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The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have migrated to a new journal finder for open access publishing. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host a pair of panel discussions on Monday, April 13, designed to support Vanderbilt graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and early career faculty as they navigate the complexities of the scholarly publishing landscape. Read More

The online component of the Phil Schaap Jazz Collection continues to expand. As of March 5, 2026, there are nearly 5800 recordings available in Vanderbilt’s instance of the media platform Aviary. These include the following: Schaap’s regular radio shows over decades, mostly on Columbia University radio station WKCR, including… Read More

We are excited to announce access to a new resource, AccessEmergency Medicine. Developed by McGraw-Hill, this resource provides a complete spectrum of authoritative, trusted, and current information covering the breadth of pediatric practice, from neonatology through adolescent medicine.  Key features within AccessEmergency Medicine include:  21+ core… Read More

Vanderbilt University faculty, postdocs and staff who use REDCap, the secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases, should set up new projects within the university’s dedicated REDCap instance beginning Nov. 18. Read More

We’re excited to share that the law school now has access to Harvey.ai, a generative AI platform designed specifically for lawyers. Harvey helps with drafting, research, and analysis by working within legal workflows and leveraging large language models tailored for the profession. Think of it as an assistant… Read More

Premium access to Overleaf Professional, an online tool designed to make scientific and technical writing simpler and more collaborative, is now available to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff free of charge, courtesy of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Read More

Vanderbilt University Libraries hold “The John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie Collection” in Special Collections & University Archives. Dr. Robbie Fry, professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at the Blair School of Music, first assigned his Global Jazz students a mapping project using the unique photographs and items in the Middle East scrapbooks… Read More

The U.K.-based Biochemical Society and Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have announced a read-and-publish agreement to support the open sharing of research and knowledge across the molecular biosciences. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have announced an open access agreement with Springer Nature, a global leader in research publishing. Read More