Stony Brook University Libraries hosted the 2018 Open Access Symposium on Thursday, October 25 – Friday, October 26. The Symposium included diverse and engaging panelists and presenters, and featured keynote speaker Heather Joseph, SPARC Executive Director, who shared her perspective…
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OASIS, the OER Discovery Service
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool for open educational resources (OER). OASIS currently searches open content from 52 different sources and contains 155,375 records. Use OASIS to discover quality, free open textbooks, courseware and more. OASIS…
Open Access Button
Are you looking for an article in a journal that we don’t have? Use Open Access Button to find free, legal, peer-reviewed articles. Open Access Button is an open access article discovery service and browser plugin. Legally shared, full-text scholarship…
Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication
Unpaywall: Read Research Articles For Free
Unpaywall is a Chrome and Firefox browser extension that discovers and links to green open access manuscripts of published research and scholarly articles. Unpaywall taps into content from thousands of open-access repositories worldwide. It utilizes a number of data sources, including PubMed…
SUNY Board of Trustees Open Access Resolution
On March 22, 2018, the SUNY Board of Trustees passed an Open Access Policy and System Repository Resolution put forward by Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson. The resolution instructs all SUNY campuses to adopt “an open access policy that recognizes each…
Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication
Fake News, Real Consequences
Are you concerned with the increase in fake news and misinformation? As a producer and consumer of information, you can make a difference — YOU can counter misinformation and bias. Here are 6 ways you can make a difference NOW…
Posted in Information Literacy, Scholarly Communication
Open Access Week Events
Stony Brook University Libraries is marking Open Access Week, October 23 – 27, with a series of events to raise awareness of open access, open education, the new Stony Brook University Open Access Policy, and trends in scholarly publishing and research…
Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication
Safe Space
Safe Space is an LGBTQ* Services program of that seeks to ensure that SBU becomes a more inclusive place for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning* (LGBTQ*) people by fostering a supportive learning and working environment. The goals of Safe…
Posted in About Us
Digital Theatre+: Theatre Arts Database Trial
Digital Theatre+ is a Theatre Arts database featuring streaming video of full length British theatre productions, interviews with cast and crew, and documentaries about practice, production and workshops. It includes productions from Shakespeare to contemporary plays, with teaching guides, essays,…
Posted in Database Trials, Theatre
OER: Open Educational Resources
OER are Open Educational Resources. Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, textbooks, syllabi, lectures,…
Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication
