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  • Get Alerts for New Items of Interest in EBSCOhost Databases

    Get Alerts for New Items of Interest in EBSCOhost Databases

    It’s easy tobe alerted to new items of interest that appear in your favorite EBSCOhost database (e.g.,ATLA,Religion and Philosophy Collection).  Just set up an RSS feed,… Read More

    Aug 16, 2007

  • 2006 General Social Survey Data Available in ICPSR

    2006 General Social Survey Data Available in ICPSR

    Through the library’s membership in the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, the 2006 General Social Survey (GSS) data are now available to researchers at Vanderbilt. The GSS is a personal interview survey of U.S. households conducted by the National Opinion Research Center. The 2006 study contains cumulative data… Read More

    Aug 2, 2007

  • Civil War on Exhibit in Special Collections

    Civil War on Exhibit in Special Collections

      From the first of April until the end of August 2007, Special Collections and University Archives will feature a Civil War exhibit entitled, “Gone But Not Forgotten: Civil War Materials in Special Collections. This exhibit will feature materials from the Mary Margaret and John L. Farringer, Jr.; Harris… Read More

    Aug 2, 2007

  • World War II Online Exhibit from Special Collections

    World War II Online Exhibit from Special Collections

    Special Collections just posted a new World War II Online Exhibit on the exhibits page. The home page for the exhibit is http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/exhibits/ww2/ww2.shtml. Here’s a description of the exhibit from its home page:The online version of our 2006 exhibit on World War… Read More

    Aug 2, 2007

  • TimesSelect is now free for University Students and Faculty

    TimesSelect is now free for University Students and Faculty

    The New York Times is offering complimentary subscriptions to TimesSelect. You must be a student or faculty member with a valid college or university e-mail address to be eligible for this offer.  To learn how to subscribe, visit http://www.nytimes.com/gst/ts_university_email_verify.html… Read More

    Jun 8, 2007

  • Library Annex

    Library Annex

    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

    Apr 27, 2007