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OneSearch

Use OneSearch when you need to find a variety of materials on your topic. It’s a great starting point when you don’t know where to begin your research, or if your topic crosses multiple subjects. OneSearch returns results from many of UL’s databases and IU’s catalog. Results may include books, e-books, journal articles, news articles, films, theses, dissertations, or other media.

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IUCAT

IUCAT is Indiana University’s library catalog. It returns items from all IU Libraries holdings. IUCAT includes: books, e-books, audio, video, musical scores, maps, and more. Many items have a “Request This” option for delivery to another IU campus library for you to check out.

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Databases

Use the Database search when you want to search databases by name, subject, or publisher. The Database Search will return a list of databases that University Library subscribes to related to your search. To see databases by subject, refer to the subject guides.

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Journals Search

Use Journals Search to look up a journal name. Journals Search returns a list of journals with matching names or parts of names. Journals provided include open access journals as well as UL’s paid subscriptions.

Journal List Journals by Subject Search by ISSN Open Access Journals at IU Indy

Article Search

Use our Article Search when you’re trying to find a specific article. You can search by article title, DOI, or a full citation. Article Search returns results from the catalog, databases, and open access repositories. If it is not immediately accessible, the search will direct you to Interlibrary Loan to request the article.

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Site Search

Use the Site Search to look for webpages on the University Library website. The Site Search returns a list a webpages, subject guides, and can even return databases by name.

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NEWS

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IU Indianapolis ScholarWorks Experiencing Downtime
ScholarWorks has been battling increased traffic from unwelcomed, mostly unidentified bots leading to performance issues.

UL Teaching Librarian Makes the Top Ten
University Library's Teaching and Learning Librarian Mahasin Ameen has been named a 2026 Top Ten Librarian by the American Library Association.

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EVENTS

Pub Med: Maximize your literature search
When: August 24, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Where: Online
What: Focusing on searching in PubMed, this interactive class will provide tips and tricks to find high levels of evidence. Participants will learn:...

Basics of EndNote
When: August 28, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: Online
What: EndNote is a citation management software program that is free to students through...

Needles in Haystacks: Finding Data for Your Research Project
When: September 03, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: Asynchronous Online Workshop
What: With so many datasets available online, it can be difficult to know where to look to find the dataset that will meet your research project. To learn the basics of...

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Cetoria Tomberlin, Resource Sharing Librarian
Meet the New Resource Sharing Librarian

Mahasin S. Ameen, Teaching and Learning Librarian
"It's up to you how far you'll go. If you don't try, you'll never know." - The Sword in the Stone

Rachel Molina, Digital Publishing and Repository Librarian
Librarians are tour guides for knowledge – and I look forward to helping others on their journey.

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