Performing research can sometimes be daunting for even the most seasoned researcher. In order to help you make make this task go smoothly the library offers many workshops throughout the semester. Whether your research skills are beginner, intermediate or advanced…
Yearly Archives: 2006
Collection Spotlight: Korean Studies
About the Korean Studies Collectionby Kyungmi Lee The Korean Studies Collection was established in 1987 to support the teaching and research of faculty and students in the Korean Studies Program at Stony Brook University. Starting with only 100 books, the…
Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies
Black Thought and Culture TRIAL through Sept 30th.
Black Thought and Culture from Alexander Street Press is available as a TRIAL until Sept 30th. Once you have tried the Black Thought and Culture database, please return to this blog and complete our online survey. Your opinions will help…
Posted in Database Trials
Using Library Resources Saves You Time and Money
by Karen Kostner When that research paper is assigned do you ever wish you had better resources than those Google often retrieves? While you may get about 30,000,000 hits, seldom are they of much substance for academic research. Sure, sometimes…
Posted in Library Science
Freaks from Brooklyn
Let’s go on a little fishing trip. There’s nothing else I can call it: you’re at a website you wanted to be at, you start exploring it, and then….maybe that site’s URL is intriguing. Or maybe you see all those…
Posted in History, Library Science
Library Staff Welcome New Students
by Susan Lieberthal The Library Staff at the Melville Library has been participating all summer in the numerous orientation days organized for new incoming students at Stony Brook. Orientation begins in the lobby of the SAC. Several vendors and university…
Posted in Melville Library
IBISWorld TRIAL: ENDED
Our trial access to IBISWorld Industry Intelligence has been extended until Aug 11th. Please take a test drive of IBISWorld and then respond to our evaluation survey. For more information about this trial please see the previous Screenings post.
Posted in Database Trials
Bibliographer Extraordinare!
Janet Clarke, selector for Asian American Studies (and Head of Library Instruction), was a contributing bibliographer for the forthcoming Resources for College Libraries (RCL), which is the long-awaited update to Books for College Libraries, 3rd edition (BCL3), published in 1988.…
BioAbs & ZooRec TRIAL: ENDED
The library has arranged for a trial of Biological Abstracts (pdf description) and Zoological Record (pdf description). Access to these databases is currently available via our Web Of Knowledge link. The trial runs from July 12 to Aug 10. Feedback,…
Posted in Database Trials
Avoiding Plagiarism
by Susan Kaufman What is all the buzz about plagiarism today and why does it really matter? Consider the following: Doris Kearns Goodwin, a Pulitzer winning historian for her book, No Ordinary Time (1995), full professor at Harvard, commentator on…
Posted in Library Instruction
