Service-Learning is an active method of learning in which students engage in structured community service and reflect on the meaning of that service. There are numerous service-learning opportunities and events at IU East, often associated with an academic course but always dedicated to helping you develop your spirit of service. (more info: http://www.iue.edu/servicelearning)
 Almost 1,000 IU [...]

Think about a book you read recently that you enjoyed.  As simple as that…reading a book that gives you enjoyment.  Now think about people who know how to read, but do not. Perhaps they got out of the habit, or never developed the habit of reading for pleasure, or don’t have access, or any number [...]

Welcome to Spring 2013! The library has many resources and services useful in helping you succeed in your academic career. Read on to find out how these library club scholarship winners benefit from using our Campus Library..and how you can too!

“…there are worlds, realms, characters, creatures, and individuals contained in their bound margins, whose stories [...]

The driedel game, a popular Hanukah activity for children, grew into an adult passion for my mother (Eva Weinstein; Hebrew name Chava חוה, which means “life”), as she collected another and another and another and…until there was a glass-enclosed cabinet full of dreidels, each with a unique story about how and why it was acquired. [...]

Each year hundreds of books are challenged. What does the word “challenged” mean? Challenged is defined as a formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. Whether the challenge is based on sexual explicitness, sexuality, racism, religious viewpoints, violence, offensive language, or many other [...]

I know, I know, we’re always pushing you to use our databases.  But there’s just so dang much interesting and useful info in them.  It’s the world beyond Google (and believe me, I’m not a Google-basher; but there’s more to an information-rich life than that). So, in alphabetical order (of course, I am a librarian [...]

Missing shoes, sibling rivalries, Maori tribal traditions, lost creatures, and classroom voting campaigns are among the topics in films included in the “Seeing the world through a different lens:  international youth films” project hosted by the Indiana University East Campus Library. Library director Frances Yates received an American Library Association Carnegie-Whitney grant to create a [...]

 The IU East Campus has recognized the need for “Safe Zone” training. The Safe Zone program was created to address the needs of lgbtq students and their allies.
Workshops are led by Aimee Prater, lecturer of psychology. Participants who complete the training sign a pledge to be positive, supportive, and affirming of the LGBTQ community.  These faculty [...]

Summer and Service make a great mix, and we’re busy connecting campus and community.  Frances Yates continues in her role as faculty representative for Service-Learning and Heidi Huff (Lib-lady Heidi Huff) has added the role of service-learning coordinator to her campus responsibilities.  In addition to offering support for courses with service-learning components, we’re placing Experiential [...]

…but it can buy us reliable resources to make your research more productive and easy (really!) It’s the time of year when invoices for databases and online reference sources fill the inbox so we wanted to share with you some of the “oldies but goodies” renewed for your continuing research pleasure.
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Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context
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