Resources

Browse our Virtual Magazine Rack, featuring Flipster

Posted on by Benjamin Darling

Did you know you can browse the Management Library’s selection of periodicals remotely? We have created a Virtual Magazine Rack that replicates the selections you can find in the Management Library including Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, and others that don’t even begin with the letter ‘F!’  While Flipster is no longer offering free expanded access, the Libraries have expanded our access to include Forbes, Inc., and other popular periodicals. Our Virtual Magazine Rack reproduces what you would find in the Walker Management… Keep reading

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Access online articles more easily with LibKey Nomad

Posted on by Julie Loder

The Vanderbilt University Library provides access to LibKey Nomad, a browser extension that provides instant links from publisher web sites to full-text articles subscribed to by the Library. Nomad is now available in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, and Vivaldi. Nomad helps with access in three ways: It displays a Download PDF badge when it detects… Keep reading

Call for Applicants for Fall Buchanan Library Fellowship: Modalities of Text Mining

Posted on by Shore Griffin

Open to undergraduate students, the Buchanan Library Fellowship Modalities of Text Mining is seeking additional applicants.  How can you identify and explore patterns across millions of documents? In this fellowship, Library Buchanan Fellows will learn state-of-the-art techniques for text mining at scale. Fellows will join an ongoing research project to analyze constellations of information in… Keep reading

New Feature in Library Catalog Targets Online Books and Articles

Posted on by Nancy Dwyer

The Heard Libraries have recently updated their Library Catalog to make it easier to locate books and articles fully available online. Users should select the “Advanced Search” in the catalog, and choose the option to search for “Electronic Resources.” From there, you can enter keywords for your topic (e.g. “educational technologies”), or search for a… Keep reading

Updates to Free Access Databases

Posted on by Nancy Dwyer

Many publishers and databases continue to offer enhanced, free access to content during the pandemic. The Vanderbilt Libraries continue to update the COVID-19 Guide that provides information on enhanced access to databases, collections, and textbooks. Enhanced access has ended from some sources, so please check the guide for updates.

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Subscription Now Available to Digitalia Hispánica

Posted on by Nancy Dwyer

The library has recently acquired a one-year subscription to Digitalia Hispánica http://www.digitaliapublishing.com.proxy.library.vanderbilt.edu/ This database includes access to over 30,000 Spanish language e-books (mainly Iberian) and about 5,000 e-journals. You can search this as a separate database but all the titles are also listed in our catalog. The e-books include a wide range of disciplines but… Keep reading

HathiTrust Creates Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS)

Posted on by Celia Walker

HathiTrust has created the Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), which will allow Vanderbilt students, faculty, and staff online reading access to materials that Vanderbilt Libraries own in print during this period of remote teaching, learning, and research. Access is available until further notice.  Users need to login and choose Vanderbilt University as their institution to… Keep reading

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Research Hacks Workshop “Google Scholar” to be offered online via Zoom

Posted on by Frank Lester

While you may be familiar with Google Scholar as a way to find scholarly literature, you may not know all the tools that can help you link to VU resources, find other possible sources on a topic or research question, and be more precise in your searching. Learn about these features by attending the Google… Keep reading