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Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone

Good news for researchers from JSTOR this week: On September 6, 2011, we announced that we are making journal content in JSTOR published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870 elsewhere freely available to anyone, anywhere

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EEBO & LION Seminar, April 12

On Tuesday April 12th from 12:40-2:00 in the Poetry Center, Professor Douglas Pfeiffer shall hold an informal seminar on how to make practical use of two databases available from University Libraries on a trial basis — Early English Books Online

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Online Workshop on 9/7: Research Skills for Non-Traditional Students

Been out of school for a while and feeling lost? Working and going to school, and pressed for the time needed to do research? Learn how to: • Access Stony Brook University resources from off-campus • Find scholarly articles needed

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Tours of the Melville Library

Take a tour of the Melville Library’s main public service areas. Learn about our collections and services and get some freebies while you’re here. Meet us @ the Central Reading Room, Melville Library. All tours run about 30 minutes. Click

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Newspaper Research Workshop on 4/15 @ 3 PM

Extra! Extra! Become an Expert at Finding New & Historic Newspaper Articles! This session examines ways to find current and historical articles in newspapers. We’ll look at online indexes and collections of digitized newspapers, as well as explore old-fashioned ways

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Workshop: Using the Internet for Historical Research on April 7

Using the Internet for Historical Research More and more valuable historical information can now be found on the internet, especially primary source material being digitized by libraries and research institutions around the world. This workshop will highlight some of the

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Workshop: Beyond Blackboard

Beyond Blackboard there are collaborative Web tools and networks for enhancing group work, sharing content and managing projects. In this workshop learn: • How to create and mange groups on the Web using PBWorks, Google Groups and more• Tips and

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Citations Workshop on 2/16 Cancelled Due to Weather

Tonight’s Citation Skills workshop has been cancelled due to the weather. The workshop is also being offered online on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 PM. If you would like to join that session, visit https://meeting.sinc.stonybrook.edu/library and sign in with your

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Workshops This Week: Citation Skills, WorldCat and EndNote @ the HSC

The library is offering the following workshops this week: WorldCat: The World @ Your FingertipsWednesday, February 17 @ 3:30 PM – Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom ACitation Skills for Non-Traditional Students Tuesday, February 16 @ 7 PM – Melville Library,

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Census 2010 Workshop Rescheduled

The Census 2010 workshops schedule for February 10th has been rescheduled due to the weather. The new date for the workshop is March 3rd @ 1 PM. For more information see http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.

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