Monthly Archives: April 2015

Open Access Resources

University Libraries offers access to a growing collection of Open Access research databases and online collections. Browse Open Access Resources. To learn more about Open Access, recommend a resource, or discuss scholarly publishing at SBU, contact Darren Chase, Scholarly Communication

Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication

NEW Queer Studies Guide!

Did you know that the term Queer isn’t necessarily derogatory? It is an umbrella term for gender and sexual minorities who are not cisgender or heterosexual. Check out this reinvigorated guide featuring resources for the study of lesbian, gay, transgender,

Posted in Databases, eJournals, Electronic Resources, Featured, Library Outreach, Reference, Research, Women's Studies

Library faculty to present at TLT Colloquium

At the 7th TLT Colloquium, Friday, April 17th, Darren Chase, Scholarly Communication Librarian, together with Cynthia Davidson and Kristina Lucenko, Program in Writing & Rhetoric, will present: Here, There, & Everywhere: Building Habits of Mind in a Community of Writers

Posted in Information Literacy, Scholarly Communication, Writing and Literature

New Publication From Library Staff

Stony Brook University Libraries are proud to highlight the creative achievements of Celeste Hessler, of the Music Library. who recently published the second book in her Mysterious Fantasy Cube Trilogy.  The series is inspired by her son, Rowe Hessler, former

Posted in About Us, eBooks, Writing and Literature

Historic 1793 Document Conserved

Letter, George Clinton to Thomas Jefferson, 1793

A historic letter regarding the Montauk Point Lighthouse, written in 1793 and housed in Special Collections of the University Libraries, has been conserved. In the letter, dated 21 February 1793, George Clinton, the first Governor of New York, writes to

Posted in History, Manuscripts, Special Collections & University Archives

Welcome Elisabeth Pankl, Head of Academic Engagement!

SBU Libraries is excited to announce the newest member of our team, Elisabeth Pankl, the Head of Academic Engagement. Lis grew up in Washington State and attended Washington State University as an undergraduate. She began her academic career at Louisiana State

Posted in About Us, Library Instruction, Melville Library, New and Notable

Whan that Aprille, with his shoures soote

Thus begins The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, reminding us that April is National Poetry Month. Whether or not you agree with Chaucer that April showers are sweet, you can still celebrate poetry month at SBU Libraries, where poetry is

Posted in Books, Databases, Digital Collections, eBooks, Electronic Resources, Research, Writing and Literature

Call for Lightning Talks: Library Research Forum

To learn new ideas and generate discussions among colleagues, the Library organizes a Research Forum that will take place on Thursday, May 7 from 10am to 12pm in the Javits Room. Below is the agenda of the forum: 10:00am –

Posted in About Us

From the Archives: President Stanley Gives SBU Memento

When Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley met with New York State Assembly Speaker and Stony Brook alum Carl Heastie in Albany on March 17, he presented Speaker Heastie with a framed copy of an archived article written about him when he

Posted in Special Collections & University Archives

New Library Faculty Publication

Ann Whitney Gleason, Head of the Health Sciences Library, is the author of the recently published book Mobile Technologies for Every Library, published by the Medical Libraries Association. More Resources Mobile Resources and Apps for Library Research – Health Sciences

Posted in Health Sciences Library, HSL, Scholarly Communication