Library Research Assistance Tools
- Your Subject Librarian!IU has assigned a subject librarian for each discipline at IU. Making their acquaintance should be one of the first time-saving things you do.
- BrowzineAdd you favorite journals to your bookshelf and then browse them at your leisure. Get notified when new articles/issues are posted.
- Interlibrary Loan and UBorrowUBorrow is non-mediated book ILL from other Big Ten Academic Alliance Schools. It is typically faster than ILL and you can keep books for 17 weeks.
Create database alerts for keyword searches related to your topic. Many databases allow this including ProQuest, Ebsco, PubMed, Web of Science, etc.
Linking Google Scholar to your IU Library Resources
!. Go to Google Scholar and click Settings
2. Click Library Links and search for Indiana University Bloomington, press the Save button.
3. Now when you search, you should be able to go through a special link that will ask you for your IU credentials to authenticate.
