There are many reasons why you might wish to search for open access materials specifically.  This post will examine a couple of tools to help you find OA materials.  LibKey Nomad  LibKeyNomad is a browser plugin that will return either OA versions of a work or help you gain access to IU-subscribed resources, depending on […]

If you’re considering self-archiving your scholarly work, the natural follow-up question is “Where?” Several services exist that offer archiving and CV-like profiles for scholars. This blog post will examine a few of them, taking note in particular of whether they permit document-uploading, how automatic the CV-generation process is, the costs of the service, and a […]

If you’re actively engaged in research, you probably don’t need to be told how useful reference managers are. Aside from saving citations, I use mine to organize my PDFs and to participate in collaborative bibliography projects. All of this is saved to the cloud so that it’s accessible from any device.  Another reason reference managers […]

Indiana scholars use IU ScholarWorks to host a wide range of their scholarly output: manuscripts, dissertations, open educational materials, conference slides and transcripts, event programs, and much more. Some of this material is unique to the repository, but some exists in different forms elsewhere on the web, such as a journal’s website or a conference’s […]

Journals come and go. Academic societies merge or fade in relevance. Projects end abruptly. Scholarly work should create a permanent record, but the reality of human and institutional lives can interfere. There’s no single solution to the tides of time, but self-archiving is one popular method for preservation. Self-archiving is a type of open access […]

IU has tested a variety of mascots over the years to varying levels of success. Notable short-lived mascots include an owl, a raccoon, an eagle, a collie, a bulldog named “Ox,” “Mr. Hoosier Schoolmaster,” and “Mr. Hoosier Pride.” But the bison, which served as IU Bloomington’s longest-running official mascot from 1965 to 1969, is now […]

The world is becoming ever more globalized. The international spread of information brings a vast array of new opportunities and ideas to all parts of the world. But immigration has been around for decades. The first societies of people migrated regularly. This is why there are native people from all over the world. Since the […]

A Beautiful Mind (2001) A Beautiful Mind. RottenTomatoes.com. [October 3, 2025], https://go.iu.edu/8vCZ The following blog post was inspired by my major, social work, specifically about individuals with psychological disorders/disabilities. I wanted to analyze how treatment and helping professionals influence the patient’s ability to cope and live with the disability. A Beautiful Mind allowed me to […]