Where are the Journal Articles? You’ve been asked to write a research paper using at least three journal articles from peer-reviewed journals. What does that mean and how do you find them? This workshop will go over:• Where to find the articles• How to find out if an article is
Get Your Learn On: Web Research 2.0 Web research is like juggling dynamite: done right it’s spectacular, done wrong it blows up in your face. Learn how to do it right:• 10 rules for effective Web research• Tools and applications for organizing and sharing research online• Top 5 Web research
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• Find Course Reserves and more Wednesday, February 11 @ 4
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 how to:• Use Galaxy as a research and discovery tool•
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 5 @ 1 PM Register @ http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/workshops.htm.
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 our holdings and those available from the State Library, many
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 accessed from the Springer site.
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 I listened to her talk I learned of her training
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 Frustration with Newspaper Research Every Item in Every Library Everywhere:
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; and all current IEEE standards. Complete backfile to 1988, with
