Services

All Vanderbilt libraries offer computing resources for public use. Approximately 200 computers are located throughout the libraries and are equipped with a variety of useful software applications and hardware. Most provide access to e-mail, the Internet, electronic library resources such as ejournals and ebooks, and to Acorn, the online library… Read More

DiscoverLibrary, Vanderbilt University’s online research tool, is now more easily accessible through the Vanderbilt University Web site. Online users can locate an expanding variety of resources by clicking on the DiscoverLibrary search box, which has been added to the Vanderbilt Students and Research Web pages. “We want users to… Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library is pleased to announce a name change for the Vanderbilt University digital repository formerly known as VU e-Archive to DiscoverArchive. Launched in 2005 as VU e-Archive, DiscoverArchive is a digital repository to collect, manage, and distribute digital collections either created or held by… Read More

Access the libraries vast online resources remotely by logging in with your VUnetID and e-password. For more information and troubleshooting tips see: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/public/accesstips.shtml… Read More

The Central, Divinity, Music, Peabody, and Science & Engineering libraries have Dell laptops available for checkout. Peabody Library also has Mac iBooks. More information is available at: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/circlaptops.shtml… Read More

Looking for a place to study? The libraries provide a variety of study spaces. In addition to open seating, there are group study rooms and study carrels that can be reserved. For more information, please see: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/studyrooms… Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library delivers VU and ILL materials to faculty and faculty surrogates on campus. Loans are delivered to department offices; copies are delivered electronically. (Eskind Biomedical Library offers a separate document delivery service for Medical and Nursing School faculty.) Faculty deliveries are handled along with interlibrary… Read More

ITS will be installing a new power panel in the Hill data center on Sunday morning August 10th between 11:30pm (Saturday evening) and 6:30am. During this time they will need to turn-off several library servers resulting in some services being unavailable. These services include: VUPrint etd server SFX (Findit@VU) All… Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Library now delivers VU and ILL materials to faculty on campus. Loans are delivered to department offices; copies are delivered electronically. (Eskind Biomedical Library offers a separate document delivery service for Medical and Nursing School faculty.) Faculty deliveries are now handled along with… Read More

Did you know that articles from the journals, stored at the Library Annex, can be faxed to any local fax number?  Although our service is more frequently  used by graduate students, absolutely anyone with fax capability can request this service. Acorn, the online catalog, has an Annex request button for… Read More