SBU Libraries will offer on-site reference and consultation services in the Humanities Building lobby November 29th (2-3). All members of the campus community are invited to learn more about how the Libraries support research, teaching, and learning in the Humanities at Stony Brook University. Look for us at the table
Yesterday afternoon faculty and students gathered in the Center for Scholarly Communications at Melville Library to discuss the digital humanities and to explore new possibilities for research. Emphasizing practices and tools, scholars presented projects which used technology to reveal new insights within the traditional humanistic media of texts, images, and
With over 4,000 active religions in the world, it can be difficult to track down scholarly religious research. Luckily for us, the American Theological Library Association has compiled a database of over 1,800 journals in the fields of theology and religious studies to make research a breeze. With coverage from
Special Collections will be participating in the Fall 2016 Art Crawl, a free event with guided tours of Stony Brook University’s galleries. A variety of art will be exhibited, including work from international artists, Stony Brook students, and digital artists who work in the math and sciences. This is a
SBU professors Mary Jo Bona and Adrienne Munich will speak at University Libraries Presents: Writers Series on Tuesday, 9/27. Please register and join us for an hour of diverse, dynamic talks by our esteemed faculty. Date: Tuesday, September 27 from 1 to 2pm, Special Collections Seminar Room (E-2340, Melville Library).
Artist Salvador Dalí’s vibrant and surreal interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is on display in the newly renovated Central Reading Room, Melville Library. The works are part of a unique portfolio housed in Special Collections of the University Libraries. In 1969, Maecenas Press-Random House, as part of their
The University Libraries proudly announces its exciting Fall 2016 Writers Series. Please register and join us for an hour of diverse, dynamic talks by our esteemed Stony Brook faculty. Tuesday, 9/27: Mary Jo Bona & Adrienne Munich (register here) Mary Jo Bona: “Women Writing Cloth: Migratory Fictions in the American Imaginary” Adrienne
Sally Stieglitz and Kristen Nyitray, librarians at Stony Brook University Libraries, have been selected by the Library of America as recipients of a grant for programming marking the upcoming centennial of the First World War. World War I and America is a two year initiative of the Library of America made possible,
Make connections and gain greater insight into your research by searching three primary source databases at once. Artemis: Primary Sources provides access and simultaneous cross searching of three Gale primary source databases: Sabin Americana, 1500-1926, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, and Witchcraft in Europe and America (Archives Unbound). Artemis also allows
Stony Brook University Libraries has so many wonderful collections within their realm that sometimes a collection or two tend to fly under the radar. One of the collections at SBU that has flown under the radar for a number of years is the Robert Sklar Collection, which is housed at
