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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
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.
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
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/)
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 EJS – Date 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 Resources – 1960-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.
- ScienceDirect – 1995–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.org – A 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 Online – 1990s-present. Fulltext, peer-reviewed journals cover a broad range of subjects across the humanities, arts, and sciences.
- Nature Journal – 1869-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.
- Factiva – 1979-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 Pro – Fulltext. 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
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)
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
View the Full Report: http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/advisory.cfm
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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