Once you graduate to level 2, you'll need to start learning from the Encyclopedia Vampirica series of books. Under the vampire secrets menu, you can find information on vampires.
Raising the Vampire Lore Skill is accomplished by first starting at the computer. You can now set your skill level with t_skill_level vampire_lore x (fill in 1-15) - we also have a full listing of Skill Cheats and a master list of Cheats in The Sims 4 ->
Press Control + Shift + C then type testingcheats on and press enter.