Yearly Archives: 2010

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

Posted in Library Instruction

Southampton Campus Library is closing August 31

August 31, 5:00pm Is the Deadline for Returning Books to the Southampton Library.After August 31, please return all books and materials you have checked out to Melville Library, Main Campus. For more info call 631.632.7115

Posted in Hours

Two New Publications By Librarians!

Both Dana Antonucci-Durgan, Head of the Chemistry Library and Biology & Chemistry Librarian, and Cynthia Dietz, Science/ Map Librarian, have published separate articles in the Spring 2010 issue of the refereed journal Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship. Dana’s article,

Posted in New and Notable, Scholarly Communication

Trial of Waters & Oceans Worldwide Database

Waters & Oceans Worldwide combines databases on all facets of international water research. Included in this collection are records from the now-ceased database Marine, Oceanographic and Freshwater Resources (MOFR), plus six of the world’s major water resource databases, including WATERLIT,

Posted in Database Trials

Welcome to the new website!

The new Stony Brook University Libraries is here to improve your experience using our resources and services.

Posted in New and Notable

ARTstor Scheduled Maintenance

ARTstor will be performing temporary maintenance on Saturday evening, May 1, 2010 between the hours of 9:00 PM and 2:00 AM EDT. At this time, service will be termporarily suspended.

Posted in Databases

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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Libraries Closed on Saturday April 3rd for Spring Break

The University Libraries are closed on Saturday, April 3rd for Spring Break. The Central Reading Room, North Reading Room, and Main Circulation will reopen on Sunday, April 4th at 2 PM. For more information check the Library Hours page.

Posted in Hours

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

Posted in Library Instruction

American Geophysical Union Backfile Now Available

The library has recently acquired access to the digitized backfile of journals published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), a worldwide scientific community that started more than 110 years ago. A list of the journals in the collection, dates included,

Posted in Databases