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If you have questions regarding the digital projects you see below or have an idea for a new digital collection, please request a consultation here.    Stony Brook University Libraries Digital Collections are in a state of assessment and migration.…

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Posted in Digital Collections, Discovery and Digital Initiatives

Explore Historic Map Works at SBU Libraries

Posted on by Kate Kasten-Mutkus

The SBU Libraries are conducting a trial of Historic Map Works (ProQuest) until April 8, 2016.  Give it a try, and let us know what you think!  Please send comments to kathleen.kasten@stonybrook.edu. Historic Map Works offers over 1,593,454 searchable, full-color,…

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Posted in Arts & Humanities, Database Trials, Digital Collections, Geosciences, History

SBU Libraries Trial Historic Map Works (ProQuest)

Posted on by Kate Kasten-Mutkus

Historic Map Works provides access to over 1 million maps and to more than 1 thousand city directories from the United States and abroad.  This searchable collection contains materials from the 15th through 19th centuries.  The SBU Libraries will trial this…

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Posted in Arts & Humanities, Database Trials, Digital Collections, Electronic Resources, Geosciences, History, Maps

Thousands of Streaming Videos Available from Kanopy

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

The Libraries have subscribed to Kanopy Streaming Video, which allows users to stream videos related to the arts, business, education, global studies and language, health, communications, sciences, social sciences, and technical fields.  Designed to augment and enrich academic work in…

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Posted in Databases, Digital Collections, New and Notable

Stony Brook University is Trying Out The North China Herald

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

Good news! SBU Libraries is beginning a trial run of The North China Herald. What does this mean for you, dear patrons? Wonderful things. Read on to learn more about what you could learn from this. The English-language North China…

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Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies, Cultural Analysis & Theory, Digital Collections

Whan that Aprille, with his shoures soote

Posted on by Darren Chase

Thus begins The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, reminding us that April is National Poetry Month. Whether or not you agree with Chaucer that April showers are sweet, you can still celebrate poetry month at SBU Libraries, where poetry is…

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Posted in Books, Databases, Digital Collections, eBooks, Electronic Resources, Research, Writing and Literature

Project Muse Premium

Posted on by Janet Clarke

Project Muse is a scholarly database similar to JSTOR that offers full-text versions of over 600 peer-reviewed journals from many of the world’s leading university presses and scholarly societies. Subject areas include: Area and Ethnic Studies; Art and Architecture; Creative…

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Posted in Africana Studies, Anthropology, Art, Arts & Humanities, Asian and Asian American Studies, Cinema Studies, Comparative Studies, Cultural Analysis & Theory, Databases, Digital Collections, Economics, Education, Electronic Resources, Film Studies, French, German, History, Libraries, Medicine, MFA Theatre & Film, Music, New and Notable, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Research, School of Professional Development, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Social Sciences, Sociology, Sustainability, Theatre, Women's Studies, Writing and Literature

SOMAS and Library collaborate to re-issue previously published works

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

The Stony Brook University Libraries and the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SOMAS) announces the online, re-issue in digital format of the school’s well established and respected, published research —  Special Reports and Working Papers series.  Previously published in bound…

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Posted in Digital Collections, Environmental Art, Architecture and Design, Environmental Humanities, Libraries, Library Science, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, MASIC, Preservation, Research, Sustainability, Technology

Art Criticism Now Online!

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

               Art Criticism now online Art Criticism was published by the Department of Art’s program of Art History and Criticism starting in the spring of 1979 and commencing in the spring of 2010.  During that period,…

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Posted in Art, Digital Collections, Environmental Art, Architecture and Design, Libraries, Library Science, New and Notable, Preservation

DATABASE TRIAL: The North China Herald (1850-1940)

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

TRIAL THROUGH JUNE 15, 2013. The English North China Herald is a crucial resource for the history of the foreign presence in China from 1850 through 1940. As the official journal for British consular notifications, and announcements of the Shanghai…

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Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Business, Chinese Studies, Cultural Analysis & Theory, Database Trials, Digital Collections, Government Information, History, Japanese Studies, Journalism, Korean Studies, Maps, Political Science, Social Sciences, Sociology, South Asian Studies