Southampton Campus Library is closing August 31

August 31, 5:00pm Is the Deadline for Returning Books to the Southampton Library. After August 31, please return all books and materials you have checked out to Melville Library, Main Campus.

Contact me for more info, or call 631.632.7115

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Sustainability Subject Guide

Use the Library’s new subject guide to Sustainability and Environmental Studies for online databases, journals, books, websites & other resources, finding tools and news for environmental studies, sustainability and sustainable design.

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Latin America Rebellions - Anthropology 201

THE REBELLIONS

  • the Mexican Revolution
  • the Zapatista Uprising
  • the Cuban Revolution
  • Guatemala
  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
  • Peru and the Sendero Luminoso
  • Che Guevera in Boliva

THE RESOURCES

Access the library’s online resources: http://www.stonybrook.edu/library

FINDING ARTICLES

Use databases to find articles.  Databases path from the Library’s main page: Online Resources > Databases A-Z.

Recommended databases:

USING E-JOURNALS

To access E-Journals follow this path: Library main page > Online Resources > E-Journals.

FINDING BOOKS & VIDEOS

Use the catalog, STARS, to find books, videos, eBooks and government information.  Path: Library home page > Online Resources > Catalog

eBooks

NEWSPAPERS

Path to online newspapers: Library home page > Databaases A-Z > Browse by Subject > Newspapers

Recommended resources for news archives:

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Path to government information resources online: Library home page > Online Resources > Databases A-Z > Browse by Subject > Government Documents & Information

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Online Multimedia for Researchers

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Chill Out 2009: Campus Solutions to Global Warming

The National Wildlife Federation is holding Chill Out 2009: Campus Solutions to Global Warming, a competition and award program to recognize people and projects making a difference in minimizing carbon emissions and working towards environmental sustainability.

Review the archives of previous Chill Outs to learn more.  Also, watch videos from current Chill Out competitors at Go Green Tube.

resources:
Chill Out 2009 (http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/chillout/index.cfm)
National Wildlife Federation (http://www.nwf.org/index.cfm)
Go Green Tube (http://www.gogreentube.com/)

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strange bedfellows: online resources for marine sciences & green business

GETTING STARTED WITH LIBRARY RESEARCH

University Libraries hompage: http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/

Looking for an article? Use a research database (University Libraries > Online Resources > Databases A-Z).

Looking for a book or DVD? Use the Catalog (University Libraries > Online Resources > Catalog).

What else is in the catalog? Access to Course Reserves, locating tool for journals and newspapers.

What if you need something from Main Campus libraries? Use Inter-Campus Delivery (University Libraries > Services > Inter-Campus Delivery)

What if you need something from another library? Use Interlibrary Loan (University Libraries > Services > ILL/ Document Delivery).

Do you want online research help? Ask-A-Librarian chat.

MARINE SCIENCES

Databases

  • Marine Sciences database subject selection
  • Ebscohost EJSDate coverage varies. Fulltext. This service provides a gateway to thousands of e-journals from hundreds of different publishers.
  • Greenr – Global References of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources  (trial subscription through January 2010)
  • Marine, Oceanographic & Freshwater Resources1960-Present. Fulltext and abstracts. Covers international marine and oceanic information, as well as estuarine, brackish water, and freshwater environments. Updated quarterly. Includes the ASFA Thesaurus, Monitoring List, and Geographic Authority List.
  • ScienceDirect1995–present. Fulltext access for nearly 2,000 scholarly journals. Citations and abstracts prior to 1995 and for journals outside of SBU’s fulltext subscription. Covers all disciplines with emphasis in the sciences (including medicine) and social sciences.
  • Web of Science - Includes SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED (1900 – present ), SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX EXPANDED (1956 – present), and ARTS & HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX (1975 – present). All subjects are covered. Indexes articles from almost 10,000 journals as well as the citations in the articles indexed. Recent years include abstracts.
  • Worldwidescience.orgA global science gateway linking national and international scientific databases and repositories. This site allows users to search scientific information collected from around the world. Much of the information in this database is not available via conventional web searching.

eJournals

  • Marine Science eJournal selections
  • Cambridge Journals Online1990s-present. Fulltext, peer-reviewed journals cover a broad range of subjects across the humanities, arts, and sciences.
  • Nature Journal1869-Present. Fulltext and PDF since 1950; Archive in PDF. Covers all fields of science and technology. Most-cited weekly science journal. Features podcasts of a weekly science show, a news blog, and videos in which authors discuss their research.

