Library Research Clinic for P&HD Graduate Students

Leslie Foutch, Librarian for P&HD

Research Clinic Highlights

• Basic Library Services• Off-campus access to e-resources (VUnet ID &

e-password)• Research Guide for P&HD• The VUfinder tool• Library catalogs• My job as your liaison• Contacting me: phone, email, research

consultations by appointment or just stop by my office (ground floor, office #009)

Basic Library Services

• Checking out books: 90 day loan period• Interlibrary loan• OAK• APA Citation Style, EndNote and Zotero• Wireless access (SSID configuration)• Technology in the Library

Library Catalogs

• ACORN: the “legacy” catalog of the VU Libraries

• DiscoverLibrary: the VU Libraries metasearch tool

• Kudzu: Catalog of libraries across the Southeast

• WorldCat: Catalog of more than 125 million records from U.S. libraries and libraries around the world

Research Guide for P&HD

So before the first research assignment is here and this happens….

Contact me. I am just an email away at:

• leslie.foutch@vanderbilt.edu

• Questions about today’s presentation

Need your feedback!

• Please browse to m.socrative.com and enter room number: 3281974

• Answer the following:

What was most valuable about attending today’s workshop?