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Spotlight: Ethnic NewsWatch

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A resource of full text coverage of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic,  minority and native presses in America. Includes primary source material, unique community publications, as well as articles from scholarly journals on ethnicities and ethnic studies. Ethnic NewsWatch

Posted in Africana Studies, Spotlight

Shoot for an A

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Stephanie McEvoy is the library’s graduate intern this semester.  She is exploring academic librarianship while she completes her Master’s in Library Science degree from Queens College.  She will be writing occasional columns about her discoveries and experiences at Stony Brook

Posted in Information Literacy, Libraries, Library Instruction

Election 2014- Library Resources

If you are thinking ahead to the upcoming 2014 elections, Stony Brook University Libraries have the resources to help you with research and other information. Our subject guide for Elections: 2014 shares links to the library resources you may need.These

Posted in Government Information, Political Science

Work Smarter not Harder

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Stephanie McEvoy is the library’s graduate intern this semester.  She is exploring academic librarianship while she completes her Master’s in Library Science degree from Queens College.  She will be writing occasional columns about her discoveries and experiences at Stony Brook

Posted in Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Outreach, Research

Buy a Bag of Books – Today!

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The Melville Library’s Buy a Bag of Books Sale is taking place today – Thursday, October 16 from 9am until 4pm. We have hundreds of books on a wide range of topics: art, history, fiction, science, cooking, psychology, math, health

Posted in About Us

Finders Keepers

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University Libraries intern, Stephanie McEvoy, interviews the new Head of Health Sciences Library, Ann Gleason. Stony Brook University found a gem when Ann Gleason took over the position of Head of the Health Sciences Library two weeks ago. The mother

Posted in Health Sciences Library, Libraries, Medicine

Buy a bag of books!

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The Melville Library Book Sale is hosting a one day Buy a Bag of Books Sale!   Buy a (plastic) bag for $2 at the Circulation Desk and fill it with books from the Book Sale shelves.  There are books on

Posted in About Us

North American Women’s Letters & Diaries

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North American Women’s Letters and Diaries is a fantastic database with thousands of pages of diaries and letters from over 1,325 women.  This is a powerful tool for historians, researchers, genealogists, students and those who are fascinated by first-hand accounts

Posted in Cultural Analysis & Theory, History, Women's Studies, Writing and Literature

Michael Huang Presents a Panel at the 2014 Chinese Library Annual Conference, Beijing, China

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Michael Huang, Coordinator of the Office of Global Library Initiatives and Health Sciences Librarian, organized and presented a panel titled “The librarian in the transitional time: Exploration and practice in academic libraries in the United States” at the 2014 Chinese

Posted in Global Initiatives

The Library Scavenger Hunt riddles have begun!

Each fall, as the Library prepares to host its annual scavenger hunt, we come out with a new delightfully ambiguous promotional button.  To get students into the spirit of the event, the image for each has traditionally been one that

Posted in Events, Information Literacy, Libraries, Library Outreach, Melville Library