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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.

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Discover unique collections and special services at IU Libraries.

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About Us

Find libraries, archives, and special collections across campus.

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Finding & Borrowing

Access materials placed on reserve by your instructor.

Your Libraries at Work

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

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

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

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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Sept. 6 activity was making Lego mini-figures

Friday Finish continues thru 11/15

Everybody's working for the weekend at the Wells Library!

The award-winning Friday Finish is your place to make the grade on Fridays this fall! Grab your crew to wrap up your week and find that finish line every Friday from September 6 through November 15 (skipping Fall Break), from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Wells Library lobby. Kick off your day with free donuts and coffee, then hit the books until pizza shows up at noon. Take a super-sized study break with special activities, guests, and surprises every week. Check Instagram (@HermanBWells) for weekly updates and tag us with your photos!