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STARS (Library Catalog) Workshop on Feb. 11

STARS: Finding Books, DVDs and more @ SBU Libraries STARS is Stony Brook’s online catalog of more than 2 million titles, including books, journals, DVDs, CDs, scores, etc. Learn how to:• Find books, journals, DVDs and more• Renew books online•

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Galaxy (Combined Search) Workshop on Feb. 10

All Across the Galaxy: Searching Multiple Resources Simultaneously The library’s new combined search system, Galaxy, allows you to search up to 50 library resources simultaneously. Learn how to use Galaxy to quickly and effectively locate the information you need. Learn

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Library Tour on Feb. 5

Take a tour of the Melville Library’s main public service areas. Learn about our collections and services, and get some freebies while you’re here. Meet us @ the Central Reading Room, Melville Library. Tour lasts about 30 minutes. Thursday, February

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Electronic Resources from the New York State Library

New York State employees, including Stony Brook University faculty and staff, can access online journals and databases available from the New York State Library. To enable access, a State Library borrower’s card must be obtained. While there is overlap between

Posted in Databases

More Springer Titles Now Available

Almost 1700 titles published online by Springer are now available thanks to the Library’s participation in a new contract sponsored by the NERL (Northeast Research Libraries) Consortium. Each title is linked from the Electronic Journals page and can also be

Posted in Computer Science, Databases, Engineering

Emily Wells, gift well received

from Victor Santiago, North Reading Room While listening to NPR one day, I heard an interview with a woman named Emily Wells. Emily is musician with the rare ability to transcend the genres of Classical music and Hip Hop. As

Posted in Library Outreach, Music

Spring 2009 Library Workshops

The list of library workshops for the Spring 2009 semester is available now at http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm. Workshops are free and open to students, faculty and staff at Stony Brook University. New workshops for the Spring include: Extra! Extra! You Can Overcome

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Access to IEEE/IET Electronic Library Now Available

The IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) provides access to almost a third of the world’s current electrical engineering and computer science literature. Content includes full-text access to all IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines; IEEE conference proceedings; IET journals and conference proceedings;

Posted in Computer Science, Engineering

EndNote Video Tutorial Now Available

Want to learn how to search PsycINFO using the online search feature in EndNote? This one minute video demonstration will walk you through how to automatically search PsycINFO from within EndNote. The video tutorial is now available on the Research

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Inter-Campus Delivery Service

Are you a student at the Southampton Campus who needs a book from the Melville Library in Stony Brook? Or a Manhattan Campus student who is confused about how to get access to a DVD from the Southampton Campus? Have

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