Problem Putting Images on my InDesign File

Hi, I'm totally new to Adobe software, but I'm in the process of designing a product catalog for my company using InDesign.
So far i've been able to to stumble through the program myself, despite the learning curve. I do have one question that I think should be simple: Whenever I put an image into my InDesign document, the DPI of the image takes a really bad hit. It's the same size and everything, so why does the resolution get so messed up? How to I persist the resolution of the images?
Thanks!

By default, InDesign uses a lower resolution screen preview in your layout, so it may appear as if the image has lost resolution when in fact nothing has changed at all. View > Display Performance > High Quality Display to get the full-res preview.
That said, the preview has very little to do with the effective image resolution, that is the actual resolution of the image at the size it was saved divided by the scaling factor used when you placed it. If the image is doubled in size, the effective resolution is half the actual resolution. You'll see those numbers in teh Info Panel, and the only one you care about is effective resolution.

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