Quotation marks are not just for grammar anymore. Putting quotation marks around a term or phrase of two or more words will yield results that are more accurate than a search of the same words without quotation marks. This is…
Deadline Extended for Spy Hunt Scavenger Hunt!
Registration has been extended for Spy Hunt, Stony Brook University Libraries’ photo scavenger hunt designed to put your research skills to the test. The event will now take place on Wednesday, March 11th. Participants play the part of Culper Spy Ring…
Welcome Patrice Scanlon!
The SBU Libraries team is happy to welcome Ms. Scanlon to campus. She joined us on February 2 and will serve as the Multimedia Resources Specialist. Patrice comes to us from Mills College in Oakland, California where since 2005 she served as…
Congratulations Discovery Fund Prize Winner & Finalists
University Libraries congratulates the inaugural Discovery Fund Prize winner, Laurie T. Krug, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and the three Prize finalists: Gabor Balazsi, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Eden Figueroa, Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and…
SBU Libraries Research Tips Pinterest
Hi Everyone! I’m your library intern Emily and this week I want to introduce SBU Libraries Research Tips Pinterest page! Pinterest is a useful tool for students because it links them right to the information source webpage and the specific article…
Welcome Emily Warren!
We are happy to welcome Emily Warren, who will be an intern for Library Technology, Discovery and Digital Initiatives during the Spring 2015 semester. Emily is a student in the Master of Library and Information Sciences program at the University…
“My Alma mater was books”
“My Alma mater was books, a good library…I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity” — Malcom X February is African-American History Month. Stony Brook University Libraries offers many resources for research in Africana Studies.…
Posted in Africana Studies
Welcome to Kate Kasten!
Kate Kasten recently joined our library team as an Intern for the Spring semester! Kate is a student in the Master of Library and Information Science program at Queens College. She will graduate in May with her degree and a…
Posted in New and Notable
SBU Answers!
This isn’t your grandma’s FAQ. It isn’t a long, tedious, never-ending list of Q&A. It’s a search-suggesting, 24/7, dynamic, curated list of real questions answered by real Stony Brook librarians. When does the library close tonight? Where can you find…
Welcome Molly Higgins!
On February 2, the Health Sciences Library welcomed a new Librarian to our team – Molly Higgins. Molly was most recently a library fellow at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA. Previously, she worked at the University…
Posted in Health Sciences Library
