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The Early Republic - Trial Through July 15, 2009

2009-06-04T17:34:00.006-04:00

The new digital collection The Early Republic will be available on a trial basis through July 15, 2009. No log-in or password are required.

Explore The Early Republic.

Since 1972, 17 volumes of primary material documenting the actions, debates, and thoughts of the First Federal Congress and its members have been collected by the First Federal Congress Project (FFCP) and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. These volumes of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress are used by Congress, historians, political scientists, and jurists to understand the most important and productive Congress in United States history.

The Early Republic brings this rich legacy to the fingertips of a new generation of students and scholars. Comprising 17,000 annotated pages and 250 images, the innovative online reference features a cumulative index and robust search engine. The Early Republic will incorporate the full text of future volumes and will eventually incorporate digital editions of other publications relating to the colonial period and revolution.

After trying the collection, give us your feedback. You can leave a comment below or email William Glenn, selector for History, at william.glenn@stonybrook.edu.

More information on The First Federal Congress Project and the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791.

How To Search the collection.

Free Access to Swine Flu Information from DynaMed

2009-04-30T17:08:00.000-04:00

Due to the recent global outbreak of Swine Influenza, EBSCO Publishing and the DynaMed Editors have made DynaMed’s information about Swine Influenza free to health care providers and institutions throughout the world. The DynaMed topic on Swine Influenza consolidates information from multiple sources for health care providers to stay current with recommendations for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating patients with flu-like illnesses during this outbreak. DynaMed Editors will continue to monitor information and update this topic as needed throughout this global crisis.

American History in Video Available Free on Web Until April 30

2009-04-09T13:01:00.005-04:00

American History in Video, from Alexander Street Press, has been released and is available free on the Web through April 30th at http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com.

This new online resource for teaching and research will include thousands of rare newsreels from 1929 through the 1960s, including the entire series of both Universal and United. You'll also find the historic Longine Chronoscope broadcasts and hundreds of hours of documentaries from leading producers such as The History Channel®.

All videos and transcripts in the collection have been Semantically Indexed and are fully searchable and browsable.

Freely access the entire collection on the Web now through Thursday, April 30th.

http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com

No username or password required.

SBU Digitized Collections, scheduled maintenance

2009-02-24T17:14:00.003-05:00

There may be periodic interruptions in access to the Stony Brook University Libraries' digitized collections on Wed, 2/15 as we conduct scheduled maintenance to the server on which the collections reside.

Scheduled E-Resource Downtime, 2/20 @ 5.30pm

2009-02-19T15:52:00.000-05:00

Friday, 2/20/09, there will be a scheduled interruption in access to the library's electronic resources due to campus server upgrades.

The downtime will begin at about 5.30pm and last approximately one hour.

Electronic Resources from the New York State Library

2009-01-28T11:30:00.008-05:00

New York State employees, including Stony Brook University faculty and staff, can access online journals and databases available from the New York State Library. To enable access, a State Library borrower's card must be obtained. While there is overlap between our holdings and those available from the State Library, many resources are available which are not part of our collection.

More Springer Titles Now Available

2009-01-26T12:41:00.004-05:00

Almost 1700 titles published online by Springer are now available thanks to the Library's participation in a new contract sponsored by the NERL (Northeast Research Libraries) Consortium. Each title is linked from the Electronic Journals page and can also be accessed from the Springer site.

ScienceDirect Scheduled Maintenance

2009-01-08T16:09:00.000-05:00

On Saturday, 10 January, ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately eight hours starting at 2:30 p.m., EST.

EndNote X2 Update Available

2009-01-08T13:59:00.001-05:00

EndNote X2 Update Available - X2.0.2 for Windows and X2.0.1 for Mac OS X

How to update EndNote

1. Update installed EndNote X2 or X2.0.1 using Program Updates. Within EndNote , choose " EndNote Program Updates" from the "Help" menu.

WINDOWS NOTE: While the update/installer is titled X2.0.2, the "About EndNote " description remains "X2.0.1 (Build 3514)" after installation. This version of the update does not require users to uninstall and reinstall the program.

2. Alternatively EndNote X2 users can download the free update at http://www.endnote.com/support/ENX201_WinMac_updater.asp

**The temporary online search results are back in this updated version! Now you can choose between having results automatically stored in the library or kept separate for more selectivity.

Important news regarding SciFinder Scholar

2009-01-08T13:56:00.002-05:00

On January 30, 2009, CAS will discontinue access to the following versions of SciFinder:

SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Microsoft Windows

SciFinder Scholar 2006 for MAC OS X

If you are still running one of the versions above, please go to Softweb [https://softweb.cc.stonybrook.edu/] to download the latest version, SciFinder Scholar 2007 or register for the web version of SciFinder by clicking here [https://libproxy.cc.stonybrook.edu/loggedin/scifinder.html].

Access to IEEE/IET Electronic Library Now Available

2008-12-26T17:17:00.003-05:00

The IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) provides access to almost a third of the world's current electrical engineering and computer science literature. Content includes full-text access to all IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines; IEEE conference proceedings; IET journals and conference proceedings; and all current IEEE standards. Complete backfile to 1988, with select publications to 1913.

Dec. 27: Wiley Journals Scheduled Downtime

2008-12-23T14:41:00.003-05:00

Due to essential site maintenance, access may be intermittently unavailable from Saturday, December 27th, 9:00am for 2 - 6 hours.

