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Informatics

This research guide is designed to help facilitate research and study for students and faculty of the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI.

Who Should Use This Guide?

University Library

This guide is intended to support the coursework and research of the students and faculty of the IU School of Informatics and Computing on the IUPUI campus.

In addition to this guide, there are more focused guides for SOIC departments: BioHealth Informatics, Human-Centered Computing, and Library and Infomation Science.

Need Help?

Use one of the tabs above to find specific information for finding articles, books, journals, and reference materials. 

 

If you need further assistance, the University Library provides assistance in many ways:

  • In-person at the Information/Reference desk
  • By phone : 317.274.0469 or toll free 1.888.422.0499
  • By e-mail: renewal@iu.edu 
  • By online chat: Ask a Librarian 
  • By text: (66746)

 

For more information about our Ask a Librarian service see: http://www.library.indianapolis.iu.edu/research/askalibrarian.

 

Also, the Subject Librarian, Mahasin Ameen, is always available if you have questions or would like to schedule a research help meeting. Use this page to email or schedule an appointment with her.

Off-Campus Access to Library Resources

Most library resources are IP-restricted. This means that, while on-campus, you can connect to any resource; but if you are off-campus you won't. Luckily, there are multiple ways to access library resources while off-campus.

  1. Connect to resources like databases and journal articles from the library's web page. Once you click on a database or e-journal link, there will be a pop-up screen where you log-in to authenticate yourself as being affiliated with IU Indianapolis. As long as you keep your browser window open, you should not have to re-authenticate.
  2. Set up a VPN link. For the most reliable connections across the widest range of platforms and network configurations, UITS recommends connecting to the VPN with the Ivanti Secure Access (formerly Pulse Secure). The benefit to this method is that as long as you are logged in, you can open and close browser windows just as you would on-campus.
  3. Set up a secure Citrix Workspace App (formerly Citrix receiver) on mobile devices to browse resources directly and run IUanyWare Software virtually.