Year: 2016

Two leaders of SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) will speak to the Vanderbilt community, Thursday, September 29, 10:00AM, Central Library (Room 800BB). The event is free and open to all. Nicole Allen, SPARC’s Director of Open Education and Nick Shockey, Director of Programs and Engagement will… Read More

Find out how concept mapping can jump-start your research and help you focus your research statement. Thursday. Learn to increase your productivity and improve your course work. September 22 noon-1:00pm, Central Library 418a. Learn more here. Read More

There’s nothing worse than finding the perfect article or book for your research … only to realize the library doesn’t own a subscription. Not to worry: Interlibrary Loan (ILL) will save the day. You can use ILL to request loans or copies of materials that aren’t available at Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt… Read More

New from NCBI – Find, Browse, and Follow Biomedical Literature with PubMed Journals, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/journals/. This new feature from the National Center for Biotechnology Information allows users to find, follow, and browse your favorite journals.  There are also journal news feeds to keep users up-to-date. Following a journal requires an… Read More

The open source GIS working group meets Thursdays at the Central Library, room 800FA. This group looks at various open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools. Some of these tools include: PosgreSQL/PostGIS, Mapbox/Leaflet, Geoserver, and QGIS. Many of these programs are used to create, store, edit, serve out, and analyze geographic… Read More

Join the Scholarly Communication team Friday, September 16, at 11:00am, Central Library Room 418a for a hands-on workshop on data collection using R and REDCap. Drop in, no need to RSVP. Learn more HERE. Read More

Plan to enhance your resume, increase your in-depth knowledge of company financials, market data, commodities and other instruments, and enhance your research toolkit by completing the Bloomberg BMC training, which replaced the earlier Bloomberg BESS training as of 8/31/16. Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) is an 8-hour, self-paced, e-learning video course… Read More

Are you on a law journal, trying to find the perfect Note topic? Or is your seminar paper topic challenging your research skills? If you have these, or any scholarly legal research quandaries this semester, then come by the Massey Law Library and ask one of our Reference Librarians about the many… Read More

We hope you have a chance to meet Bobby Smiley, the new Liaison Librarian for Theology and Religion. Bobby provides professional research instruction and information consultation services for faculty and students in the Divinity School, Graduate Department of Religion and the Religious Studies Department of the College of Arts & Science. Read More

Embedding a librarian in your Blackboard course provides consistent and personalized assistance for your students. An embedded librarian is especially useful for flipped and hybrid classes that involve a research component. In addition to Blackboard, librarians can be embedded in curricular and assignment development, partner in the assessment of student… Read More