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EBL's collection development philosophy focuses on enabling information use at the point of need. EBL provides an extensive digital library of electronic journals, books, databases and other resources, in addition to print volumes. To preserve biomedical history, EBL provides a unique collection of rare books, photographs and historical items in its Historical Collection, and has begun making one-of-a-kind items globally available through the Turning the Pages technology. The Medical Center Archives serves as a repository for manuscripts and institutional records that reflect the history of the medical center and the history of medicine.
Collection Services:
- Search the electronic collection - thousands of online books, journals, databases, websites, software tools and other materials reviewed by library staff and selected for the VUMC community
- Search the Acorn catalog for print resources at EBL and other materials held by Vanderbilt libraries
- Borrowing and Renewing - loan periods for various material types
- Storage Retrieval - request older materials from storage
- Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan - request an item not held by Vanderbilt
- Contact Special Collections with questions related to the History of Medicine Collection and the VUMC Archives
- Place course materials on reserve (for faculty) or learn more about reserves
- Suggest an item for the library's collection
- Renew an item
- Recall an item - request that a checked out item be returned soon and held for you
- Make a rush request - request items that are "on-order" or "in process" that have been received by the library but are not yet on the shelf
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