Research Guides: Research Tools for Student Athletes: Skill Building, Career, and Test Prep Resources

Vanderbilt - Skill Building and Career Resources

Learn a new language with Transparent Language. Choose from a menu of 100 languages or English as a Second Language materials for native speakers of 26+ languages. New users must set up a free account with a username and password of their choosing.

Transparent Language This link opens in a new window
Interactive courses for learning 100+ languages, plus English as a Second Language (ESL) materials for native speakers of 26+ languages.
Access Note: New users must create an account with a username and password of their choosing. Vendor Tutorials: How-to Guide: https://bit.ly/2q0ZEgC

Thinking about Graduate School?

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Full-length, timed practice exams for GED,HiSET, AP, SAT, ACT, PSAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, MAT, TOEFL, TOEIC, and more. Includes college planning, financial aid, and career development tools.
Access Note: New users must create an account with a username and password of their choosing.

Resources to help find internships or land that first job after graduation!

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Jobs and internship listings; help with resumes and cover letters, tips and advice to explore careers.
UniWorld This link opens in a new window
Contact information for headquarters, branches, subsidiaries, and affiliates of the multinational firms. Find U.S. corporations with operations in other countries and firms based in other countries with locations in the U.S.
All current Vanderbilt University students, faculty, staff, and alumni have access to this resource, both on and off-campus. Owen alumni also have access.
Vault (Business) This link opens in a new window
Industry and career guides, including employer profiles; advice on consulting case interviews, financial interviews, and career trends. Message boards. First-time users must register for a personal account using their vanderbilt.edu email address.

Greater Nashville Area - Skill Building, Career, and Test Prep Resources

Nashville Public Library

A Nashville Public Library card gives you access to over 2 million free books, ebooks, magazines, DVDs, streaming movies, music and more. Sign up for a Digital Access Card online for immediate access to NPL's streaming, download and database content.

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Downloads and Streaming Resources at Nashville Public Library
Overdrive, Freegal Music, Hoopla, and more!
Education & Research Resources at Nashville Public Library
We love lynda.com, a great database with video tutorials for software, creative, and business skills. Don't forget to check out their career and language learning resources.

Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)

TEL is a virtual library providing access to over 400,000 electronic resources, including magazines, scholarly journals, podcasts, videos, e-books, test preparation materials, federal census records, Tennessee primary source materials, and more to Tennessee residents.

Online Resources from TEL
Check out TEL's Test Prep and Career Tools resources!