The library and its collections may be used by IU students, staff and faculty and by any residents of Indiana. New books are placed on a display shelf in the reading area for one week before circulating. Recent acquisitions list shows the most recently received book titles. Unbound journals are displayed alphabetically by title on shelves in the reading area . State journals and newsletters, shelved separately following the journals, are arranged alphabetically by state.
Bound journals follow and are shelved alphabetically by title.
Reserve books include required and supplementary reading materials for courses, test files, high use materials, slide sets, and videocassettes. Over 13,000 uncataloged items are kept in file cabinets in the library. Please ask at the desk for assistance. Electronic Reserves Electronic Reserves are the Optometry School course files reserved in electronic format for you to access. Items not owned by any Bloomington campus library can be photocopied or borrowed from other institutions via Interlibrary Loan .