1. Library Research Clinic for HOD Graduate Students Leslie Foutch, Librarian for HOD

2. Research Clinic Highlights Basic Library Services Off-campus access to e-resources (VUnet ID & e-password) Research Guide for HOD The VUfinder tool Library catalogs & databases My job as your liaison Contacting me: phone, email, instant chat, research consultations by appointment or just stop by my office (ground floor, office #009)

3. Basic Library Services Checking out books: 90 day loan period Blackboard Interlibrary loan APA Citation Style and Zotero Wireless access (SSID configuration) Technology in the Library

4. Library Catalogs ACORN: the “legacy” catalog of the VU Libraries DiscoverLibrary: the VU Libraries metasearch tool WorldCat: Catalog of more than 125 million records from U.S. libraries and libraries around the world.

5. Google vs. Library Databases In a library nutshell, the expert organization of content indexed within the library databases will save you time, less headaches and will provide you with the most relevant, appropriate, and authoritative results. Google Scholar is simply a discovery tool for finding scholarly information.

6. Research Guide for HOD

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

8. Contact me. I am just an email away at: leslie.foutch@vanderbilt.edu Questions about today’s presentation

9. Need your feedback! Please browse to https://b.socrative.com/login/student/and enter room number: 3281974 Answer the following: After attending today’s session, what do you think is most valuable for future HOD students to know?