Monthly Archives: August 2017

Come Learn the Art of Alchemy at Southampton

The Southampton library is proud to help kick off SBU Libraries Art in Focus series with a lecture on a fascinating topic: the restoration of Jackson Pollock’s 1947 painting Alchemy.   Please join us Tuesday, September 12th at 7 pm

Posted in About Us, Academic Subjects, Art, Events, Southampton

Welcome Back, Southampton!

Welcome back to all of our OT, PT, Health Informatics, SOMAS, and MFA students! And in a few days, we’ll say hello to the new Health Administration program. It’s an exciting time to be on the Southampton campus and we

Posted in Art, Events, Health Sciences Library, Library Outreach, Southampton

University Libraries celebrate CommUniversity Day

Stony Brook University’s first CommUniversity Day is Saturday, September 23 from 12pm to 4pm on the Academic Mall. Arising out of the campus Plan for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity, the event will showcase the many facets of the campus community.   Themed neighborhoods

Posted in Events, Libraries, Library Outreach, Special Collections & University Archives

Tech Spotlight: Khan Academy

Wouldn’t it be great if you learned something and it just… stayed in your brain?  Forever?  Sadly, learning doesn’t always stay with us, and sometimes you just don’t “get it” the first time you study something.  While usually we have

Posted in Emerging Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Special Collections Featured in “The Way of Tea in Asia” Exhibition

Books from the Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection, part of Special Collections of the University Libraries, are featured in the exhibition “The Way of Tea in China” from September 7 through December 10, 2017 in the Charles B. Wang Center Skylight

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Events, Library Outreach, Special Collections & University Archives

Tech Spotlight: EasyBib

What’s the worst part of writing a research paper for your class?  Some might think that it’s the actual writing that’s the hard part – but all students know that the worst thing is actually writing the Works Cited page! 

Posted in Emerging Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Now Available: Read by QxMD

Stony Brook Health Science Library now provides access to Read by QxMD. This app provides a single place to discover new research, read outstanding topic reviews and search PubMed. It also suggest articles for you to read based on your

Posted in Health Sciences Library, Medicine, Mobile Technology, School of Dental Medicine

University Libraries Sponsors Bibliometric Workshop for Librarians

Stony Brook University Libraries is hosting a Bibliometric Workshop for Librarians and seeking 12 participants who are interested in bibliometric analysis and employed by the academic libraries in the region to join us for a one-day workshop on Friday, October

Posted in About Us

Fall 2017 Art Crawls

Art Crawls unite Stony Brook University’s galleries through a series of free, guided tours led by expert curators. The University Libraries will be participating in the September and November Art Crawls. Join in at any point on the tours!   THURSDAY,

Posted in Art, Arts & Humanities, Events, Library Outreach, Southampton, Special Collections & University Archives

University Libraries Presents: STEM Speakers Series

The University Libraries is honored to have Dr. Chang Kee Jung, a SUNY Distinguished Professor in Physics, significant contributor to the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, and shared award winner of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, present the

Posted in About Us, Physics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics