Open Access literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What it means to academia and research is that the primary barrier to access, price, is removed from the equation, allowing free access to peer-reviewed, scholarly works, books, and just about any other
This workshop introduces the NCBI’s Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), one of the most widely-used software tools in biology. BLAST allows rapid, easy sequence similarity searching online. However, use of BLAST is only truly effective when you understand what it does – and doesn’t do. This workshop will introduce
We are pleased to announce the October schedule for the Stony Brook University Libraries Colloquium Series. All are welcome to attend. Please mark your calendars and come join the library faculty and staff as we share our current research, achievements, professional development activities and ideas for service to the Stony
The Stony Brook Health Sciences Library hosted two visitors from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Mid-Atlantic Region on September 9. Barbara Epstein, Director, University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System and Renae Barger, Executive Director, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region (NN/LM MAR) visited the
The Health Sciences Library now has access to three new evidence-based databases from EBSCO: Dynamed Nursing Reference Center Plus Rehabilitation Reference Center These three databases enable health care practitioners to answer clinical questions quickly and easily at the point of care. Each database includes thousands of topics that provide clinicians
The ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, Revision 10) coding classifications are scheduled to be implemented on Oct.1. The Library has purchased access to both the ICD 9 and ICD 10 . Both classification systems are available from the STAT!Ref database. Click below to access the full classification systems. ICD-10-CM: Clinical
Library Dean, Constantia Constantinou and Head of Health Sciences Library, Ann Gleason gave a presentation to the School of Dental Medicine Administrators at their meeting on July 16, 2015. Dean Constantinou presented the Library’s strategic plan and future directions, and Ms. Gleason discussed the current resources and services at the
The Stony Brook University Libraries currently has a trial subscription to the Henry Stewart Talks, biomedical and life sciences collection. This collection has over 1,500 high quality, recorded seminars given by leading world experts. Featured categories include: cancer, cell biology, diseases, drug discoveries and genetics. Please preview Henry Stewart Talks
You are all invited to the second lecture in the Lecture Series of the Office of Global Library Initiatives entitled “Ancient Documents Services at the Shanghai Normal University Library.” The talk will be given by Dr. Long Zhao, who is a visiting scholar at Stony Brook University Libraries. It will
Michael Bailou Huang, Coordinator of the Office of Global Library Initiatives presented “Changing Roles of Academic Libraries and Librarians” and “Collection Development for the 21st Century Academic Library: Experience from the Stony Brook University Health Sciences Library” at Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, China, on Monday, April 27, 2015.
