Check out the libraries’ website for more information on student services and resources. Throughout it all, your friendly Vanderbilt librarians are here to help — please don’t hesitate to reach… Keep reading
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Faculty Collection Series Session Recordings Now Available
The acquisition of library resources for scholarship and teaching known as “collection development,” is a complicated process that strikes a balance between access and ownership. Factors, such as price, budget,… Keep reading
Social Media: Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Curating Your Own Information Intake – March 30, 2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Are you trapped in a social media echo chamber? Don’t let yourself become a passive consumer of information in a world where informed discourse is intertwined with ‘hot takes’ from… Keep reading
Fact-Checking & Critical Analysis to Combat Information Overload – March 23, 2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Can you critically evaluate news and media sources for fact-based data that is free from ideology? Learn strategies and tools for identifying inevitable bias (including our own) and practice analyzing… Keep reading
Tip for Student Success: Keep a Critical Eye out for Misinformation
There have been a lot of conversations lately about the spread of misinformation and each of our individual roles in combating it. Fact-checking and evaluating information with a critical eye… Keep reading
Four-Part Wikipedia Series on Editing for Social Justice: Sharing Nashville’s Story
Four-Part Wikipedia Series on Editing for Social Justice: Sharing Nashville’s Story Before there were guidebooks, we relied on guides—people in the community you could count on to show you around…. Keep reading
Digital Self-Defense: Protecting Your Privacy – March 18, 2:15-3:00 p.m.
Are your online activities being tracked? Privacy is essential for our freedom to generate new ideas and formulate our conception of self. Surveillance can influence our behaviors with manipulation and… Keep reading
SciVal Analytical Database Training
SciVal Workshops Offered Workshops for the new library resource, SciVal, will be offered at the following times. SciVal is an analytical database used in institutional benchmarking and identification of collaborative… Keep reading
Finding and Using Census Data – March 16, 2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Why does the Census matter? Find out how Census data is used, its historical background and politics, how the pandemic has affected the Census process, and library resources to help… Keep reading
Student Success Tip: Take Breaks
Don’t forget that the Libraries are also here for you when you need a break! In addition to our lovely library buildings with quiet corners to cozy up in, check… Keep reading
