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Welcome to Brenda Polis!

On December 9th, Stony Brook University Libraries welcomed Brenda Polis to our staff. Brenda is the Executive Assistant to the Library Dean of Stony Brook University Libraries, Constantia Constantinou.  Before coming to the library,  Brenda was the Administrative Assistant in the

Posted in About Us, Melville Library, Spotlight, Stony Brook University

Dissertations and Theses Full-Text

Dissertations and Theses-Full Text Contains 1.2 million full-text dissertations, including most dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Includes 2.7 million citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to

Posted in Databases, Spotlight

Spotlight: Ethnic NewsWatch

A resource of full text coverage of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic,  minority and native presses in America. Includes primary source material, unique community publications, as well as articles from scholarly journals on ethnicities and ethnic studies. Ethnic NewsWatch

Posted in Africana Studies, Spotlight

Spotlight: Witchcraft

Witchcraft in Europe & America is a research database of Fulltext primary sources offering a wide range of writings on the subject of witchcraft from the 15th century to the early 20th century, including many rare and fragile manuscripts of eyewitness

Posted in Arts & Humanities, History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Spotlight, Women's Studies, Writing and Literature

HLAS Online

The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and

Posted in Spotlight

Wall Street Journal

Stony Brook University Libraries now has the Wall Street Journal, a new ProQuest database, with full-text access to the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present. In addition to WSJ print access, we now have Wall Street Journal (online edition)

Posted in Spotlight

Spotlight: Ask Us

Ask-A-Librarian

ASK US – Chat with a Librarian! Need assistance with your research? Have a reference question?  Stony Brook University Libraries offers the ASK US service – a chance to speak with a librarian right away through instant messaging. Look for

Posted in Reference, Spotlight