Academic Resources
IU has many resources to help you succeed in your classes. Be sure to talk to your professors and academic advisors to make sure that you using all of the resources that are right for you.
The Academic Support Center offers a wide range of free services, including tutoring, advising, workshops, review sessions and other academic support at three locations on the IUB campus - Briscoe, Teter and Forest.
Disability Services for Students ensures the accessibility of University programs and services to eligible students. Accommodations, also called support services, are individually determined based on disability specific need and may include modified testing environments, sign language interpreters, and assistance obtaining books in audio format.
The Indiana University Libraries research collections include than 6.6 million books in over 900 languages. The materials support every academic discipline on campus. Users can access more than 400 databases, 43,000 electronic journals, and 224,000 electronic books, as well as locally developed digital content. Key resources:
- Library Services for Undergraduates.
- The Psychology Collection home page describes the locations of printed psychology materials in the IUB libraries and links to subject area resources for many different areas of psychology.
- Psychology-relevant search engines can help you find books, journal, magazine and newspaper articles and more. Start with EBSCO Academic, IUCAT, PsychArticles or PsychInfo. If needed, take a look at this extended list of search engines, sorted into disciplines - educational psychology, health psychology, history of psychology, neuroscience, and social psychology.
- The Neuroscience page and neuroscience-relevant search engines.
- The APA Style Resources page has suggestions to help students write well and cite their resources appropriately. See especially The Owl and APA Citation Style.
- The Wells Library houses the Career Reference Collection.
The Math Learning Center provides a group tutoring experience. Students are asked to work together with others taking the same math course. Tutors assist groups and individual students with their questions by giving hints and guidance towards the correct solution. The MLC tutoring service is on a walk-in basis; no appointment is necessary. Students who wish to have a one-on-one tutoring experience might consider hiring a private tutor and the Mathematics department provides a list of math graduate students who tutor on their website.
The Student Academic Center provides a range of support services that enhance academic success for undergraduate students at Indiana University, Bloomington including:
- Free Study Smarter Workshops Schedule & Free College and Life-Long Learning Workshops Schedule
- Individualized Academic Assessment and Assistance
- Courses for Credit are designed to promote students' academic success at the university.
Tutors for Psychology & Neuroscience Classes. Psi Chi maintains a list of the names of students who let us know they are interested in serving as a tutor for psychology & neuroscience classes.
Writing Tutorial Services (WTS) provides individual tutoring to IUB students. They can help writers at any phase of the writing process--from brainstorming to outlining, revising to polishing the final draft.
