Many publishers and databases continue to offer enhanced, free access to content during the pandemic. The Vanderbilt Libraries continue to update the COVID-19 Guide that provides information on enhanced access to databases, collections, and textbooks. Enhanced access has ended from some sources, so please check the guide for updates.
The library has recently acquired a one-year subscription to Digitalia Hispánica http://www.digitaliapublishing.com.proxy.library.vanderbilt.edu/ This database includes access to over 30,000 Spanish language e-books (mainly Iberian) and about 5,000 e-journals. You can search this as a separate database but all the titles are also listed in our catalog. The e-books include a wide range of disciplines but… Keep reading
The libraries have added Hathi Trust links to library catalog records for titles that we have in print. As many of us know, in order to comply with Hathi Trust’s ETAS agreement, we cannot circulate our print copy of a book that is in copyright at the same time the HT copy is checked out…. Keep reading
Archivists in Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives have taken advantage of their time away from the library’s historical collections to improve the finding aids that allow patrons to discover archived materials and plan visits for research or instruction. The level of detail found varies widely. For example, one finding aid’s entire description for a… Keep reading
The University Libraries will open a new exhibition, “Tending to Popular Thought: What People Read and Why,” this fall in the second-floor gallery of Central Library. The physical exhibition, curated by four undergraduate Buchanan Library Fellows during spring semester 2020, delayed by the COVID pandemic will be installed to mark the start of a new… Keep reading
This is a fourth in a series of articles written by the Science and Engineering library’s student assistants about their life during the COVID-19 quarantine. Hello! My name is Lannawill Caruth and I’m a student assistant at the Stevenson Library. I am a first-year student studying Biomedical Engineering. Since leaving campus in March, I have… Keep reading
Additional Open Access (OA) content is now discoverable via new Unpaywall links in the Library Catalog. Unpaywall harvests OA content from legal sources including repositories run by universities, governments, and scholarly societies, as well as open content hosted by publishers themselves. The Unpaywall functionality has recently been added to Alma and will appear as links in… Keep reading
Join the Peabody Library and Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being staff on Tuesday, June 23, from Noon-1:00 pm to share a favorite book. Like speed dating but with your favorite books, you’ll have 3-5 minutes and several rounds to crown your book most-wanted-to-read over summer! The summer reading list will be shared after the… Keep reading
Put your “game” face on and come join the Office of Student Engagement and Well-Being and the Peabody Library staff for a mid-summer afternoon of games, giggles, and good times. Trivia categories include Animals, Movies & TV, Travel Destinations, Name this App, Ice Cream, and The 90’s. Join us HERE for the event If you… Keep reading
Three grad students teamed up to use storytelling and cartoons to teach tough science topics. Real-life scientists inspire these comic book superheroes
