billie Girl, which won the 2009 Leapfrog Fiction Contest. Weaver spoke on her journey towards becoming an author, and the challenges of that work. One thing Ms. Weaver has found is that her writing has naturally gravitated to… Read more »
New Software in the Library
If you’re a regular to the library, you know about our study rooms — a great place to watch a video or work on a group project. And now there are even more possibilities. Room 145 has been equipped with the Dragon Naturally Speaking software, a speech-recognition tool, courtesy of our friends in Student Support… Read more »
The Un-Wikipedia
Have you ever been researching a topic for class and really needed an encyclopedia? We’ve all been there, and often we click to Wikipedia. That sometimes is okay for getting you familiar with a topic, but for academic purposes, that source just isn’t reliable enough….even according to that online encyclopedia’s founder! (http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Wikipedia-Founder-Discourages/2305) Fortunately, the IU East… Read more »
The Right Cite
So, it’s a third of the way into the semester, and you have some papers coming due. Research papers. And you need to cite your sources. Well, there are many helpful aids to doing that. We have the style manuals at the library’s front desk that you can use. And we, and our colleagues in… Read more »
Your Library on Facebook
One thing we really want to do here at the Library is be where our people are – not just physically, but on a deeper level, as well. That’s why we’ve added things like informal instruction and the library living room to our more traditional offerings. But we wanted those broad and diverse types of… Read more »
Ivy Tech Library, Too
Since we share one campus, IU East and Ivy Tech prudently share a lot of services. Police protection, snow removal – there are a lot of things that we do more efficiently together. One thing we share is the Library. First of all, you have access to all of the library’s resources – you can… Read more »
Library Living Room
The library has a new type of study space! Quirky and informal, our new Library Living Room, available in Hayes 253 on the second floor of the library, offers a new way to study and learn. Primarily for teaching classes, the room features all the Smart Classroom amenities you’re already comfortable with, such as a… Read more »