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Available remotely to Vanderbilt Students for a limited time, Bloomberg Market Concepts is a self-paced electronic course that provides learners with an introduction to the core concepts underpinning the information available via Bloomberg Terminals.  Core Concepts includes four modules: Economic Indicators, Currencies, Fixed Income,… Read More

April 21 @ 12 p.m. Link to Meeting: https://cengage.zoom.us/j/134679167?pwd=QWZvelNFRlFPaEhnNk5XeTZTZm8rZz09 In the past year, Gale, a company that partners with libraries around the world to empower the discovery of knowledge and insights, has launched a new text mining tool for digital humanities research and teaching—the Digital Scholar Lab. It gives users… Read More

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. Read More

With the close of universities around the country because of COVID-19, students face the hurdle of finding access to library sources. Our librarians have stepped up their services quickly and efficiently to provide help and reassurance to the new stresses of remote learning. One example comes from our very own… Read More

Vanderbilt students, faculty, and staff have access to numerous library services and resources online via the Vanderbilt Libraries website. Join us via Zoom during this one hour online workshop on April 8 at 3 p.m. CST to find out how you can: chat with a librarian for… Read More

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… Read More

A Vanderbilt student returns home to Mainland China. For Vanderbilt librarians, the “personal” approach is nothing new. The Libraries have subject librarians for every major on campus, and these librarians are known for developing relationships with students – helping them with their courses and academic research, but also with navigating… Read More

Conquer finals successfully with the virtual Pre-Exams Study Jam on December 2 from 7pm to 10pm. Maximize your productivity by tapping into the expertise of subject librarians from the Vanderbilt Libraries, Writing Studio consultants, and tutors in general Chemistry and Math. We’ll also help you de-stress with events including guided… Read More