Special Collections and the Three Village Historical Society collaborated on a private grant sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities. The project was awarded full funding ($3,000) and will support “Rebels, Resistors, and Rioters,” a public program of lectures on the American Revolution…
Yearly Archives: 2011
Special Collections co-sponsors public program on American Revolution, Civil War
Posted in Events, Special Collections & University Archives
SBU Librarians, Faculty Featured at Museum Event
“The Beginning of Video Games”, a special event at the Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday, October 1, features Cultural Studies professor Raiford Guins, University Archivist and Head of Special Collections Kristen Nyitray, and Librarian Helene Volat. The program…
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…
Posted in Library Instruction, Reference
Long Island Historical Journal digital archives available
The Long Island Historical Journal (LIHJ), a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal founded by Roger Wunderlich at Stony Brook University (SBU), is now available online. Thirty-two issues were published by the Department of History and the Center for Regional Policy Studies at…
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Call number and location: PG3326 .P7 C6 1998 | Melville Library Main Stacks eText: Crime and Punishment, provided by Project Gutenberg Possible Paper Topics: Despite his crime, does the author intend Roskolnikov to be…
Posted in Reader Advisory
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Call number and location: PS3515.E37 F338 1987 | Melville Library Main Stacks Possible Paper Topics: How does the author portray the idea of masculinity, and how does the novel’s final line enforce or…
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The Tragedy of Hamlet
The Tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare Call number and location: PR2807 .A2 U59 2005 | Melville Library Main Stacks eText: The Tragedie of Hamlet, provided by Project Gutenberg Possible Paper Topics Explore the various angles that Hamlet views the…
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Great Expectations
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Call number and location: PR4560 .A1 1993 | Melville Library Main Stacks eText: Great Expectations (1867), provided by Project Gutenberg Possible Paper Topics Why does Magwitch insist that Pip keep his nickname to continue receiving…
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Pay Library Fines Online
Beginning July 29, 2011, pay on-line by logging into your account from the University Libraries catalog, STARS. Go to the sign-in tab in the upper right hand corner and log in. Click on MY ACCOUNT, and then click on Cash…
Posted in Circulation
The English Patient (DVD)
The English Patient, directed by Anthony Minghella Call number and location: DVD2648 | Melville Library Main Stacks Possible Paper Topics: What does the desert symbolize in the film? How do the actions and transformations of the main characters reflect the…
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