COVID-19

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    Law Librarian’s Research Guide Instrumental in Passing COVID-19 Anti-racism Legislation

    Sarah Dunaway The COVID-19 pandemic has brought forth increasing xenophobic acts of hatred and aggression against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Since January 2020, there have been over 1,800 reports of anti-Asian discrimination incidents related to COVID-19.* In an effort to combat these incidents, Vanderbilt University Law School… Read More

    Jul 15, 2020

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    Updates to Free Access Databases

    Many publishers and databases continue to offer enhanced, free access to content during the pandemic. The Vanderbilt Libraries continue to update the COVID-19 Guide that provides information on enhanced access to databases, collections, and textbooks. Enhanced access has ended from some sources, so please check the guide for updates. Read More

    Jul 9, 2020

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    Enhanced Catalog Records Make It Easier to Find Hathi Trust Resources Quickly

    The libraries have added Hathi Trust links to library catalog records for titles that we have in print.  As many of us know, in order to comply with Hathi Trust’s  ETAS agreement, we cannot circulate our print copy of a book that is in copyright at the same time… Read More

    Jul 1, 2020

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    Archivists Enhance Finding Aids to Improve Research Results

    Archivists in Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives have taken advantage of their time away from the library’s historical collections to improve the finding aids that allow patrons to discover archived materials and plan visits for research or instruction. The level of detail found varies widely. For example, one… Read More

    Jul 1, 2020

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    Vanderbilt Libraries Expand Material Pick-Up Service

    Pick-up service for circulating resources that are not available electronically has been expanded during the week of June 15. Read More

    Jun 15, 2020

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    An Engineering Student Copes with COVID-19 Quarantine

    This is a first in a series of articles written by the Science and Engineering library’s student assistants about their life during the COVID-19  quarantine. My name is Nairah (Nay- er-ah) Moustafa , a junior biomedical engineering (BME) major with an engineering management (EngM) minor. I am from Alexandria,… Read More

    Jun 2, 2020