Research Tools

General Resources

Access World News
Full-text access to local and regional newspapers (paid advertisements are excluded). Includes access to the Chicago Tribune and the Indianapolis Star.

Associations Unlimited
Contains descriptions, general information, and contact information for over 142,000 national, international, and regional, state, and local organizations.

Biography Resource Center
Contains biographical information from both print and electronic sources for more than 185,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Books in Print
Provides information about books and audio-visual materials that are available for purchase from publishers, distributors, wholesalers, or book agents.

Chronicle of Higher Education
Published every weekday, this newspaper provides news, information, and job opening information for college and university faculty members and administrators.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Contains material found in the print version as well as original articles, and supplementary material.

Herald-Times
Online version of Bloomington's local paper, The Herald-Times, including the newspaper's electronic archives.

IUCAT
Online catalog for Indiana University Libraries.

Leadership Library
Current directory information for people in government, non-profits, and the private sector plus the names and addresses of their staff.

Library of Congress Catalogs
Access to the holdings of the Library of Congress.

Oxford English Dictionary
Online version of the dictionary containing over 290,500 entries, and two and a half million quotations.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Provides information on serials published throughout the world.

Wall Street Journal
Online version of the Wall Street Journal.

WorldCat
Catalog of more than 100 million records from libraries around the world.