Academia Interactive

The Chronicle of Higher Education: You need this. Make a VPN connection from home first and The Chronicle will recognize your IU subscription. link

Out and about @ IUB: IU events calender - including cultural events, lectures, free food. Specific events calender link. All IUB events link.

Buy textbooks & supplies

Note that there are extended hours during the first week of classes, these are the 'normal hours':

Main IU Bookstore (aka: Barnes and Noble) in the IMU
Indiana Memorial Union, Mezzanine and First Floor
8am-6pm Monday-Friday
10am-5pm Saturday
11am-5pm Sunday
812-856-2665
link

IU Bookstore, Eigenmann branch
Eigenmann, 1910 E. Tenth Street
9am-9pm Monday-Thursday
9am-6pm Friday
10am-6pm Saturday
11am-8pm Sunday

TIS Bookstore
1302 East 3rd Street just off of Jordan Ave.

Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

Friday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Saturday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Sunday: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

link

Amazon.com (note: Books are usually cheaper here. If you buy a lot of books -or anything else - from Amazon consider paying for a 'Prime' shipping membership which gets you free 2 day shipping with no minimum purchase (books, groceries, etc.). You can have 4 people on one prime account, it is $79 per year with the first month free as a trial. link

Student Identification Card

You absolutely need one. In addition to being your Student ID the card works as your: library card, discount copy card, bus pass, student rec pass, discount card, rechargeable debit CampusAccess card (i.e. coffee card).

After you are registered, you may obtain your card by bringing a photo ID to Campus Card Services at the IMU, located on the Mezzanine Level next to Delights snack shop, or from the office located in Eigenmann Hall at 1910 E. 10th St. Hours are Monday thru Friday 8:00am-5:00pm.
link

Manage & Improve Your Health

Health and Dental Insurance Information:
Campus contact: 855-4650 or studenhc@indiana.edu
Aetna Student Health: 877-375-4243 Link
Health Insurance Brochure:link
Dental Insurance Brochure: link
Find a Doctor in the network:link
More info and links to forms:link
fyi: The Health Center now (finally!) does direct billing to our insurance.

Health Center:

The Indiana University Health Center is accredited and provides comprehensive medical services including: - Medical Appointments -Medical Walk In Clinic -Women's Clinic -Medical Specialists -Immunizations -Travel Clinic -Eye Clinic -Pharmacy -Laboratory -Radiology -Physical Therapy

Appointments: 855-7688 Link

Health and Wellness Education/Services

Appointment Line: 855-7338.

• Fitness Assessment & Consultation. FREE.
• Dietitian Consultations. FREE
  
• Weight Control Classes. Call for class schedule and cost
• Cholesterol Testing. Call for cost and scheduling.
• Smoking Cessation. Free (+free patches/gum ;-). 855-7338 Link
• Birth Control & GYN Information. FREE!
• Massage Therapy. Schedule a 45 minute massage with a certified massage therapist. Call for price information and an appointment.Link
• Sexual Issues, Safer Sex, Birth Control & GYN Exam Information Questions about sex, birth control, STD's and more. Call for an appointment.

Counseling and Psychiatry :
Everything from dissertation support groups (good idea, fyi), help with concentration difficulties, to individual psychiatric assessment and treatment.
Counseling $20 for an individual full session, $10 for half session, $10 for group counseling visit. Psychiatry: $40 for first visit, $20 for follow-up visit
CAPS 855-5711 link

Sexual Assault Services:
Always Free of Charge. Crisis Line: 855-8900 Appt. Line: 855-5711 Link

Become A Better Researcher, Teacher, Student

IU has a great many free (short) skills courses. These are highly recommended and can make your life MUCH easier (and more productive).

Teaching
Campus Instructional Consulting link
Franklin Hall 004. Phone 855-9023, Fax 855-8404, teaching@indiana.edu
Provides assistance in and out of the classroom with the development, implementation, and evaluation of teaching, technology, and course innovations.

• Workshops: schedule link
• Individual teaching consultations: link
• Document your teaching (e.g. for a job): link
• Course Development: link
• Student Learning Assessment: Link
• Test Writing: link
• Improve Course Evaluations: link
• Teaching Library: link
  

Research

• Library: The Reference Department is offering free one-hour seminars to help you find the best resources and tools for your research. Register here

Technology/Computer

• STEPS: Windows, Microsoft and Adobe desktop applications, web and graphic development, programming, and more. List here

• Self Study: IT Training tutorials -- on everything from Windows Vista to IU technology resources such as Oncourse, OneStart, and student email or order STEPS workshop materials and eLearning courses from Skillsoft and Microsoft.here.

Information on Professors and Classes

• "Rate My Professors" is a website devoted to public student reviews of professors. IUB CJ page link. For fun, also Check out the "Professors strike back" section here

• IUB grade distribution database shows grade data for each section by professor, department or section. link here.
  

