We are happy to welcome Emily Warren, who will be an intern for Library Technology, Discovery and Digital Initiatives during the Spring 2015 semester. Emily is a student in the Master of Library and Information Sciences program at the University at Buffalo, and she received her Bachelor of Arts degree
“My Alma mater was books, a good library…I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity” — Malcom X February is African-American History Month. Stony Brook University Libraries offers many resources for research in Africana Studies. The collection includes print and electronic materials, journals, databases and
Kate Kasten recently joined our library team as an Intern for the Spring semester! Kate is a student in the Master of Library and Information Science program at Queens College. She will graduate in May with her degree and a certificate in archival studies, and hopes to find a position
This isn’t your grandma’s FAQ. It isn’t a long, tedious, never-ending list of Q&A. It’s a search-suggesting, 24/7, dynamic, curated list of real questions answered by real Stony Brook librarians. When does the library close tonight? Where can you find nursing research articles? Who is Peter Gabriel and when did
On February 2, the Health Sciences Library welcomed a new Librarian to our team – Molly Higgins. Molly was most recently a library fellow at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA. Previously, she worked at the University of Washington Libraries for two years as a research tutorial
Be a part of history as the Library takes you back in time to the Revolutionary War Era. You will become a spy, forced to solve codes, puzzles, and clues to prove your research skills and assist in the rebellion. The Library is working to enhance our most challenging scavenger hunt to
Food and China’s Silk Road: Influences to and from the West by Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 1 PM in the Charles B. Wang Center Theatre. Dr. Newman will discuss the East-West cultural exchanges that occurred on the Silk Road through the medium of food.
While dealing with the difficulties of a winter day, it seems hopeful to look for a positive prediction from a groundhog, but in actuality, groundhogs are not the most reliable forecasters of weather outcomes. The National Climatic Data Center has been studiously tracking groundhog predictions and found they are correct
This is a veritable trove of thought-provoking, interpreted documents presented to the researcher with the goal of advancing scholarly debates by demonstrating historical analysis as an interpretive process. This is what you’ll find — 1270 full-text primary sources (go to Browse Bibliography and click on Full Text Primary Sources) —
Research and Instructional Services, the fine folks answering your reference desk, chat, and email questions, would like to announce the spring 2015 graduate intern, Thomas Maxheimer. Thomas is a Library and Information Science graduate student at Long Island University, and he’s here to observe, help, and learn. One of the
