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Collaboration rooms: During the school year, you can reserve rooms in the Wells Library Scholars' Commons (and in other locations around campus) up to three weeks in advance (note that you need to make the reservation at least 24 hours in advance).
Study carrels: Graduate students can reserve a study carrel in the Wells Library East Tower stacks. They allow you to leave your books in the library and have a reserved space to do work.
Grad Commons: The Grad Commons is located on the 8th floor of the Wells Library East Tower (behind the elevators) and is exclusively for graduate students. You will need your ID card to enter. The Commons have a printer and twelve PCs.
Opportunities
Take advantage of the many opportunities afforded to the IU community! The following is not an exhaustive list of opportunities offered in the Libraries, let alone across campus and around Bloomington.
Scholars' Commons Events: Brown bags, tutorials, workshops, etc. on everything from basic library research to citation management software to virtual reality.
Supercharge Your Dissertation: A Scholars' Commons event, but one that is so valuable and popular that it deserves its own bullet point. Click the events page above to find the next time it will occur.
Bilingual dictionaries of English and French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and German.
Other Librarians
The Libraries employ subject specialists in a wide range of topics. Those of you who focus on regions outside the United States and Western Europe are particularly encouraged to build a relationship with your Area Studies Librarian.
For those of you who are teaching, we can also help with your instructional needs.
Other Useful Information
Make sure you take advantage of IUWare to help you gain access to research tools, including: Endnote, Office, JMP, ArcGIS, SPSS, etc. Note that Zotero is available for free. See information below regarding citation management software.
I put together this double-sided handout in 2019 to help people choose between EndNote and Zotero. Some of it is based on experience (primarily as an EndNote user), so there may be a small amount of inaccurate information.