Shore Griffin

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

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

At the start of each year, on January 1, new works enter the public domain and become available to enjoy, share, and reuse for any purpose, without copyright infringement, required permission or fee. In 2022 books such as Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Ernest Hemingway’s The… Read More

Statue of Harold Sterling Vanderbilt facing the Central Library. (2009, Vanderbilt University / Steve Green) Happy New Year and welcome back to campus! Following Vanderbilt’s health and safety protocols, the libraries will open to welcome you in person Monday, January 24. Until then, we invite you to enjoy our… Read More

All of us in Digital Scholarship and Communication (DiSC) are pleased to welcome you back to a new semester and new year. We are also excited to offer a new slate of lessons and workshop series this semester, which will be held both in-person and virtually. These include… Read More