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ARTstor is a digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
Note: Images in ArtSTOR may be used for non-commercial, educational purposes if you abide by the ARTstor Terms and Conditions. More information about copyright and image use in ARTstor can be found here: http://artstor.libguides.com/Copyright-in-Artstor.

Includes biographies of over 300,000 people, current and historic, from all eras and fields of endeavor, found in hundreds of reference books, newspapers, and magazines.

See Encyclopedia Britannica Online.

Now called Vault Career Intelligence.

Offers access to biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 modern U.S. and international authors.
Note: The ability to cross-search Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, & Something about the Author is now available on the Gale Literary Sources platform.

Provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of some of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Note: The ability to cross-search Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, & Something about the Author is now available on the Gale Literary Sources platform.

Consists of the online equivalent of the printed Encyclopedia Britannica plus numerous supplementary resources, including the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, select magazine and journal articles, thousands of photographs and illustrations, and links to additional websites reviewed by the Britannica editors.

A general online encyclopedia with over 25,000 records covering a variety of topics.

Includes a collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for beginning research. Subjects included are African American studies, American and world history, animal behavior, anthropology, biography, business and finance, cinema, elementary and secondary education, general science, law, literature, medicine, philsophy, psychcology, religion, scholarships, fellowships, and loans for college, sociology, and technology.

See Oxford Art Online.

See Oxford Music Online.

A directory of Indiana schools and related information, sorted both alphabetically by school name and corporation name.

Online directory for all IU campuses' faculty and staff. Includes individual and departmental contact information, campus information, as well as interactive maps of each campus.

Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism of authors from all time periods in numerous genres.
Note: The ability to cross-search Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, & Something about the Author is now available on the Gale Literary Sources platform.

Provides full-text access to poems, essays, plays, short stories, and speeches from antiquity to the present.
Note: The ability to cross-search Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, & Something about the Author is now available on the Gale Literary Sources platform.

A free online dictionary and thesaurus.

Now called Vault Career Intelligence.

An online art reference source that covers Western and non-Western visual art. Includes the contents of Grove Art Online as well as additional Oxford art reference resources. Provides access to artists' biographies, images of artwork, as well as information on aesthetics, art terms, art movements, styles, theory, and criticism.

The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world, from North America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean. It also offers the best in etymological analysis and in listing of variant spellings, and it shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

An online music reference source that includes the contents of Grove Music Online as well as The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music. Provides access to articles on composers, performers, conductors, individual works, instruments and notation, forms, genres, and popular music.

A collection of language and subject dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works published by Oxford University Press. All titles in the collection are cross-searchable; individual titles may be searched separately as well.

Provides writing resources and instructional materials to assist with writing projects.

A web-based search and retrieval system for chemical compounds, bibliographic data, chemical reactions. Includes access to the CrossFire Beilstein, CrossFire Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases.

Rosetta Stone Level One language-learning courses for 30 different languages, including Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and many more.
ACCESS NOTE: Users must create their own username and password for access to Rosetta Stone.

A scholarly, open-access online encyclopedia covering a full range of philosophical topics.

Provides access to statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
ACCESS NOTE: The last Statistical Abstract of the United States published by the U.S. Census Bureau was the 2012 edition. The current edition is available in the IU Southeast Library Reference Collection -- HA202 .A3.

Provides access to US Census statistics compiled by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University.

Provides over 100 preparatory guides and practice tests for college and graduate exams (ACT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MAT, MCAT, SAT) as well as required career entry tests (ASVAB, NCLEX, PRAXIS, TESOL, etc.).
ACCESS NOTE: Users must create their own username and password for access to the guides and practice tests.

A comprehensive resource for career and job search information, including insider intelligence on salaries, hiring practices and company cultures.
ACCESS NOTE: A simple registration process is recommended for access. You must use your IUS email address when registering.

See Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).

Provides access to a wealth of international data, including statistics on global finance, development, economic conditions, national governance, business, education, gender, health and nutrition, and more.

See OCLC WorldCat.

Provides a comprehensive selection of economic, social and environmental indicators, drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partner agencies. The database covers more than 900 indicators for 210 economies with data back to 1960. Browsable by country, general topic, and indicator.

Provides valuable information on documentation, punctuation, and general writing tips.

This collection features primary source materials covering themes such as popular entertainment, consumer culture and mass media, and includes a diverse mixture of topics from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.