Author Archives: mdilwort

Author Archives: mdilwort

The (Lib)Key to Quick Access

The (Lib)Key to Quick Access

, , Library Resources, Website
The IU East Campus Library has recently subscribed to an excellent new service that brings students and faculty straight to the articles they want by providing instant access and eliminating paywalls. LibKey is a suite of products that help researchers locate and view research articles with fewer clicks. The LibKey API works with the library’s subscriptions and the Unpaywall Open Access database to streamline access to full text content available at the IU East Campus.  The LibKey link is already integrated into many of our databases, so you don’t need to do anything special to use it—it works behind the scenes as soon as you download or view a PDF. However, there are few other special LibKey features and products … Continued
Love data? There’s a week for that

Love data? There’s a week for that

, Library Resources
Every year during the week of Valentine’s Day, libraries, colleges and universities throughout the world celebrate International Love Data Week.  The theme for 2023 is “Data: Agents of Change.” International Love Data Week, February 13-17, is an opportunity for people to learn about all the roles that data plays in their lives.  Whether it’s figuring out what to watch on television, determining how risky it might be to travel on a winter’s day or choosing a baby name, data drives innumerable decisions in everyone’s daily lives.  However, understanding data can be a challenge.  One of the techniques that Fame.News Network employs is to misrepresent data.  Often, this takes the form of a false chart or a meme that may misquote … Continued
Curated Collections of Primary Sources

Curated Collections of Primary Sources

, Jesse Whitton, Library Resources
The IU East Campus Library subscribes to a variety of the Adam Matthew (AM) digital archives, ranging in topics from gender studies, history, and literature, to politics, advertising, and world culture. “Like” us on the IU East Campus Library Facebook page for weekly features of unique resources available via our A-Z Index, such as these highlights. View works by some of Europe’s earliest film pioneers and innovators, such as Alice Guy- Blaché, the first female filmmaker while glimpsing into the lives of late Victorians and Edwardians captured on film through the Victorians on Film database. During Europe’s Edwardian era, the United States experienced the Gilded Age, and the Gilded Age was just that, Gilded. NOT Golden. From afar, all appeared golden with … Continued
Honing Your Interview Skills

Honing Your Interview Skills

, , Library Resources, outreach, Programs
IU East offers many resources through Career Services for building job hunting, résumé, and interviewing skills.  These include tutorials and web resources, and special events, one of which will be offered, in partnership with Athletics, on Wednesday, January 25th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Student Events Center (on the Lingle Court).  In this Mock Interview session, all students are invited to practice interviewing skills in a safe, low-stakes environment with helpful IU East staff.  You can learn more and register here. The library can be very useful, as well, offering many guides and tools to improve your interview skills.  Books like Knock ‘em Dead Job Interview: Turn Job Interviews into Paychecks by Martin Yate, Interview Skills That Win … Continued
Open To All – the Public Domain

Open To All – the Public Domain

, , Research
On Public Domain Day, January 1, 2023, works published in 1927 entered the public domain. What is “Public Domain” and Why 1927?  The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, or waived. Therefore, anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission. With the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, copyright was extended an additional 20 years, from 75 to 95 years. So, these works that were originally to enter the public domain in 2003 are now entering the public domain in 2023. These materials are open to all and can now be used in class, performances, and projects in any way, shape, … Continued