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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

DATABASE TRIAL: New-York Historical Society Digital Archives

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EBSCO has released two new Digital Archive Databases from Collections at the New-York Historical Society. Trials of the two databases are available through June 9, 2013. Gateway to North America: People, Places, and Organizations of 19th-Century New York Collection of…

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Posted in Arts & Humanities, Database Trials, Digital Collections, Economics, History, Journalism, Music, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, Theatre

DATABASE TRIAL: Early American Imprints

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

Early American Imprints contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in the United States from 1639-1819. The collection includes two parts: Series I: Evans, 1639-1800, based on Charles Evans’ renowned “American Bibliography” and Roger Bristol’s supplement. Including more than…

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Posted in Arts & Humanities, Business, Database Trials, Digital Collections, Economics, Education, History, Journalism, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Theatre, Women's Studies

Digital Long Island Collection Receives National Recognition

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

SBU Libraries’ Special Collections’ guide to digital Long Island documents and books receives recognition.

Posted in Digital Collections, Special Collections & University Archives

AMAR Collection

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

The Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports (AMAR) Collection is part of the Iraq Cultural Heritage Program (ICHP) Grant. The ICHP was established in 2008 through a grant from the US Embassy Baghdad. The Cultural Affairs Office at the Embassy oversees…

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Posted in Anthropology, Digital Collections

ECCO–The Eighteenth Century Online

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

  Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is   a major digital collection consisting of every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. Includes over 180,000…

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Posted in Arts & Humanities, Digital Collections, eBooks, Social Sciences

New Electronic Collections Available: EEBO

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

Over the past two years, the University Libraries has been able to purchase some key research collections of primary resources. One such resource is Early English Books Online (EEBO). It includes digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed…

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Posted in Arts & Humanities, Databases, Digital Collections, eBooks, Electronic Resources, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Social Sciences

SBU Digitized Collections, scheduled maintenance

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

There may be periodic interruptions in access to the Stony Brook University Libraries’ digitized collections on Wed, 2/15 as we conduct scheduled maintenance to the server on which the collections reside.

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Digitized Collections Document the History of Stony Brook University

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

In celebration of the Stony Brook University’s 50th Anniversary, there is a new website for the University Archives. The site includes a history and timeline of the University, information about print, photographic, and multi-media collections, and links to newly digitized…

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Posted in Digital Collections, Special Collections & University Archives

DSpace scheduled downtime Jan 27-28

Posted on by Kristen Nyitray

The SUNY Digital Repository (aka “Dspace”) http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/ will be unavailable January 27-28, 2007 while they migrate the system to new hardware.

Posted in Digital Collections