Monthly Archives: November 2009

All Libraries Closed November 26 – 28

All Main Campus Libraries and the Southampton branch will be closed for Thanksgiving break, beginning Wednesday, 5:00pm. Thursday, November 26 through Saturday, November 28 libraries will be closed. Main Campus and Southampton libraries resume regular hours Sunday, November 29. Related

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Time to Return or Renew Library Materials

Graduate Students, Faculty, Management Confidential, Emeritus and Professional staff who currently have borrowed library material due Dec. 21, 2009, from the Main, Music and/or the Science/Engineering Library, are urged to return or renew at this time. For those renewing, the

Posted in Circulation

Census 2010 Workshop on 11/17 at 1 PM

Is your native language English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Russian or one of 52 other languages? This workshop will cover what is collected as basic Census information and how this Census differs from all previous ones. Come find out:

Posted in Library Instruction

Research 911! Workshop on 11/16 @ 1 PM

Help!! Thought you could bang that paper out no problem, but you have more questions than answers? Bring your questions to this unstructured workshop and have them answered. Learn how to: Locate that article you can’t find but really want

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Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men on 11/11

Melville Library Author Series: Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men featuring Michael Kimmel, Professor of Sociology. To a growing list of books about the myths and mysteries of American boys and young males, Michael Kimmel, Professor of Sociology,

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Graduate Level Education and Teaching Workshop on 11/11 @ 1 PM

Research Skills for Graduate Level Education and Teaching If any of the statements below sound familiar then you need to attend this workshop. “I’ve been attending this school for 5 years but I’ve never been up to the stacks. Can

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Advanced EndNote Workshop on 11/10 @ Noon

For those who are using EndNote already, but have specific questions, or want to learn how to take advantage of ALL the advanced features and customization options. EndNote Advanced offers: Customize filters and output styles Attaching PDF documents, objects and

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The Mysteries of Microfilm Revealed! on 11/9

Stony Brook Library contains over two million books, but did you know it also has over 4 million items on microfilm and related formats? And much of the material is unavailable on the internet or in online databases. Collections include

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WorldCat: The World at Your Fingertips on 11/4

What if there was a catalog that you could use to search almost all the books, DVDs, articles, music and other materials in all the libraries in the world? There is! With WorldCat you can: Find materials in libraries near

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SciFinder Web Workshop on 11/4 @ 2:30 PM

This session will demonstrate how to use one of the premier online databases for searching chemical information, SciFinder. Learn how to: Create a SciFinder Web account Search for articles, structures and reactions Set up automatic search alerts Date: Wednesday, November

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