IU East subscribes to many news sources, and can be an excellent way of accessing a lot of content without paying for an individual subscription. But the library’s databases mostly seem to be designed around topic searching – not starting the day with a specific, favorite newspaper. How can an IU East student or professor… Read more »
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Ink and Ideas: Voices from the Student Newspaper
Exciting news coming from the IU East Campus Archives. As part of IU’s Bicentennial project, after four years of digitizing and processing, all IU East student newspapers are now available online and are keyword searchable. With over 40 years of student newspapers, these documents provide insight into past events on campus and in the community,… Read more »
McClure’s Magazine and the birth of investigative journalism
It’s 1893, and the United States is in the middle of an economic panic. People are rushing to the banks, eager to take out all their money before it becomes worthless. The national unemployment rate hovers near 18%, and hundreds of companies and banks go out of business. Into this inauspicious moment, a new magazine… Read more »
Archival treasures
Archives provide entry to a history of treasures that document people, places, and events. In addition to physical archives, many open-access archives are available, ranging in topics from government and historical documents found at the National Archives, to code making and breaking in the Cryptology ePrint Archives, and historical children’s books available via the Baldwin… Read more »
Bicentennial Intern Researches History of IU East Campus and Community Art Partnerships
Brittany Yoder, summer 2018 IU Bicentennial Intern, is delving into the IU East Archives to research the Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition and other campus-community art collaborations at IU East. A primary focus is on the late Tom Thomas, an IU East art professor for over 30 years, who brought the campus and community together… Read more »
From the past to the present: Continuing community engagement at Indiana University East
The IU East campus has a long history of community engagement. IU Bicentennial intern Maureen Girdler is learning about that throughout the Spring 2018 semester. From interviews with students, staff and faculty, and research using historical documents in the IU East archives, she presents here some highlights of the past editions of the Pioneer Press… Read more »
Out of the Archives – A Brief History of the Indiana University East Student Newspaper
As IU East Archivist, Beth South is the go-to person to help guide you through the IU East Archives. Recently, she’s been researching Indiana University East’s mascots – the Pioneers and the Red Wolves. Flipping through all the past issues of the physical newspaper (we have more than 40 years of them!) she noted the… Read more »
News-Old and New
As a member of the IU East community, did you know that you can get free access to The Chronicle of Higher Education online? Or to The Washington Post? The main library at IU Bloomington has purchased premium access to The Chronicle of Higher Education and has set up an agreement to include access to… Read more »
What makes real news real?
Fake news is the buzzword of the hour. Countless articles and online tools (including my own Fake News LibGuide) have touched upon the subject, offering how-tos, tips, tricks and motivation to get your patrons to understand what makes fake news fake. Conversely, however, another question needs to be answered: what makes real news real?… Read more »
The IU East Archives- Exploring and Preserving the Campus’ History
The campus archives is doing a lot to prepare for IU’s Bicentennial in 2020 and for IU East’s 50th anniversary in 2021. We have the Bicentennial Oral History project, a campus wide endeavor to collect stories from IU alumni across all the campuses, happening now and the stories we collect here at East are vital… Read more »