Stony Brook University Libraries has acquired an American Revolution wartime letter from General Nathaniel Woodhull to General Philip Schuyler written from New York on March 4, 1776. Nathaniel Woodhull, the eldest son of Nathaniel Wodhull and Sarah Smith, was born…
Yearly Archives: 2006
Is Information Literacy Possible? Part I
“The universe (which others call the Library)…….” Borges Who in the world was the “Underground Grammarian?” Who is S. Berliner III? What about “Radio Free Mike?” Dan Traister? The Dead City Library? Paul Bourke? David Chesler? Leif Parsons? The Underground…
Posted in Library Science
Play Index now online
Play Index on WilsonWeb is the electronic version of Play Index – the print version is in Main Library Reference, Call# PN1655.P55. In the Play Index you can search over 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published…
NY State Library features SBU historical maps site
The Web Team of the New York State Library is featuring SUNY Stony Brook’s “New York State Historical Maps” as their “Featured Site” for October 2006. Each month the NY State Library picks a site that they feel is of…
Posted in Maps
18th Century Collection: TRIAL until Oct 13th.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is now available as a TRIAL until October 13, 2006. Derived from the Eighteenth Century microfilm collection from Thomson Gale, ECCO features digitized versions of 150,000 printed volumes — comprising more than 26 million pages…
Posted in Database Trials, History
InterDok DoPP database now available for free
InterDok Corporation has published the Directory of Published Proceedings since 1965. The print version of the Directory was converted to an online format in February of 2005, and is now available to us free of charge. The DoPP contains over…
Where are the Journal Articles? Workshop 10/3
You’ve been asked to write a research paper using at least three journal articles from peer-reviewed journals. What does that mean and how do you find them? This workshop will go over what peer-reviewed means, where to find the articles,…
Posted in Library Science
That ol’ Search Engine, Time
“Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past” – T.S. Eliot (Burnt Norton) How much time does it take to think of something new – a poem, a scientific…
Posted in Library Science
Melville Library Author Series begins on September 28 at 7:30 p.m.
On Thursday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m., faculty author Fred Gardaphe will discuss his new book From Wiseguys to Wise Men in the Center for Italian Studies, Melville Library, E-4340. As the real American gangsters of yesterday recede into history,…
Posted in Author Series
We thank the Circulation staff for their efforts!
by DaVid The University Library’s Main Circulation Services is happy to report that our Reserve units, both Regular and Electronic, are off to a busy start. As of Tuesday, Sept 12th, there have been 103 submissions for Main Regular Reserve…
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