Month: January 2022

Vanderbilt Libraries has a new subscription to PsycTests, a full text and multimedia database of psychological tests from the early 1900s to the present. Test records include descriptive summaries of the test and its development and administration, mostly drawn from articles in peer-reviewed journals or books, with downloadable tests. Read More

As a part of the Fall 2021 Buchanan Library Fellowship Building a University: Vanderbilt’s Second Decade, 1885-1895 undergraduate fellows examined historically significant university documents in the Special Collections Library and placed them in context with the university’s and the nation’s history, while learning how to interpret primary sources for… Read More

Librarian subject specialists offer 1:1 consultations to support you with your research papers, data access, information problem solving and more. Visit our website for “Virtual Service” chat hours. Remember also that the libraries’ many electronic resources are available 24/7. Read More

Registration is open for our spring Divinity Writing Workshops. Politics & Practice of Citation February 18, 2022 11am-12pm Central – sign up! This workshop discusses the hows and whys of citation, helping you decide what guests to invite to your dinner party of an… Read More

As a part of the Fall 2021 Buchanan Library Fellowship The American Presidency: Challenges of the Executive Branch undergraduate fellows explored the opportunities and challenges of the American Executive Branch. Fellows selected books, manuscripts, government publications, and news broadcasts from the Vanderbilt libraries collections to uncover historic decisions and… Read More

In collaboration with VUIT, the Vanderbilt Libraries have procured three licenses for SAS software. These licenses are available by accessing the libraries’ virtual desktop machines. Students will need to connect via the VMWare Horizon in order to access the software: Navigate to http://anywherevu.vanderbilt.edu/. Select either “Install VMware Horizon Client”… Read More

Join us this Wednesday, January 26, 3–4 p.m. for the third in a series of drop-in discussions about art and healing. During this informal hour together we will engage in guided activities and conversations about the art on display in the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery exhibit Sympathetic Magic. Location:… Read More

Please join us for two on-campus events led by Dr. Trena Paulus on February 22. Dr. Trena Paulus is a professor in the Applied Social Research Lab and director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Paulus is co-author of Doing Qualitative Research in a… Read More

Have you ever wondered how sheets of paper become a book? In this two-part virtual Print & Paper series recorded last May, participants made and decorated a Commonplace Book.  Watch these two videos to create your own book by folding a signature (a set of blank pages), bind it… Read More

Have some down time? Read a new magazine during the Commodores Care period. The libraries have access through Flipster to many popular magazines including Advocate, Rolling Stone, Bust, National Geographic, Forbes, Inc., Out, The New Yorker and more. Learn something new today!    … Read More