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African American Newspapers (1927 – 1998)

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African American Newspapers (1927 – 1998) is a full-text research database providing access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers from more than 35 states—including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. Beginning with Freedom’s Journal (NY)—the first African American newspaper published in

Posted in Research, Spotlight

And…we’re back!

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Some recent enhancements to ILLiad software did not go as planned and you may have experienced some frustration in attempting to access your ILLiad account.  For that we truly apologize. The good news is that ILLiad is back with a

Posted in About Us

New ILLiad log in!

Thank you for your patience.  The new ILLiad log in page is now available.  Users with a NetID can now log in using the NetID.  This change will help expedite requests by new users. Some current users may be prompted

Posted in Health Sciences Library, Interlibrary Loan

Uday Takes On a New Role…

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The Stony Brook University Libraries community extends congratulations to Mr. Uday Karki in his new role as Supervising Programmer Analyst. Uday has been a longtime member of the SBU Libraries family, previously serving in various positions as Senior Programmer, Web

Posted in About Us, Technology

Updated Health Sciences Website

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  The Health Sciences Library website has been updated! Enhancements include a more streamlined graphical interface, prominent links to top research guides, easy to find links to top resources and quick links to most used services. All of the former

Posted in Health Sciences Library

Welcome to Brenda Polis!

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On December 9th, Stony Brook University Libraries welcomed Brenda Polis to our staff. Brenda is the Executive Assistant to the Library Dean of Stony Brook University Libraries, Constantia Constantinou.  Before coming to the library,  Brenda was the Administrative Assistant in the

Posted in About Us, Melville Library, Spotlight, Stony Brook University

Winter Session Hours

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It’s Winter Intersession, enjoy the warmth and comfort of the library! Winter 2015: Tuesday, January 6 – Sunday, January 25 Location Monday – Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Central Reading Room   8:30am – 11:00pm 8:30am – 5:00pm CLOSED CLOSED North Reading Room/

Posted in About Us

Browzine Now Has Health Sciences eJournals

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BrowZine delivers thousands of academic journals to your iPad or Android tablet. BrowZine works by organizing the articles found in Open Access and University Libraries subscriptions (including Health Sciences Library subscriptions), uniting them into complete journals, then arranging these journals

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GPO Name Change

Stop the presses! The GPO is now the Government Publishing Office, and no longer the Government Printing Office. The GPO has been providing free public access to government information since March 4, 1861, the day Abraham Lincoln was sworn into

Posted in Government Information, Libraries, Research

Library offers complimentary snacks to late night crammers

Songs on the radio might be joyously pronouncing that this is, in fact, “the most wonderful time of the year”, but students know better.  Before those currently enrolled in courses can begin taking part in any sort of holiday cheer,

Posted in Library Outreach