Library Instruction

GeoPDF Workshop on Sept. 22

Sharing Spatially with GeoPDFs Using data and aerial imagery of a Stony Brook University campus (e.g., Stony Brook, Southampton or Manhattan) learn how to:• Manipulate layers, attach files, add comments, apply stamps• Search and display object attributes, and zoom to coordinates• Measure distances and change geographic projections• Hyperlink GeoPDF objects

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Google Earth Workshop Sept. 17 @ 1 PM

In this workshop, learn how to: Use the Google Earth user interface and the standard layers Locate and use third-party geographic data in Google Earth Create your own map features in the form of points, paths, polygons, and overlays Add information to your map features such as text, hyperlinks, and

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Avoiding Plagiarism

by Susan Kaufman What is all the buzz about plagiarism today and why does it really matter? Consider the following: Doris Kearns Goodwin, a Pulitzer winning historian for her book, No Ordinary Time (1995), full professor at Harvard, commentator on celebrated news hours and judge for the Pulitzer competition recently

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