Resources

Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is an entirely new research tool for the social sciences and humanities. A scholar-curated library of discipline-based subject modules, OBO is designed to help busy researchers find reliable sources of information in half the time by directing them to exactly the right chapter, book, website, archive,… Read More

On Thursday, Oct. 7, from 4-5 PM in the Music Library’s seminar room, Jacob Schaub (music cataloger) will give a presentation on the Blair Performance Archive (BPA). This presentation will be part of a conference program for an upcoming meeting of the Southeast Music Library Association. All are invited to… Read More

A Blu-ray player is now available for use in the Music Library. A small but growing collection of Blu-ray discs is available for check out. Give us your suggestions on the titles that you would like to see on Blu-ray. Click here to make a suggestion(s). The seminar room… Read More

ProQuest’s US Hispanic Newsstand is on trial, September 2-September 30, 2010.  This trial is available on and off campus to library patrons.  Please send comments to Paula Covington (paula.covington@vanderbilt.edu). US Hispanic Newsstand contains full-text of major Hispanic newspapers published in the United States, representing diverse regions of the country. It… Read More

The library currently has a trial for a database containing the Gran Enciclopedia de España, and the Gran Enciclopedia Iberoamericana, two major universal encyclopedias emphasizing Spain and Latin America.  Access is only available on campus and the trial lasts until September 30.  For access information, please see the E-Trials Blog… Read More

Over the summer, OAK was upgraded to Blackboard Learn 9.0. In order to assist you with the new features and changes, Michael Hime and Sara Manus will offer two workshops on Aug. 25 (today) and Sept. 1 from 3-4 PM in the Music Library Seminar Room. Michael and Sara are… Read More

Have you logged into OAK recently and discovered that there are no listings for your fall 2010 courses?  Don’t panic – the feed from the new student registration system (YES) to OAK has not been enabled yet.  The data link will be activated on July 1, which will allow faculty… Read More

Vanderbilt’s course management system, OAK, will be upgraded to Blackboard Learn 9 on the weekend of July 24 and 25. During this upgrade, OAK will be unavailable. The new version will be available by Monday, July 26. Stay tuned for information on upcoming faculty training sessions for OAK. Read More

The Music Library is currently trialing two new databases, the Naxos Video Library and Classical Scores Library. Click on the links below to access them, and send your feedback to sara.manus@vanderbilt.edu. The Naxos Video Library – This new Naxos product features streaming video of approximately 250 full-length operas,… Read More

No one library has it ALL, but you can almost find it ALL through ILL (Interlibrary Loan). You can find books, scores, journal articles and often CDs and DVDs. The Worldcat database links directly to your ILL account which will allow you to borrow from many other libraries… Read More