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1st Library Spy Hunt is a success!

New scavenger hunt sparks interest among faculty, students, and local community members.

Posted in Events, Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Research

New Library Scavenger Hunt Challenges Your Research Skills!

Be a part of history as the Library takes you back in time to the Revolutionary War Era. You are now a spy, forced to solve codes, puzzles, and clues to prove your research skills and assist in the rebellion.

Posted in Events, Library Instruction, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Research

SBU Libraries Opens a New Information Service Point

This year we give thanks for the plentitude of convenient information in the Library.

Posted in Library Outreach, Melville Library

Thoroughbass and Human Nature: Chamber Music in the Time of Jane Austen

The students of Music 450 (Favorite and Forgotten Music of the Chamber, 1760-1825) will present a recital of chamber music from the time of Jane Austen written by wildly popular composers who are little-known today. Each tuneful work will be

Posted in Library Outreach, Melville Library

2nd Annual Library Scavenger Hunt is a Hit!

We are proud to report that the Library completed its second photo scavenger hunt without injury or (as far as we know) indecent or illegal activity.  Actually, this is technically just an assumption. There was one less person when everyone

Posted in Events, Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Outreach, Melville Library

SBU Libraries hosts Stony Brook Ultimate Frisbee Team & LeaveLoveSBU on the Staller Steps

Come out to the Staller steps during campus lifetime next Wednesday, September 25th to catch the SBU Ultimate Frisbee Team in action, and help LeaveLoveSBU spread some positivity around campus! Team Panic will have Kan Jam set up and will

Posted in Events, Melville Library

SBU Libraries: More Than Just Books

SBU Libraries is more than just a collection of over 2.1 million books, journals, and databases, though those are, arguably, our greatest asset.

Posted in Central Reading Room, Library Outreach, Melville Library

Library Regatta Success Highlighted in The Statesman

Stony Brook University Libraries gained recognition by The Statesman for their Roth Regatta efforts!

Posted in Events, Journalism, Library Outreach, Melville Library, Stony Brook University

April contests, activities in the Central Reading Room

This month the Central Reading Room is providing patrons with fun distractions and a chance at prizes, just for using our services.

Posted in Central Reading Room, Libraries, Library Outreach, Melville Library, New and Notable, Reference, Research

Winter Film Recommendations

Winter is the perfect time of year to check out some great must-see films from our collection!

Posted in Cinema Studies, Circulation, Film Studies, Melville Library