While you’ve been working hard all year earning credits for your degree, we’ve been working hard all year to make your learning process a little more fun. And it’s exhausting – in a good way. ALA’s International Games Day is…
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“C ‘n 3D” – Tinkering with Molecular Structures Workshop
One of the fastest growing areas of study in biology focuses on the molecular structures of molecules, especially proteins, and how structure relates to both sequence and function. This workshop will introduce the primary molecular databases, PDB & MMDB, and…
Posted in Health Sciences Library
On-Site Reference in SBS Cancelled
The Libraries’ on-site reference hour (1:30-2:30), held in the lobby of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building, will be cancelled November 10th, 17th, and 24th. On-site reference in SBS will resume December 1st, 1:30-2:30. Please contact Kate Kasten at kathleen.kasten@stonybrook.edu…
Posted in Library Outreach, Social Sciences
New eBook Databases: ProQuest ebrary Academic Complete & University Press Collection
The Libraries have subscribed to ProQuest ebrary Academic Complete and University Press Collection. These collections offer access to more than 740,000 full-text eBooks to support research and learning in the arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and life sciences,…
What is Sound? Taking on the Alda Center “Flame Challenge”
The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science has announced its 2016 Flame Challenge question: What is sound? For scholars hoping to take on the task of explaining science to an eleven year old, SBU Libraries are the place to start your…
SBU Libraries honor Native American Heritage Month
Stony Brook Universities Library Access Services Department, as part of it Outreach Initiative Program, has teamed up with the Native American Student Organization (NASO) to help promote awareness of Native American Heritage Month in November. On Wednesday November 4th during…
Librarian Poster Session
The 2015 Open Access Symposium & 9th Antonija Prelec Memorial Lecture featured a poster session covering a range of open access topics. Posters were created by Stony Brook University Librarians Darren Chase, Laura Costello, Jennifer DeVito, Ann Gleason, Molly Higgins,…
Create Your Own Zen Garden!
On Wednesday, October 28th, the Melville Library Galleria was full of students who took a moment to stop and create a mini Zen Garden to take with them. A total of 96 little gardens were made! CAPS, the Counseling and…
Posted in About Us
Zotero is Coming!
Zotero is coming! Have no fear, we will save you! If you are scratching your head wondering what Zotero is, here’s a brief synopsis: Zotero is an easy-to-use web tool that allows you to collect, organize, and cite your references. …
Posted in Library Instruction
It’s Time to Go Back to the Future!
Did you know that today holds a special place in the heart of Back to the Future aficionados? In Back to the Future II (1989), Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel all the way into the future…to October 21, 2015!…
Posted in About Us
