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  • ️Fri Oct 18 2024

Researching at the Lilly

Navigate your academic journey and streamline your research with direct access to essential tools.

Ask about the Lilly Library’s collections and services or request a reading room appointment.

Find books, journals, and multimedia materials available in our catalog.

Register online and request access to materials to be viewed in the Lilly Library reading room, or order reproductions.

Search descriptions of non-book materials such as correspondence and photograph held in our archival and special collections.

Search digital image files from our collections, as well as curated collections from other IU departments, museums, and cultural heritage institutions.

Search digital images from our collections, including historic maps and the Frank M. Hohenberger photograph collection.

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Three people stand in front of bookshelves inside the Lilly Library Ellison Room. All wear masks as one explains the history of the room.

A wooden mechanical puzzle in the shape of a humanoid robot

Teaching at the Lilly

Enhance student learning with hands-on experiences with the Lilly Library collections. Our librarians can help you design the session.

Lilly Library director explains exhibition to a reporter

Schedule a class visit or request a tour for your group.  We also have weekly tours every Friday!

Lilly librarian teaching graduate students.

Learn about the Lilly Library’s approach to teaching with its collections and the values librarians bring to the classroom.

Research Services

We are here to help you on your research journey.

Order digital images, PDFs, or other reproductions of Lilly Library materials.

Request permission to publish materials from the Lilly Library collections.

Learn about finding aids that are not online, like our manuscripts index, card catalog, and special card files. Ask us for help using these resources.

Indiana University’s Lilly Library is a state, national and international treasure, and a testament to the vision and generosity of J.K. Lilly Jr.

Michael A. McRobbieUniversity Chancellor | President Emeritus

Rebecca Baumann of the Lilly Library and romance writer Beverly Jenkins seated at a table with art from Jenkins' book covers behind them

The Lilly Library's Rebecca Baumann in conversation with romance author Beverly Jenkins

Unsung Romance: A Conversation with Beverly Jenkins

On February 13, 2025, the Lilly Library was delighted to host legendary romance author Beverly Jenkins for an illuminating, honest, and often hilarious conversation about her career, her love of libraries, and the romance fiction industry.

Featured items

Events, blogs, and resources from the Lilly Library

Cropped image of a broadside embellished with woodcut frame printed for Mr. John Lyell by an unnamed printer on the frozen River Thames, indicated by the imprint “Printed on the Icy Thames”

Blog

Curatorial and teaching/outreach assistant Jake Gentry breaks the ice with a fable of festivals, frost, and an infantile ice age.

Joel Silver presents a talk on the collections of JK Lilly for the Manuscript Society's Manuscript Mondays

Outreach

Joel Silver appears on the Manuscript Society's Manuscript Mondays series to talk about the legacy of J.K. Lilly.

An exterior shot of Lilly Library

FYI

Take a look at the Lilly Library's recently renovated spaces.