Normally in early May we celebrate National Nurses Week, which traditionally ends on May 12, the birthday of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale. This year, however, is Nightingale’s 200th birthday and we are honoring our nurses all month long. Each week…
April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and their craft founded in April 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. Walt Whitman’s Long Island: A Research Guide presents a curated selection of sources for research on the poet’s life and his immense influence on literature,…
In collaboration with CAPS PALS, University Libraries brings you Virtual Pet Therapy! Each day during finals week, visit our social media pages to see your favorite therapy dogs – who are de-stressing you with licks, wags and snuggles from the…
A new version of PubMed has been in the works for some time now, and as of May 18, 2020, this new database will be the default. Users will still be able to access what is now being referred to…
This semester, Science and Society 102.23 first-year seminar students practiced using a variety of databases and digital collections to explore questions related to new technologies. One project was to delve into the past and investigate how society reacted to emerging…
As part of my internship with the Center for Digital Humanities, I’ll be working on my own project centered around data visualizations. In my last blog post, I provided an introduction to this branch of study, highlighting the explanatory and…
SUNY ends “big deal” agreement with Elsevier, moves to reduced subscription package focused on core titles Following extensive negotiations, SUNY and Elsevier could not reach mutually acceptable terms on renewing our license to ScienceDirect. Rather than canceling access to all…
My Research Life is a blog series of interviews with Stony Brook people about how and where they do their research. Today librarian Jennifer Devito talks with Anna Mueller, currently a junior double majoring in Business Management and Philosophy. She…
Presenter: Adami Gordon Please join us via Zoom at this link: bit.ly/sbu-stories. The times, they are a changing. What we’re all going through now is unprecedented. For better or for worse, these current events will eventually be taught in history…
Presenter: Adami Gordon Please join us via Zoom at this link: bit.ly/sbu-stories. The times, they are a changing. What we’re all going through now is unprecedented. For better or for worse, these current events will eventually be taught in history…