Hit the ‘Like’ button on the IU East Campus Library’s Facebook page and be sure to follow the new IU East Campus Library Instagram page for up to date resources and events highlights! SAVE THE DATE! Mark your calendars! Join Assistant Librarian for Instruction and Outreach, KT Lowe, on February 5 at 12:30 PM in… Read more »
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Here’s the (Lib)Key to Quick Article Access
The IU East Campus Library subscribes to an excellent service that brings students and faculty straight to the articles they want by providing instant access and eliminating paywalls. LibKey is a suite of tools that help researchers locate and view research articles with fewer clicks. There are three LibKey features that IU East researchers can… Read more »
November is National Scholarship Month
Paying for college can feel daunting. Thankfully, there are a number of ways to fund a college education, and scholarships are one of the best available options. Not only are scholarships a form of free money, but there are thousands of them available that can assist every kind of student in virtually every subject. Scholarships… Read more »
Expand Your Research: The Creative Commons Certificate
This past spring, Assistant Librarian of Access and Technical Services Beth South enrolled in the Creative Commons for Librarians certificate course with fellow librarian Peter Whiting from University of Southern Indiana and Instructional Designer Shannon Barnes from Earlham College. All three applied for a scholarship offered by Academic Libraries of Indiana’s (ALI) Affordable Learning Committee… Read more »
Freedom of Information
A free society is predicated on transparency and access to information. The ability to examine records generated by public entities can help expose controversies and keep people in power in check. Moreover, a well-informed society is better equipped to make good decisions regarding its future. These public records laws, known as “sunshine laws”, set ground… Read more »
Love the Open: Data and Folklore
February is the month of “love” and besides Valentine’s Day, researchers and scholars can share their love of data and folklore. International Love Data Week (Feb. 12-16, 2024) and Wiki Loves Folklore (Feb. 1-March 31, 2024) share a common goal. Beth South, the IU East Access Services librarian, explains in this blog about various open… Read more »
Creating Accessible Digital Content
This past summer, the Department of Justice released notice of proposed rulemaking for digital accessibility of state and local government entities that would require the adoption of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, Level AA as the technical standard for web content. This proposed rule is expected to take effect as early as summer… Read more »
Research lifelines for 2024
A new year means new classes, new studies and maybe a new approach to doing research. But all this newness can be difficult to navigate. Thankfully, there is a solution, available to every student, faculty and staff member on campus. The IU East Campus Library is here to help, with plenty of databases, finding aids… Read more »
Happy Birthday, World Wide Web!
On August 1, 1990, Tim Berners-Lee, a computer scientist at CERN created the term “world wide web” to describe an interconnected universe of information. The first graphics-based web browser, Mosaic, was developed only a few years later by computer scientist Marc Andreesen, then working for the University of Illinois. While other text-based browsers already existed,… Read more »
New Interface for a Major Research Tool
The easiest way to begin searching for research materials at IU East is to start typing in the blank labelled “Search EBSCO (Articles)” on the library’s home page. This search blank is a meta-search, which means that it looks through many of the library’s databases simultaneously. Most research at IU East starts here. The software… Read more »