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Library supports Hispanic Heritage Month & disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico

The Library’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee contributes to the library’s charge in support of Hispanic Heritage Month and disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Library personnel will team up to stock and assemble a basket to be auctioned off at

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SBU Libraries & Ultimate Frisbee Hang

Stony Brook’s Ultimate Frisbee team and SBU Libraries teamed up this past Wednesday during campus lifetime to enjoy some midday sun on the Staller Steps. SBU Libraries provided munchkins and frisbees while the Ultimate team played kan-jam and tossed the disc. Many

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Dean of Libraries Tours Library of Congress with SBU Alumni

Constantia Constantinou, Dean of Stony Brook University Libraries, and Mr. Henry V. Carter ’86 Digital Conversion Specialist, Library of Congress, host a special private tour of the United States Library of Congress to SBU Alumni and their families.

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Catalogs

  Use for Melville Library, Chemistry Library, Math/Physics Library, MASIC, Music Library, & Southampton Library collections.   Use for Health Sciences Library collection (East Campus).

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Database Update: Artstor

Have you noticed that the digital art library database, Artstor, looks different? You may have thought, Wow! No more pop up windows or Flash needed when I want to look at an image, but where did my instructor privileges go?

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University Libraries Presents: STEM Speaker Series, Dr. Ming-Yu Ngai

The University Libraries is pleased to announce its third and final lecture of the fall 2017 STEM Speakers Series presented by Dr. Ming-Yu Ngai, Department of Chemistry.   Title: “Visible-Light-Driven Artificial Photo-synthesis in Organic Synthesis” Date: Tuesday, November 14 from

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University Libraries participates in CommUniversity Day 2017

On Saturday, September 23, 2017, Stony Brook University celebrated its first CommUniversity Day.  It was a day to share some of the exciting and innovative offerings available on campus.  Members of the University Libraries volunteered their time for the event, highlighting

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Tech Spotlight: TED

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a nonprofit that organizes and hosts speakers on dozens on topics ranging from technology to entertainment to global issues in over 100 languages. All of these talks are available online for free. TED hosts a

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Health Sciences Librarians Receive NNLM Award

Stony Brook Health Sciences Librarians Jessica Koos, Jamie Saragossi, and Gregg Stevens, along with Sal Filosa from the Port Jefferson Free Library, were recently awarded the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) Health Information Awareness Award. The purpose of

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New Reaxys Interface Switch Date, November 30, 2017

On November 30, 2017, Reaxys will switch to new Reaxys interface and the original version will no longer be available.   What is Reaxys? Reaxys is an online research solution designed to retrieve property, reaction and synthesis data from a

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