VCU Libraries: Inside The Collection

The VCU Gay Alliance of Students digital collection contains legal documents, correspondence, applications, and other materials related to the VCU Gay Alliance of Students (GAS) and its court case against the university from 1974 to 1976. The case, Gay Alliance of Students v. Matthews, was one of the first LGBTQ+ student organizing cases to reach […]

Still images from reels (left to right, top to bottom): A 1965 voting rights march; an anti- and pro-Vietnam War protest, 1967; a 1966 American Nazi Rally; the previous Vietnam War protest; and footage from the trial of Jamil Al-Amin, 1968. A new digital collection offers a rare window into Richmond’s civil rights era and […]

VCU Libraries offers free access to the Financial Times, recognized internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. This daily London-based newspaper covers the world’s leading business, economic, political and world affairs news. Business leaders rely on the Financial Times to keep them informed about the events that really matter. To access this resource: For further assistance, feel free […]

January 1st is Public Domain Day in the United States. This year copyrighted works from 1929 become free for all to copy, share, and expand upon. Why is the public domain so significant? According to Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, the public domain 1) benefits the arts by allowing artists […]

Compiled by Karen Cary VCU Libraries recently acquired new online materials featuring game architecture, the complete Wall Street Journal archive, transcripts of European and American witch trials, and much more. Take a look to see what’s newly available to you. These databases may be accessed using the A-to-Z Database guide. Animation Practice Collection:  A collection of resources […]

VCU Libraries added these journals and digital resources to the collection in 2023-24. Journal Backfiles New Journal Subscriptions Reference Titles LWW Health Library bridge ebook collections Compiled by Karen Cary

VCU Libraries collections include many technical and engineering standards from ASTM International, available on ASTM Compass and from IEEE, available on IEEE Xplore. Standards from many other organizations are not part of VCU Libraries’ collections. For these standards, access becomes more complicated.  VCU Libraries’ Interlibrary Loan system includes a form to request standards, but few […]

VCU Libraries has launched the VCU Pressbooks platform for publishing open textbooks and other open educational resources. This initiative is part of a broader program of support for the use of open educational resources (OER).  Pressbooks is free to VCU instructors and makes it easy to create and edit materials and to collaborate with co-authors. […]

An unheralded but essential office within VCU Libraries is the Collections Care Lab, which performs the vital duty of saving damaged books that would otherwise be lost from the collection.  Recent upgrades in equipment have improved the lab’s performance and scope of work. Additions include: ductless fume hood; suction table; humidification chamber, eyewash station; flammables […]

The Health Sciences Library offers a new collection of 22 graphic medicine titles available for checkout. Available titles are listed in the Graphic Medicine at VCU guide. These are part of VCU Libraries’ general collection and can be checked out by anyone in the VCU community. The guide also includes links to webcomics and resources […]