Monthly Archives: March 2015

From the Archives: Sunwood Estate

Designed by architect Katherine Budd, Sunwood was the Neo-Tudor, 40 room residence of Frank and Jennie Melville, situated on a bluff overlooking Long Island Sound in Old Field, NY.  Ward Melville, the couple’s son, donated the property and more than

Posted in Special Collections & University Archives

Call for Participation – Survey of Faculty Use of Author IDs

Are you a faculty member or researcher at Stony Brook University? Have you published in academic journals? If so, we need your help. We are conducting a survey on the utilization of author identification and research networking tools. Survey link:

Posted in Health Sciences Library, Libraries, Library Outreach, Science and Engineering Library

Research Anywhere!

Why would anyone try to do research from a mobile phone?  Because it’s always with you, it always has an Internet connection, and the library has the tools you need to find articles, access databases, and other helpful resources. Check

Posted in Databases, eBooks, eJournals, Electronic Resources, Library Technology, Reference, Research

Article of Interest: Open Access & the Creative Commons

Better Sharing Through Licenses? Measuring the Influence of Creative Commons Licenses on the Usage of Open Access Monographs by Ronald Snijder. This article examines the influence of an unrestricted Creative Commons license on scholarly eBook sharing and usage.  From the

Posted in Scholarly Communication

Michael Bailou Huang Elected to IFLA Standing Committee on the Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Nominated by the American Library Association (ALA), Michael Bailou Huang was elected as a Standing Committee member on the IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section for the term 2015-2019. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the

Posted in Global Initiatives, Health Sciences Library

From treading water to smooth sailing

An article written by Colleen Kenefick and Jennifer A. DeVito, “From Treading Water to Smooth Sailing: Mentoring for New Academic Librarians,” was published in College & Undergraduate Libraries (2015, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p90-96).  The article explores the challenges and benefits

Posted in About Us

Public Access to NSF-funded research

Of interest to Stony Brook University researchers, the National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) has developed a plan outlining a framework for activities to increase public access to scientific publications and digital scientific data resulting from research the foundation funds.

Posted in Health Sciences Library, Open Access, Scholarly Communication

Zotero is coming!

Zotero is coming! Have no fear, we will save you! If you are scratching your head wondering what Zotero is, here’s a brief synopsis: Zotero is an easy-to-use web tool that allows you to collect, organize, and cite your references. 

Posted in Events, Library Instruction

Workshop – Introduction to Bioinformatics Databases

There are a vast number of bioinformatics databases, software tools, and resources available on the web covering a wide range of biological data including genes, genomes, sequences, molecular structures, proteins, gene expression and genetic variation. This workshop will help you

Posted in Health Sciences Library

ArXiv.org: Open Access

ArXiv.org is an open access scholarly publishing platform. It includes 1,021,025 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.  ArXiv is owned and operated by Cornell University, a private not-for-profit educational institution. ArXiv is funded by

Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics