Author Archives: mdilwort

Author Archives: mdilwort

Full-text and e-books for fast access

Full-text and e-books for fast access

Research
When time is a factor, your campus library has resources that can be accessed immediately – locally held books and ebooks and full text articles in databases.  Most databases offer a check box or something similar to refine searching to immediately available assets.  Often, this will be near the search box, or along one side of the screen, in a section with a heading like ‘limit your results’.  Databases like the EBSCO Discovery Service, ProQuest, or JSTOR, offer copious full text, whereas sources like Web of Knowledge or Science Citation Index, offer only citations or abstracts. If there are specific articles we don’t have for immediate access, interlibrary loan for them is available.  Since articles can be sent electronically, we … Continued
New Canvas Library Tool Available – ProQuest Resources

New Canvas Library Tool Available – ProQuest Resources

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The IU East Campus Library is now offering a new tool to embed journal articles and other resources directly into Canvas from our database search engine, ProQuest Central. This is a similar tool to the Library Resources application that we launched in Fall of 2022, which allows faculty to search and embed articles from EBSCO Discovery directly into Canvas from the Module level. Faculty can now search and pull article links that are available from our ProQuest databases, for which we subscribe to over 80, into their Canvas course! This tool, labeled as ProQuest Resources, is available at the page, discussion, or assignment level and can be added with the Apps icon from the Edit box: Faculty are welcome to … Continued
Drop-in Poetry and more at your Campus Library

Drop-in Poetry and more at your Campus Library

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Every April since 1996, the US has celebrated National Poetry Month.  While the Academy of American Poets has developed a 30-day list of activities, the IU East Campus Library has resources and databases to help students, staff and faculty observe year ‘round.  To kick things off this year, the Library is hosting a drop-in poetry activity on Thursday, April 13 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. Snacks will be provided for this free, fun event The Library has an array of poetry books and databases.  From books by former US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo to a video about current US poet laureate Ada Limon, the library offers a variety of materials to assist with research.  The library’s list of poetry databases … Continued
Summer of Reading – please join us!

Summer of Reading – please join us!

, , Frances Yates, outreach, Programs
This summer, the Campus Library is celebrating more than a decade of collaboration with Every Child Can Read, for The Reading Academy (TRA) program (formerly Third Grade Academy). We invite IU East students, faculty and staff to be involved assisting with fun learning activities throughout June. Even 30 minutes would be a great help. Youth will be on campus 8 am – 2 pm Monday through Friday for reading enrichment with certified teachers, and we provide special projects, such as arts, culture, games, health, science, and writing. Since 2009, IU East has been a site for 20-30 students in grade three, with the Campus Library hosting daily activities. That continued until last year, when TRA came together at IU East … Continued
“Oh, the Humanity!” – historical research and more through film

“Oh, the Humanity!” – historical research and more through film

, , Jesse Whitton, Library Resources
Films can be a useful resource for a variety of research. Several of the IU East Campus Library databases provide videos for educational purposes. Be sure to “Like” the IU East Campus Library Facebook page for weekly features of unique resources such as the following highlights which can all be located via our A-Z Index. Explore Education in Videos for reliable resources of more than 1,650 hours of videos that provide the opportunity to observe behaviors that define effective teaching styles. Included are demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. Documentaries, news clips, and interviews are research resources readily available in the AVON (Academic Video Online) database. Avon includes video collections such as Meet … Continued