As the end of the semester approaches, it’s the perfect time to gather all the research resources you need for your final projects and exams. The IU East Campus Library is here to support you with a wealth of materials, from academic journals and books to online databases and a quiet place to study. Make the most of these resources to ensure you’re well-prepared and ready to excel in your upcoming assessments.
Discover the groundbreaking works of Europe’s early film pioneers, including Alice Guy-Blaché, the first female filmmaker, through the Victorians on Film database. This collection offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of late Victorians and Edwardians. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the United States was experiencing the Gilded Age—a period that glittered with opulent balls, jewels, mansions, urban industrialization, and rising gross national products. However, beneath this golden facade lay significant issues such as unsafe tenement housing, political corruption, environmental destruction, and lack of regulation of basic goods. Gilded Age and Progressive Era collection features treasures from the McKim, Mead & White architectural firm (designers of the Brooklyn Museum), political cartoons by Thomas Nast and Joseph Keppler, documents from Standard Oil, and more.
Did you know that the world’s first Ferris Wheel was invented for the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893? To celebrate this marvel, H. Clyde and G. Valisi composed the “Ferris Wheel Waltz.” Explore archives from around the globe related to World Fairs, from the Crystal Palace ‘Great Exhibition’ of 1851 to the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893, and the Milan EXPO in 2015, all available in the World’s Fairs database.
Nicknamed ‘The General’ for her distinctive habit of leading Women’s Rights marches in a military-style uniform, complete with an officer’s cap and epaulets, Flora Drummond was a prominent organizer for the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). Discover more about Flora, her impactful work with the WSPU, and her nine imprisonments in the Women in the National Archives database.
Explore the creative processes of Romantic writers like Joanna Baillie, Felicia Hemans, and Dorothy Wordsworth in the Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape database. This rich collection includes verse manuscripts, printed manuscripts, prose manuscripts, printed verse, correspondence, diaries, travel journals, autograph albums, guidebooks, fine art, and maps.
If you’re interested in games, ephemera, and artwork from the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Children’s Literature and Culture database offers a fascinating look into the socio-cultural history of the era. It examines how new concepts were introduced to young readers, encouraging them to engage with their imaginations.
Explore significant archives on the study of Social History in the Modern Era with the Mass Observation Online database. MOO offers original manuscripts and transcripts, print publications, photographs, and interactive features that document the everyday lives of ordinary people in Britain from 1937 through the early 1970s.
Delve into the dynamic and turbulent decades of the Interwar era by exploring the Interwar Culture, 1917-1930 database. This collection offers a comprehensive look at the burgeoning media industry that both shaped and mirrored society. It covers a wide range of topics, including culture, entertainment, fashion, home and family life, world current affairs, class, and social and welfare issues from Britain, the U.S., France, and Australia.
Kickstart your scientific research with the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), which offers over 13,000 videos showcasing laboratory methods and science concepts across biological, medical, chemical, and physical research. Celebrate the importance of chemistry in everyday life with the ChemSpider database, providing open access to more than 100 million structures, properties, and associated information, including physicochemical properties, interactive spectra, and literature references.
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