Portal for accessing descriptions of archival and special collections held by libraries, archives and other cultural heritage units at Indiana University or affiliated with Indiana University.
IUCAT, Indiana University's online library catalog, provides comprehensive access to millions of items held by the IU Libraries statewide, including books, recordings, US government publications, periodicals, and other types of material. Users can access IUCAT from any Internet-connected computer or device, whether in the libraries, on campus, or off campus.
Statistical data on Indiana, including census and population data, economic and labor reports, and county profiles.
STATS Indiana provides Census information for Indiana including population, economic, and workforce statistics as well as maps. Detailed county information is also provided. (OCLC)
Population: Census counts & 1990 profiles; Census estimates; County projections; Health & vital statistics; households; migration; poverty & welfare -- Economy: Agriculture; Briefing report-IDOC; Building permits; Earnings by industry; Property taxes; Time series; Vehicle registrations -- Workforce: Annual & monthly labor force; Commuting patterns; Education; Employment by industry; Median income; Personal income -- Profiles, etc.: County profiles; FIPS codes; Data definitions (glossary); Tract outline maps.
Image Collections Online showcases image collections curated by libraries, archives, and other cultural-heritage institutions of Indiana University.
Image Collections Online (ICO) includes a variety of historical photographs and images of cultural objects from the Lilly Library, the IU Archives, the Archives of African American Music and Culture, the Liberian Collections, the IU Map Collections, and others. Collection managers interested in submitting their collections for inclusion in ICO should contact the IU Libraries' Digital Collections Services department.
This interactive digital atlas can be used to create custom maps about Indiana, including mineral resources, the environment, geology, biology, hydrology, transportation, demographics and population.
IndianaMap or the GIS Atlas for Indiana is an interactive digital atlas that can be used to make maps related to Indiana's environment, geology, biology, hydrology, transportation, demographics and population. It can be used to access and map over 250 layers of geographic and geologic information. GIS Data for Indiana can be viewed online using a web browser, or downloaded for use with geographic information systems (GIS) software.
Full text of letters, diaries, and memoirs from the American Civil War, with biographies and an extensive bibliography.
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries knits together diaries, letters, and memoirs from more than 2,000 authors to provide fast access to thousands of views on almost every aspect of the war, including what was happening at home. The writings of politicians, generals, slaves, landowners, farmers, seaman, wives, and even spies are included. The letters and diaries are by the famous and the unknown, giving not only both the Northern and Southern perspectives, but those of foreign observers also. The materials originate from all regions of the country and are from people who played a variety of roles.
Popular consumer online genealogy resource that includes birth, death, and marriage records as well as searchable manuscript census records for the U.S. 1790-1930. Similar records are also available for the U.K., Germany, and a few other countries. Only works with the latest versions of Firefox, Chrome, and Safari browsers.
Access to primary source documents from the American Civil War. Includes regimental histories, including all Union regiments, muster lists containing the names of those killed, wounded and missing in action, war and battle narratives.
Access to primary source documents from the American Civil War. Includes seven newspapers published in Indiana between 1855 and 1869, primarily the Vincennes Gazette, the Vincennes Sun, and the Vincennes Times.
Digital access to papers promoting as well as those opposing white nationalism. Includes local, regional, and national newspapers published by Klan organizations and by sympathetic publishers from across the U.S. It also includes key anti-Klan voices from newspapers published by ethnic, Catholic, and Jewish organizations.
During the 1920s, The Washington Post estimated the Klan’s membership as high as 9,000,000 and in the Midwest, a particular strong point of Klan support, one in three white protestant males in the state of Indiana were dues-paying members of the Klan. The collection is currently available only to funding institutions, but will eventually be made open access.
A multimedia web site about the life and career of master songwriter Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (1899-1981).
This multimedia web site is part of an 18-month project to catalog, digitize, and preserve every item in Indiana University's extensive collections pertaining to the life and career of master songwriter Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (1899-1981). The site presents a complete catalog of the entire Carmichael Collection, access to selected digital objects, and supplemental research information, such as genealogy. The Hoagy Carmichael Collection contains sound recordings of Hoagy's music, letters, photographs of him and his family, print and handwritten musical compositions, and more.
Searchable full text of letters and diaries of hundreds of North American women, from the 16th century to 1950.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. Also includes biographies and an annotated bibliography of the sources in the database.