D&B Million Dollar Database provides brief information on 15 million private and public U.S. companies and 8 million international companies.  The directory information includes: address, sales, number of employees. industry classification (SIC and NAICS), type of ownership, and names of chief executives.  You can generate lists of companies meeting specific criteria (geography, sales size, employee [...]

On June 15th a revised and enhanced version of the Revised Common Lectionary went into production, after several months of beta version review and comment by many of its regular users.  The culmination of a 9 month development effort, the new design and enhanced features of the web-site can be seen at the long-standing address [...]

The library now has access to the Foundation Directory Online (Professional edition) database.  Foundation Directory Online Professional provides subscribers with access to comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants. FDO can be found in the list of Heard Library Research Databases at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/artdb.shtml.  From this page, under “Need a Database to Find an Article” in the [...]

The library now has complimentary access to Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA).  LISA is an abstracting and indexing tool for library and information professionals. LISA  can be found in the list of Heard Library Research Databases at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/artdb.shtml.  From this page, under “Need a Database to Find an Article” in the upper left quadrant, [...]

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Library is highlighting the following databases
North American Women’s Letters and Diaries, Colonial-1950
British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries: 1500-1900
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
Each of these databases contains the full text of diaries, letters, and memoirs written by women. These primary source [...]

After receiving much feedback, the library selected CSA as the new platform for the PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES databases.  These databases on the new platform are available now from the Heard LIbrary Articles & Databases page at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ under “Need a Database to Find an Article” in the upper left quadrant.  To find the databases, either enter PsycINFO or PsycARTICLES [...]

We are grateful to Vanderbilt University’s Office of Investments for supporting the subscription to Global Insight Advanced Country Analysis and Forecast (Country Intelligence) This frequently updated resource provides economic and financial forecasting for over 200 countries. It offers: same-day reaction analysis and commentary; key monthly, quarterly, and annual economic indicators; risk assessments; economic developments and [...]

The library currently has a trial for Oxford Scholarship Online.  For more details, please visit the ETrials Blog.  Trial ends November 14, 2008.
http://weblog.library.vanderbilt.edu/etrials/

The library currently has a trial for International Directory of Company Histories.  For more details and to review the resource, please visit the ETrials Blog.
http://weblog.library.vanderbilt.edu/etrials/

The library is considering changing platforms for PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES and Mental Measurements Yearbook.  For more information on the platform trials, please see the ETrials blog.
http://weblog.library.vanderbilt.edu/etrials/