Resources

The International Monetary Fund e-Library is now available to library patrons.  The IMF e-Library contains information and statistics published about IMF and member countries.  The link to this resource can be found by searching Acorn, DiscoverLibrary or in the list of Heard Library Research Databases at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/artdb.shtml. Read More

Users can now dynamically generate a list of new items that have been purchased and cataloged for the Music Library. Lists can be created by library type (Music) and time period when the materials were added to ACORN (past 24 hours, past 3 days, past week, past 2 weeks or… Read More

D&B Million Dollar Database provides brief information on 15 million private and public U.S. companies and 8 million international companies.  The directory information includes: address, sales, number of employees. industry classification (SIC and NAICS), type of ownership, and names of chief executives.  You can generate lists of companies meeting specific… Read More

The latest volume of the Orchestra Musician’s CD-ROM Library, Wagner : Part 1, is now available. It contains the complete orchestral parts to Wagner’s Symphony in C Major, A Faust Overture, Rienzi Overture, the Wesendonck Songs, the Siegfried Idyll, the American Centennial March, and four early operas (Der fliegende Holländer,… Read More

The Music Library’s Seminar Room can be reserved for faculty instruction or for group study by students. To reserve the room, go to http://lib1a.library.vanderbilt.edu/calendar/syswidecalsnew.htm.View the calendar to see open times to reserve, then click “Add Event”. The Seminar Room has listening/viewing equipment, a piano, a white board, and… Read More

Over the summer, the Music Library purchased the deluxe color facsimile of the Bologna Q 15 manuscript which is the largest international anthology of polyphonic music (masses and motets) of the early 15th century. It was compiled in the Veneto, in Padua in the early 1420s (stage I)… Read More

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, edited by Colin Larkin is now available on the Music Library’s web page. This resource is one of many titles that are offered through Oxford Reference Online, a package of electronic reference books that include the Oxford Companion to Music, Concise Oxford… Read More

On June 15th a revised and enhanced version of the Revised Common Lectionary went into production, after several months of beta version review and comment by many of its regular users.  The culmination of a 9 month development effort, the new design and enhanced features of the web-site can… Read More

The library now has access to the Foundation Directory Online (Professional edition) database.  Foundation Directory Online Professional provides subscribers with access to comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants. FDO can be found in the list of Heard Library Research Databases at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/artdb.shtml.  From this page, under “Need a Database… Read More

The library now has complimentary access to Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA).  LISA is an abstracting and indexing tool for library and information professionals. LISA  can be found in the list of Heard Library Research Databases at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/artdb.shtml.  From this page, under “Need a Database to Find an… Read More