Electronic Resources

Trial of ProQuest ebrary Academic Complete

The Library is conducting a trial of ProQuest ebrary Academic Complete until September 28th.  This collection provides access to e-books from scholarly and academic presses that support research and learning in a variety of disciplines.  Readers have access to searchable, full-text e-books with the option to add notes.  The Library invites

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Trial of EBSCOhost eBook Academic Collection

The Library is conducting a trial of EBSCOhost eBook Academic Collection until September 22nd.  This collection provides access to e-books from scholarly and academic presses that support research and learning in a variety of disciplines.  Readers have access to searchable, full-text e-books with the option to add notes.  The Library invites

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NEW Queer Studies Guide!

Did you know that the term Queer isn’t necessarily derogatory? It is an umbrella term for gender and sexual minorities who are not cisgender or heterosexual. Check out this reinvigorated guide featuring resources for the study of lesbian, gay, transgender, women’s, and related issues. The guide offers: Help getting started

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Whan that Aprille, with his shoures soote

Thus begins The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, reminding us that April is National Poetry Month. Whether or not you agree with Chaucer that April showers are sweet, you can still celebrate poetry month at SBU Libraries, where poetry is an important part of the collection. Subject guides for English

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Research Anywhere!

Why would anyone try to do research from a mobile phone?  Because it’s always with you, it always has an Internet connection, and the library has the tools you need to find articles, access databases, and other helpful resources. Check out these mobile research tools! library.stonybrook.edu works on all mobile

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Pi Day

March 14, or 3.14, is Pi Day, a day to celebrate all things mathematical. Here at SBU Libraries, we recognize Pi Day by highlighting our resources for your inner Mathlete. For starters, we have subject guides on Mathematics and on our branch Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy Library. SBU Libraries also provide topical

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BrowZine @ Stony Brook

BrowZine delivers thousands of academic journals to your iPad or Android tablet. BrowZine works by organizing the articles found in Open Access and University Libraries subscriptions (including Health Sciences Library subscriptions), uniting them into complete journals, then arranging these journals on a common virtual newsstand.  The result is an easy

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Need the Wall Street Journal?

Looking to access the Wall Street Journal but can’t find Factiva? Stony Brook University Libraries has just added The Wall Street Journal, a new ProQuest database for access full text of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 – present. In addition to WSJ print access, we now have Wall Street

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The Write Stuff

Aspiring authors, if you aren’t able to attend this year’s Southampton Writers Conference,  Stony Brook’s annual summer program of stellar writing workshops taught by world class novelists, playwrights, and poets, do not despair….you can still avail yourself of the University Library’s rich collection of resources for creative written expression.  A

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Farewell Thomas, Hello Congress.gov

In 2015, government researchers will say goodbye to Thomas.gov, the congressional research website of the Library of Congress that was launched back in 1995. Its successor, Congress.gov, currently available in beta format, will be the new official website for U.S. federal legislative information. Like Thomas before it, Congress.gov will offer

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