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The FT provides authoritative news coverage on global business, finance and politics, helping students understand the international business environment and connect classroom theory with business practice. To get immediate access to FT.com, please sign up on the following link using your university email address.If you… Read More

James Morris Lawson, Jr. was born September 22, 1928. He grew up the sixth of nine children and followed in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps receiving his ministry license in 1947. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced Lawson to move to Nashville where he enrolled in the Divinity School at… Read More

Vanderbilt librarians teach customized workshops on a variety of research topics, from ethically responsible research to literature reviews to citation management to contextualizing data. Knowing how and why scholarship and digital media is produced, organized, and distributed is critically important for life-long learners, engaged citizens, and critical consumers of information. Read More

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Ice Cream Social and participated in the Scavenger Hunt! 1st place and winner of the study carrel in Central Library is Emily Chang. 2nd place and winner of the study carrel in the Science & Engineering Library is Nicholas Prada-Rey. Congratulations to… Read More

Did you know that US Copyright Law no longer requires authors to register their copyright in order to be protected? The moment an original work is created in a fixed, tangible format, the work is protected for the life of the author plus 70 years. Learn this and so much… Read More

This Friday, September 17 is Constitution Day. It honors the historic day in 1787 when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution. The Government Documents unit of the Vanderbilt Libraries invites the Vanderbilt community to the Central Library between 9:00 a.m. and… Read More

The libraries provide many tools for tackling the research process. One tool is LibKey Nomad, a browser extension to more easily access library resources and get you content fast. This tool provides single-click access to library… Read More

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11, Vanderbilt Television News Archive Director, Jim Duran, prepared this research guide for the Vanderbilt University community to navigate the many hours of video content on the subject of 9/11 and its legacy. The TV news archive includes a… Read More

Today’s MyVU article Everything you need to know about campus support highlights a few of the many ways the Vanderbilt Libraries support the entire VU community, and offers links to each of the libraries. Do you know there are subject specialist librarians waiting to help you with your next… Read More

The office of Digital Scholarship and Communications (DiSC) is thrilled to resume in-person trainings this semester, augmented by online and asynchronous options. This fall, beginning tomorrow we start the GIS (geographic information system) Workshop Series, starting with the Basics of GIS. No experience required. Be sure to check out all… Read More