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Research Resources

• University of Iowa Libraries Gateway and InfoHawk
  • Library Request Login for Oakdale delivery NEW! request method
  • About the Oakdale Delivery Service
  • My Personal Library (create list of your library favorites and search by resource category or e-journals, renew books, show what you have checked out, etc.)
  • Library help files online
  • Library hours
  • Periodicals Index Online
  • Web of Knowledge (includes Web of Science, Medline, Web Citation Index, and more
• Bartleby.com - Powerful search of standard reference works as well as verse, fiction and nonfiction. Includes The American Heritage Dictionary, the big 3 of quotations, Rogets' Thesauri, the major English usage guides, The Bible, Brewer, Bulfinch and Frazer … much more.
• Google News (stories presented with multiple links to versions from several news outlets world wide)
• Scholar's Google (Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.)
• Oxford English Dictionary (accessible only from Obermann & other campus locations)
• Scholar's Desktop Resources (links to News Sources; Humanities Resources; Public Policy Resources; Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Thesaurï; Statistics and Data; Miscellaneous; Search Engines )
• Scholar's Coffee Table Resources (links to radio stations, magazines, photography and art)
• Books in Print (search by author, title, publisher, IBSN number - entrys with stars have review texts available)
• Research and Reference Sources (Fact oriented, designed for journalists, but useful for anyone)
• Library of Congress
• Google's Uncle Sam search restricted to government and military sites
• Google's University Search enables you to narrow your search to a specific school website.
• Google's Image Search - Amazing. Their claim to be the most comprehensive image search is, so far, true.
• Google's Maps - Even more amazing than their image search - best ever mapping program and search engine. Click & drag your mouse to move the map around! Search for "iowa city" a street address, city, state . . . and Bam! instant detailed map. Also does driving instructions.

University of Iowa Links

• UI Quick Care center in North Liberty (M-F 5-8 pm, Sat 8am-Noon)
• Search U Iowa Web sites A-Z
• U. Iowa Phonebook
• Calendar of the Academic Year
• Campus Office Directory
• Campus Maps and Building Locators
• CamBus Oakdale route and schedule
• University Carpool Matching Service
• Office of the Vice President for Research
• Research & Academic Centers, Programs, & Institutes

Other Links

Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes

Use directory search to find more than 120 centers and institutes. You will find links to Web sites in the individual descriptions.

American Council of Learned Societies: Directory of Constituent Societies

provides individual listings for the 61 learned societies and 11 affiliate members of the ACLS, including information on staffing, membership, meetings, and publications as well as links to organizational Web sites.

Community of Science (COS)

Funding Opportunities database includes information about research funding, scholarships, fellowships, postdoctoral opportunities, prizes, visiting lectureships, non-medical interships, travel awards, and funds for program adminsitration, conferences, and collaborative research endeavors.

Center for Advanced Research Technology in the Arts and Humanities (CARTAH)

CARTAH's mission is to support and promote computer-based research and creative work in the Arts and Humanities at the University of Washington. Programs are only for people affiliated with UW, but their projects provide good examples of how computers are being applied to arts and humanities research.

Humanities Iowa

"Humanities Iowa is the only non-profit organization in Iowa committed to bringing the humanities to life and to the public through interactive programming, publications, and events. . . . We provide grants to aid other non-profit organizations in furthering the humanities in Iowa as well as conduct our own programs in support of the humanities across Iowa."

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life

"a national consortium of colleges, universities, and cultural institutions dedicated to supporting the civic work of university artists, humanists, and designers."

National Humanities Center

"A private nonprofit institution . . . the country's only independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. . . . Each year, up to 40 scholars, selected by rigorous peer review, come to the Center's Archie K. Davis Building for year-long residencies from across the United States and around the world."