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Buy a Bag of Books

Calling all book lovers and bargain hunters!  The Melville Library will be having a one day Buy a Bag of Books sale on Wednesday, April 30th from 9am to 4pm. Pay $2 at the Circulation desk (3rd floor, Main Stacks)

Posted in About Us

Michael Huang, Health Sciences Librarian, Presents at the 2013 Chinese Library Annual Conference, Shanghai, China

Michael Huang, Librarian at the Stony Brook University Health Sciences Library, organized and chaired a panel titled, “Exploration and practice of innovative services in U.S. libraries” at the 2013 Chinese Library Annual Conference, November 7-9, 2013, Shanghai, China. The speakers

Posted in Global Initiatives

Melville Library Book Sale

Melville Library Book Sale in the Main Stacks on the 3rd floor of the Melville Library. Updated inventory including fiction and non-fiction titles in subjects such as art, science, history, Chinese studies, math and psychology.  Paperbacks are $.50 and hard

Posted in Books, Circulation, Melville Library

Marvels & Monsters Symposium

University Libraries, the Charles B. Wang Center, and the Center for Korean Studies presents “Marvels & Monsters: A Symposium on Asian Images in Comics and Graphic narratives” on April 23 at the Charles B. Wang Center.  The symposium features writers,

Posted in Arts & Humanities, Asian and Asian American Studies, Events, Libraries, New and Notable, Social Sciences, Stony Brook University

Database Trial: Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination

Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination Trial The fifth edition features more than eight hours of new clinical skill video content for head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the Advanced Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. Lynn Bickley,

Posted in Database Trials, Health Sciences Library

1st Library Spy Hunt is a success!

New scavenger hunt sparks interest among faculty, students, and local community members.

Posted in Events, Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Research

The Flame Challenge: “What is color?”

The Flame Challenge is an international science communication competition, hosted by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, that asks scientists to explain complex science in ways that would interest and enlighten an 11-year old.  This year’s question is:  What

Posted in Communicating Science, Journalism

New Database Trials

Stony Brook University Libraries is offering a trial of the database British History Online until March 3, 2014. British History Online contains primary and secondary sources for the history of the British Isles. You can find a diverse range of

Posted in Arts & Humanities, Database Trials, Electronic Resources, History

New Library Scavenger Hunt Challenges Your Research Skills!

Be a part of history as the Library takes you back in time to the Revolutionary War Era. You are now a spy, forced to solve codes, puzzles, and clues to prove your research skills and assist in the rebellion.

Posted in Events, Library Instruction, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Research

Project Muse Premium

Project Muse is a scholarly database similar to JSTOR that offers full-text versions of over 600 peer-reviewed journals from many of the world’s leading university presses and scholarly societies. Subject areas include: Area and Ethnic Studies; Art and Architecture; Creative

Posted in Africana Studies, Anthropology, Art, Arts & Humanities, Asian and Asian American Studies, Cinema Studies, Comparative Studies, Cultural Analysis & Theory, Databases, Digital Collections, Economics, Education, Electronic Resources, Film Studies, French, German, History, Libraries, Medicine, MFA Theatre & Film, Music, New and Notable, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Research, School of Professional Development, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Social Sciences, Sociology, Sustainability, Theatre, Women's Studies, Writing and Literature