Get Your Work Done

Navigate your academic journey and streamline your research with direct access to essential tools.

Find books, journals, and multimedia materials available in the IU Libraries catalog.

Search databases of academic journals, newspapers, and other sources available through IU Libraries subscriptions.

Explore a wide variety of materials available to you - a good place to start your research & find articles available electronically.

Access full electronic versions of academic journals available in the IU Libraries catalog.

Request books and other materials available at other IU campuses and university libraries in the Big Ten, and beyond.

Reserve collaborative study rooms and other spaces available in IU Libraries.

Get to Know Your Libraries

Discover unique collections and special services at IU Libraries.

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Researching & Teaching

Learn about our collections, find materials, and enhance your research with support from our team.

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Researching & Teaching

Discover tips and tools to help you properly cite resources in your research.

Your Libraries at Work

Explore the many ways we collect, preserve, and share knowledge.

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We support student and faculty research with our world class collections of books, journals, rare materials, and media across all academic subjects.

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We help IU researchers navigate the expanding landscape of open scholarship to make your scholarly work more widely and freely available to other researchers.

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We curate subject-specific research guides and assist researchers of all experience levels as they engage with our collections.

We hope your libraries will be your home away from home here at IU. We want you to succeed. Sometimes that looks like working on your laptop for hours on end in one of our spaces, and sometimes it looks like eating pizza with new friends at our weekly Friday Finish.

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On a bright green background: You could win $2,000 if you used the library to research a class project or paper in 2024. On a black background: Apply by March 24 for the IU Libraries Sam Burgess Undergraduate Research Award. go.iu.edu/burgess

Deadline 3/24: Burgess Undergraduate Library Research Award

Did you submit an excellent research paper or project for a class in 2024? Did you teach a student who used library resources to create something excellent? The Burgess Undergraduate Library Research Award, which offers a cash prize of $2,000, is now accepting submissions! Along with the research project or paper submitted for a grade anytime in the calendar year 2024, applicants will submit a 500-750 word essay describing research strategy methods and application of library elements used in completion of the research, as well as a letter of recommendation from a faculty member.

Students: start working on that application today! Faculty: let your best students know about this incredible opportunity!