CVs, Cover Letters and Career Advice

Graduate Student Career Advising: The Career Development Center
Located across from the Herman B. Wells Library at 625 N. Jordan Avenue. Career advisors answer general questions about careers; critique resumes, CVs and cover letters; and explain what resources are available on campus.link

Document Library on written correspondence (scroll to bottom) link

Helpful Links
Academic cover letters link

Free Legal Advice and Representation

Student Legal Services. Located at the corner of Seventh and Fess (across from Dunn Meadow). Open Monday through Friday, 8AM to 4PM.
855-7867.
List of basic coverage provided by Student Legal Services. Link.

Get Computer Help

• ITHelpLive (live chat with a consultant): Monday-Friday 8am-9pm:link
• Phone support: 812-855-6789, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Walk-in support: Herman B Wells Library, Information Commons, Monday-Thursday 8am-midnight, Friday 8am-9pm, Saturday noon-5pm, and Sunday noon-midnight
• Email support: Send mail to: ithelp@iu.edu .

Any article in PDF

A VPN connection from off campus will allow IUB to 'treat you' as though you are on campus (making available certain journals/services/etc.). It also allows Scholar to connect directly to IUB libraries. software here.

Configure Google Scholar to link in to the IUB database (Scholar Preferences--> Library Links-->set to IUB). Most available full texts will be linked in automatically (make a VPN connection first for expediency in linking). Bonus: set it show citations for citation management software - free from IU here

Use IUB delivery for print only articles, a PDF will be emailed to you. This includes journals that IUB owns!!!
Limited to 25 per month. Request Article Delivery

LexisNexis is fine if you hate formatting (imho). I prefer PDFs. Hein online has most of the same (and more!) journals. link

Teaching and Grading Tips

Multiple Choice Exams: What do you do when a prof asks you to make a multiple forms exam? What does that mean? How many Xs go on the scantron key? (and so on) Manual here.

Copies: If you need to make your own copies: Kinko's at 2650E. 3rd St (near Borders) charges AIs only $.03 for B&W copies and a 25% off of other services. It is best (though not always necessary) to bring your AI contract and an ID.

Document Scanning: The library will scan documents in to PDF form for classroom use through e-reserves. The PDF can then be downloaded and linked to elsewhere (e.g. Oncourse) or distributed as you wish. link

Violations of Student Code:
Procedures for Bloomington Campus link
Student Code link

Parking

• “A” permits: Associate Instructors. $286.00 & good until 6/30/09. Provides parking in the garages (Atwater, Jordan, and Poplar) and near most buildings. Note however, there is great competition for these spaces and parking can be time consuming.
• “C” permits: Associate Instructors, and Research Assistants. This pass is $140.50 until 6/30/09 and provides parking in further away areas. **Note:Cs turn to As after 5pm and on weekends
• “E” permits available to: Anyone. $96.00 and provides parking far away.
• Bicycle permits are required if you plan on using your bike on campus. $5.00 until 6/30/09. Bicycle stands are widely available.
• Other permit types are available as well. A full price list is here
  
  ***You can buy your parking permits online. link
  ***If you are a masochist you can also buy these in person at Parking Operations in the Henderson Parking Garage (on Atwater just past Indiana).

• Parking Lot Locator - you can select the part of campus (or building) that you will be near and get a list and map of the nearby spaces by permit type. here

Buy and Sell

OneStart Classifieds
Bloomington Craigslist

Book Delivery

• Have your books delivered - this is VERY handy. IUB has many libraries (list) (map) and they will send books to any library on campus for pick up. This also means not having to retrieve them from the shelves yourself. Select 'request delivery' in IUCAT. or visit here.
  
• Note, they will also 'deliver' to books to the same library the books are located in - essentaily providing a book fetching service.

General Transportation

• IUB Bus schedules change during during semester breaks. Bus Schedule here.
• Bloomington buses are free to students with ID. Schedule/map here

Getting in the Door...Literally

Top Secret:
NE door.
Word on the street is the one on the mid west side also works.Unconfirmed.

Free Software, Cheap Computers, Discounted Phone Service

Free Downloadable Software from IU: including Office and the software you will need to connect and print from a laptop on campus. and MUCH else. click IUWare

IU has negotiated special deals with computer hardware vendors, including Apple, CDW-G, Sony, and Dell. ComputerGuide here

You are also eligible for discounts on monthly data and voice
plans from AT&T. Students receive an 8% discount; faculty and staff receive a 12% discount. Details here

IU has also partnered with MobileSphere to provide low-cost, prepaid domestic and international long distance calling from any home, office, cell, or off-campus phone:link

Grad Student Email Listservs

There are two graduate student email listservs for our department.

• The first is the official one run by, and copied to, the department: CJUSGRAD-L@listserv.indiana.edu.
• The second is the non-official graduate list run by a fellow graduate student. ONLY grad students get emails posted to this address.. JUSTGRADS-L@listserv.indiana.edu. Note: All current grads are on this, but if you have a secondary account you would like to have access through, drop me an email.