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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.

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.

The spring semester is a time of looking forward to the finishing of ambitious projects, award and graduate school applications, and some of our best campus traditions.  Now is also the time to consider how the summer months can help you reach your next academic goal – know that we are still, and always, here to help. Congratulations to each of you on your individual successes.

Diane Dallis-ComentaleRuth Lilly Dean of University Libraries

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Read Around the World this summer!

Readers of all ages are invited to travel through our global children’s books collection. The IU Libraries Education Library’s summer reading program for families with children ages birth to 18 opens on May 27 and runs through the summer, ending on August 1.