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Learn more about the library's classification scheme,
suggest a book for purchase, view a list of
newly cataloged titles, or read the FAQ
regarding donating books to EBL.
Books are available in the following areas:
| Electronic Books |
| Web Access or
Network | available online; some titles restricted to VUMC |
| Multimedia
Workstation | non-circulating; use on specific workstation on first floor reference area |
| CD-ROM | circulate for 3 weeks; ask staff |
| First
Floor |
| Course reserves | held at the Service Desk, circulate for 2 hours |
| Reference Collection | non-circulating |
| Textbook collection | most recent edition;
non-circulating |
| Oversized volumes | shelved on the third floor; circulate 3 weeks; books
published from 1970 to present |
| Review books | board and test review books; shelved behind Textbook collection; circulate 3 days |
| Third
Floor |
| Circulating collection | circulate for 3 weeks; books published from 1970 to the
present |
| Vanderbilt Theses and Dissertations | shelved with the circulating books; circulate for 3
weeks; search Acorn Vanderbilt University as a series. |
| Historical Collection | non-circulating |
| Storage |
| Pre-1970 Books | Books published prior to 1970 are in closed stacks. To borrow them, place a request at the
Service Desk or complete the online Storage Retrieval Request form. |
For information about the library's holdings, search Acorn.
Books are identified in Acorn, the online catalog, by the item type:
- BOOK - circulating books
- OVERSIZE - oversize books
- RARE-BOOK - Historical Collection books
- TEXTBOOK - textbook collection
- REVIEWBK - review books
- REFERENCE - reference books
- E-BOOK - electronic books (online)
- CDROM - circulating CD-ROM books (ask staff)
- CDROM-REF - electronic books (multimedia workstation)
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