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Resources for Research
Resource guides for departments, courses, and graduate students.
Information about computers and other equipment in the Vanderbilt libraries.
Instructional Support for Students
Find out what we offer in the way of classes, individualized appointment, and other services.
A list of workshops and library orientation sessions.
Online video tutorials on Acorn and PsycInfo, among other things.
Learn what librarians can do to help with your research and reference needs.
Links to online and print books, databases of company and industry information, and
Vanderbilt-specific resources to assist students in exploring educational and career choices.
Conducting Your Research
Provides information on the different forms of plagiarism and how to avoid them.
Not sure which database to use to find articles for your topic? Use this comparison
chart to find out more about databases frequently used by Peabody students.
List of keywords that can be used in literature searches for empirical research.
Finding Articles and Other Resources
Research databases that will enable you to find articles and other materials on specific topics.
Heard Libraries Resource Guides
Resource guides from the entire Heard library system, on a wide variety of topics. New guides are added frequently.
Mining the Invisible Web
- Finding the Deep, Hidden, or Invisible Web (Word doc)
- Invisible Web: What It Is, Why It Exists, How To Find It, and Its Inherent Ambiguity
- The Invisible Web
Subject-specific guides to help you with your research.
Strategies for doing effective, efficient searches of research databases.
Organizing Your Research
APA Citation Style
Guides
- The APA Top Ten
- APA Basic Rules
- APA Document Guidelines
- APA Levels of Heading
- Quick Guide: Common Formulas
- In-Text Citations
Downloads
- Download a Word doc that can be used as a template (includes APA running heads, styled headings, and formatted References page)
- Open a printable copy of a PDF that includes all our APA Guides in one document
Tutorials
Citation Management Software
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