GREEN BUSINESS

Databases

  • Business database subject selection
  • Business Resource Center 1980-present. Fulltext. Includes industry and investment reports, company profiles, fulltext articles, trade newsletters and analyses. The database is a fully integrated resource offering tabs on a single results page to all aspects of the database.
  • Business Source Complete Coverage dates vary, in some cases as far back as 1886. Selected full text. This scholarly business database includes indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals.
  • Factiva1979-present. Fulltext. News and information from over international 10,000 sources in 22 languages. Includes financial data on public companies with graphs and charts as well as radio and television transcripts from several news organizations. Includes fulltext of The Wall Street Journal.
  • Greenr - Global References of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources  (trial subscription through January 2010)
  • Hoover’s ProFulltext. Current financial and directory information for over 18,500 U.S. and foreign companies. An easy place to start for introductory information, including overview, history, products/operations, etc.
  • LexisNexis Academic Date coverage varies, mostly current. Fulltext. Includes news, business, health and legal topics, primarily from print, broadcast, and online media.

eJournals

Business eJournals selection

News

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Civilizations and Collapse: resources for research

University Libraries homepage (http://www.stonybrook.edu/library)

Online Resources

Services

Interlibrary Loan & Inter-campus Delivery

Research Databases

Multidisciplinary

  • Academic Search Complete A comprehensive, multidisciplinary database and good place to start research on humanities topics.
  • JSTOR Coverage begins with the first issue of a journal, some as early as the 1600s, and continues up until 1-to-5 years ago. An online archive of core scholarly journals in most fields of study. Comprised of high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. Not a source for recent articles.
  • LexisNexis Academic Date coverage varies, mostly current. Fulltext. Includes news, business, health and legal topics, primarily from print, broadcast, and online media.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Art History

  • Academic Search Complete
  • ARTstor Archive of 550,000 high-quality, digitized images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences. Images may be downloaded and manipulated in customized mini-collections. Also searches for images in JSTOR’s collection of scholarly articles.
  • eHRAF Archaeology
  • JSTOR

History

  • History subject database collection
  • Academic Search Complete
  • Cambridge Journals Online 1990s-present. Fulltext, peer-reviewed journals cover a broad range of subjects across the humanities, arts, and sciences.
  • Empire Online Fulltext. Primary source material linked to essays by leading scholars in the field of Empire Studies. Includes exploration journals & logs, letters, diaries, government papers, missionary papers, slave papers, travel writing, memoirs, maps, etc.
  • History Cooperative Date coverage varies. Fulltext. Recent issues of over 20 important history journals, including Journal of American History and the American Historical Review. Also contains conference proceedings and the Booker T. Washington Papers Online. Developed by the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians.
  • JSTOR
  • Project Muse Date coverage varies, mostly current. Fulltext access to complete scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences.

EndNote

EndNote is a bibliographic tool which enables users to quickly organize references while automatically building bibliographic documentation.
Download EndNote (http://it.cc.stonybrook.edu/software/students/endnote)

EndNote support (http://www.endnote.com/support/ensupport.asp)

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setting up shop – a slideshow

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NSF Releases Environmental Report

From the NSF.gov news report:

“Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems” notes challenges and opportunities in responding to Earth’s rapidly changing environment

NSF Environmental report

NSF Environmental report

View the Full Report: http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/advisory.cfm

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Finding Articles, News and Research Tools: Environmental Studies & Sustainability

The Library provides a number of online databases and other resources for finding articles and news on environmental studies & sustainability topics.   In addition, there are a number US Government websites providing news, articles, resources and research tools for environmental studies and sustainability.   For current news on environmental topics, there are useful aggregated or selected online news sites.

Online Library Resources

Comprehensive Library databases and electronic resources:

  • Academic Search Complete A comprehensive, multidisciplinary database and good place to start research on environmental and sustainability topics
  • Environment Complete Deep coverage of myriad environmental topics
  • GREENR Global References of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources  (trial subscription through January 2010)
  • Environmental Studies database list and combined search Search individual or multiple databases at once for articles on Environmental Studies
  • Nature Journal Archive Search and access articles from the international weekly journal of science
  • ScienceDirect Comprehensive sciences, health sciences and social sciences database — including environmental and sustainability articles

Online Government Resources

Select US Government websites for news, articles, resources and research tools:

Online News

Websites for selected & aggregated online news:

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