This Collection was launched in 2008 and features the archives of Carlos Bulosan, Betty Lee Sung, and Asian Adoptee Archive, among many others. The Asian American Studies librarian is Reme Grefalda, regr@loc.gov, 202-707-6096. http://www.loc.gov/rr/asian/aapi/index.html
Blog Archives
Asian American Pacific Islander Collection at the Library of Congress
Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies
Researchers Boycott Elsevier
Publisher of scholarly journals Elsevier is being boycotted by thousands of researchers who oppose Elsevier’s skyrocketing prices and support of ending open access publishing initiatives. As reported in science and technology blog the Singularity Hub, Researchers from around the world…
Posted in Research
Earthstock 2012
Celebrate Stony Brook University Earthstock 2012, April 16 – 20. Visit the University Libraries information table on the University Mall, Friday, April 20, for recommend resources, tips and tools for environmental research. Also, Sustainability Studies librarian Darren Chase will present…
Michael Huang Appointed Secretariat General at the International Conference on Leadership and Innovative Management in Academic Libraries, Shanghai, China
Health Sciences Librarian Michael Huang was appointed Secretariat General and Member of the Organizing Committee at the International Conference on Leadership and Innovative Management in Academic Libraries in the Age of New Technology jointly organized by Tongji University and the…
Posted in Global Initiatives
Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone
Good news for researchers from JSTOR this week: On September 6, 2011, we announced that we are making journal content in JSTOR published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870 elsewhere freely available to anyone, anywhere…
Posted in Library Instruction, Reference
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Call number and location: PG3326 .P7 C6 1998 | Melville Library Main Stacks eText: Crime and Punishment, provided by Project Gutenberg Possible Paper Topics: Despite his crime, does the author intend Roskolnikov to be…
Posted in Reader Advisory
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Call number and location: PS3515.E37 F338 1987 | Melville Library Main Stacks Possible Paper Topics: How does the author portray the idea of masculinity, and how does the novel’s final line enforce or…
Posted in Reader Advisory
The Tragedy of Hamlet
The Tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare Call number and location: PR2807 .A2 U59 2005 | Melville Library Main Stacks eText: The Tragedie of Hamlet, provided by Project Gutenberg Possible Paper Topics Explore the various angles that Hamlet views the…
Posted in Reader Advisory
Great Expectations
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Call number and location: PR4560 .A1 1993 | Melville Library Main Stacks eText: Great Expectations (1867), provided by Project Gutenberg Possible Paper Topics Why does Magwitch insist that Pip keep his nickname to continue receiving…
Posted in Reader Advisory
Pay Library Fines Online
Beginning July 29, 2011, pay on-line by logging into your account from the University Libraries catalog, STARS. Go to the sign-in tab in the upper right hand corner and log in. Click on MY ACCOUNT, and then click on Cash…
Posted in Circulation
