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Get Ahead with IU East Campus Library: Top Resources and Events Await!

events, instagram, staff January 27, 2025 Jesse Whitton, Website mdilwort

Hit the ‘Like’ button on the IU East Campus Library’s Facebook page and be sure to follow the new IU East Campus Library Instagram page for up to date resources and events highlights! SAVE THE DATE! Mark your calendars! Join Assistant Librarian for Instruction and Outreach, KT Lowe, on February 5 at 12:30 PM in the library. Learn how to identify high-quality news resources and spot fake news in this informative session. Don’t miss out on this valuable opportunity to enhance your research skills! As always, reach out to your IU East Campus Library team for assistance with all your research needs. Email us at iueref@iu.edu. In the meantime, here are some of our top picks for getting your research … Continued

Popeye Belongs to All of Us

On January 1st each year, Public Domain Day, new materials fall out of copyright and become free to use and adapt for anyone, without needing to clear rights or pay royalties. These include audio recordings first copyrighted in 1924, and books, films, plays, musical compositions, artwork, and characters copyrighted in 1929. In recent years, these have included the original iterations of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse, who have featured in a plethora of new marketable for-profit works; most notoriously low-budget horror films. This year, books like William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury have now become free to use, adapt, and sell, as well as Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Agatha Christie’s ninth novel, The Seven Dials Mystery … Continued

Here’s the (Lib)Key to Quick Article Access

Elizabeth South, linking January 13, 2025 Library Resources, Website mdilwort

The IU East Campus Library subscribes to an excellent service that brings students and faculty straight to the articles they want by providing instant access and eliminating paywalls. LibKey is a suite of tools that help researchers locate and view research articles with fewer clicks. There are three LibKey features that IU East researchers can take advantage of: LibKey Nomad, LibKey.io, and BrowZine. LibKey Nomad LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that you can add to any of your favorite browsers that will help you locate and access articles when searching websites outside of the library databases, such as Google Scholar, PubMed, Wikipedia, and more, potentially bypassing paywalls, broken links, or other access barriers. It’s very easy to do. Go … Continued

New year, new habits: How to make the best of 2025 on campus

art, KT Lowe, student organizations January 6, 2025 Library Resources mdilwort

It’s a whole new semester and the start of a new year. Why not take advantage of all this newness and do some new things on campus? There’s many opportunities to engage with other students, find new places to study and take in some of the work that your fellow students and community members have done. Join a student organization There are student organizations to meet every interest. If you’re interested in helping animals and the environment, the Animals and Earth Club meets regularly and hosts events throughout the term. If public service is more aligned with your interests, check out the Circle K International or the Center for Service-Learning for a chance to give back to the community. Other … Continued

The Christmas Eggnog Riot

history, holidays December 23, 2024 Matt Dilworth mdilwort

In 1802, West Point Military Academy was founded, a pathetic joke of a military institution whose lax recruitment standards, negligible resources, and few teachers contributed little to the nation’s safety. Then the War of 1812 happened, and losing the White House to the British convinced Congress that it would be prudent to train better officers and soldiers. In 1817, Colonel Sylvanus Thayer was appointed as superintendent. Thayer was a hero of the War of 1812 who had studied in France, and a man known for strict discipline in every sense of the word – both military and personal. He quickly moved to change the character of the institution, and the character of the men who graduated. He created a stable four-year … Continued