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ECCO–The Eighteenth Century Online

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

  Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is   a major digital collection consisting of every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. Includes over 180,000…

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Posted in Arts & Humanities, Digital Collections, eBooks, Social Sciences

Olympics

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Every four years we root for athletes previously unknown to us in sports we probably don’t follow closely in the intervening years.

Posted in Sociology

NEW! American Periodicals Series Online

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Over 1,100 American magazines spanning 200 years and covering nearly every aspect of American culture.

Posted in Arts & Humanities, Databases, History, Journalism, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Social Sciences, Theatre, Writing and Literature

Upcoming Event at Asia Society in NYC

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Following a recent trip to Hawaii, Guam, Japan, Thailand, India, and South Korea, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter will describe the contours of the United States’ strategic rebalance to Asia.   Dr. Carter will be joined in conversation with…

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Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Political Science, Sociology, South Asian Studies

North Koreans Meet Their First Lady, er, Comrade

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Ri Sol-ju was identified as wife of  the young N. Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.   See the full article in The New York Times.

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Political Science

35th Annual Asian American International Film Festival in NYC

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Asian CineVision (ACV) presents the Asian American International Film Festival, July 25-Aug. 5 in New York City.

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Cultural Analysis & Theory, Film Studies

New Health Sciences Library Website

Posted on by Janet Clarke

On Thursday, July 26, the Health Sciences Library will have a new website. The new HSL website URL: http://library.stonybrook.edu/healthsciences As a part of the Stony Brook University Libraries recent merge, the Health Sciences Library website has been redesigned with a similar look and…

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Posted in Health Sciences Library

Bollywood Legend Passed Away

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Bollywood legend Rajesh Khanna passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday following a prolonged illness.Khanna rose to fame in the late 1960s and would go on to play leading roles in Hindi cinema for the coming decades. He is survived by…

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Posted in South Asian Studies

Give a Book Take a Book – SS Melville Lives On!

Posted on by Janet Clarke

The SS Melville boat will serve as a new library outreach vessel for supplying books for patrons to give and take.

Posted in Library Outreach, Melville Library, New and Notable

New for Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Check out our recent acquisitions for subjects of Environmental and Sustainability Studies research.

Posted in Environmental Art, Architecture and Design, Environmental Humanities, Sustainability