2nd Annual Photo Scavenger Hunt

Stony Brook University Libraries are proud to host our 2nd Annual Photo Scavenger Hunt this October!

Posted in Events, Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Outreach

DATABASE Change: ClinicalKey replaces MDConsult

Effective immediately ClinicalKey replaces MDConsult and MDC will be no longer available. ClinicalKey delivers all of Elsevier’s medical and surgical content in one dynamic resource, delivering access to over 900 books, over 500 journals, thousands of videos, and millions of

Posted in Databases, Electronic Resources, Health Sciences Library

SBU Special Collections and University Archives on Pinterest

Special Collections and University Archives has begun to use Pinterest to share the distinct collections at Stony Brook University. Although early in its development, visitors can already view a selection of photographs and images from Stony Brook University Libraries’ research

Posted in New and Notable, Special Collections & University Archives

Remembering Stony Brook’s Visionary Health Sciences Founder, Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino

Stony Brook mourns the passing of Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, an educational innovator and a founder of the field of bioethics, who conceived of a model for interdisciplinary health sciences education and clinical care. As the Vice President of Stony Brook University’s

Posted in Medicine, Special Collections & University Archives

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

Southampton Windmill Literary Landmark Dedication Ceremony

The historic and iconic windmill on the Southampton campus of Stony Brook University has won designation as a Literary Landmark from United for Libraries, a division of the  American Library Association. Landmark status was granted to the windmill based on

Posted in Events, Special Collections & University Archives, Writing and Literature

Trial Database: Archive Finder (formerly ArchivesUSA)

Archive Finder brings together ArchivesUSA and the cumulative index to the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the UK and Ireland (NIDS UK/Ireland), previously available on CD-ROM. ArchivesUSA is a current directory of over 5,600 repositories and more than 175,000 collections of primary source material across

Posted in Database Trials, Electronic Resources, Manuscripts, Special Collections & University Archives

Long Overdue Photocopy Features Now Available

If you’ve been in the Library recently  you may have noticed that the clunky coin boxes that formerly accompanied our photocopy machines have been done away with.  In their place, a card swipe machine for your Stony Brook University IDs

Posted in Libraries, Technology

NARA Launches Founders Online

The National Archives, through its National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), has entered into a cooperative agreement with The University of Virginia Press to create Founders Online and make freely available the historical documents of the Founders of the United States

Posted in Databases, Electronic Resources, History, Manuscripts, New and Notable, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Special Collections & University Archives

Constantia Constantinou Presents at the International Conference in Qualitative and Quantitative Measures in Libraries, Rome, Italy

AI: Colosseum at night, illuminated by yellow lights against dark blue sky, weathered stone arches and windows, empty and serene (AI-generated alt-text)

Constantia Constantinou made a presentation titled, “Delivering library services and information research in support of distance education” at the International Conference in Qualitative and Quantitative Measures in Libraries (QQML), June 4-7, 2013, Rome, Italy.

Posted in Global Initiatives

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