Dec 9th: possible network outage

2008-11-26T15:20:00.004-05:00

There will be a potential network outage on Tues. Dec 9th 2008 between 1700-1900 while DoIT and UHMC Network Services test SBU's new Internet redundancy connection.

Free access to Royal Soc. Digitial Archive until Feb 2009

2008-11-21T13:34:00.000-05:00

The Royal Society Digital Journal Archive
(http://journals.royalsociety.org) is now free to access until 1 February
2009.

The Royal Society Digital Archive is easily the most
comprehensive journal archive in science and contains some of the
most significant scientific papers ever published. Covering
almost 350 years of scientific research across the disciplines it
is a priceless academic resource. The Royal Society Digital
Journal Archive, dating back to 1665 and containing approximately
52,000 articles, is available online and is FREE for a three
month period.

The development of this digital resource means that the Society's
online collection now contains every paper ever published in the
Royal Society's journals - from the very first peer-reviewed
paper in Philosophical Transactions in 1665 to the most recent
interdisciplinary article in Journal of the Royal Society
Interface.

Seminal research papers include accounts of Michael Faraday's
groundbreaking series of electrical experiments, Isaac Newton's
invention of the reflecting telescope and the first research
paper published by Stephen Hawking. The Archive provides a record
of some key scientific discoveries from the last 343 years
including: Halley's description of 'his comet' in 1705; details
of the double Helix of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick in
1954; and Edmond Stone's breakthrough in 1763 that willow bark
cured fevers, leading to the discovery of salicylic acid and
later the development of aspirin.

During this three month period, librarians and academics will be
able to access and download any article from this comprehensive
scientific publishing resource completely free of charge. Find
out more about the Archive at
http://publishing.royalsociety.org/archive or access the Archive
directly at http://journals.royalsociety.org.

ScienceDirect - Nov 15th scheduled downtime

2008-11-12T10:06:00.002-05:00

On Saturday Nov. 15th ScienceDirect will be offline for scheduled maintenance for nine hours. The scheduled downtime is from 8.00am EST until 5.00pm EST.

Trial of the full IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) until Nov. 30, 2008

2008-11-07T10:09:00.002-05:00

The full-text IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) includes :

IEEE journals and transactions back to 1988,
all IEEE conference proceedings,
IEEE Standards,
IET journals and conference proceedings,
Computer Society Digital Library

Access the trial subscription now by going to the IEEE Xplore® digital library ,
your account should be IP authenticated and you will be logged in automatically.
Please direct any questions and especially comments to Godlind Johnson (godlind.johnson@sunysb.edu)

The library's trial of the full IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) ends November 30, 2008

Institutional Repositories Searched in Web of Knowledge

2008-10-16T11:05:00.000-04:00

Searches in the Web of Knowledge database include results from 716 institutional repositories along with full text. In addition, content from thousands of scientifically-focused websites are included in search results. All websites searched have been selected by Web of Knowledge staff and adhere to high standards of scientific integrity, accuracy, timeliness, and readability.

New Titles Added to Oxford Reference Online

2008-10-03T16:45:00.000-04:00

Oxford Reference Online has added four in-depth and scholarly titles. Coverage of the sciences is enhanced with the new Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, containing over 21,000 entries, and The New Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians, which includes over 200 color illustrations and photographs. Also new are the Grove Book of Operas and The New Grove Book of Opera Singers. There are close to 200 titles in the entire collection.

Uniworld Business Directories now available

2008-09-18T10:49:00.000-04:00

Two business directories published by Uniworld are now available to the Stony Brook University community. Foreign Firms Operating in the United States and American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries provide global contact information for American businesses with offices abroad and foreign firms with offices in the United States. Updated annually, 190 countries and 130,000 companies are included.

Cambridge Histories Online

2008-09-15T17:11:00.000-04:00

Available on a trial basis until Friday, October 17th, Cambridge Histories Online includes 64 titles and over 250 volumes in the Cambridge history series published since 1960. Among the titles included are The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations (4 volumes), Economic History of Europe (8 volumes), History of Science (4 volumes), History of Literary Criticism (8 volumes), and the New Cambridge History of India (21 volumes). The entire collection can be searched together, or searches can be restricted to broad subject groupings or to individual volumes.

JSTOR PDF/ Mac Preview problem fixed

2008-09-15T13:55:00.000-04:00

JSTOR reports that they have located and fixed a problem that caused an incompatibility between JSTOR PDF files and older versions of Mac Preview. This problem caused only part of the article to be viewable in Preview. The fix released today means that JSTOR PDF files should now be viewable in their entirety in Preview 3.0.9 (the current version integrated with Mac OS 10.4) as well as newer versions integrated with Mac OS 10.5.

Users of Preview 3.0.9 should note, however, that the page images of articles are usually highly compressed to save file size, and may be slow to open on this version of Preview. It is believed that this is a limitation of Preview that Apple corrected in the version of Preview shipped with Mac OS 10.5.

Biological Abstracts on Web of Knowledge

2008-09-09T12:18:00.000-04:00

From now until November 8th, Biological Abstracts will be available on the familiar Web of Knowledge platform. You can search the database simultaneously with Web of Science, or search it directly by going to the "Select a Database" tab. Biological Abstracts continues to be available on the OVID platform.

JSTOR PDF Incompatibility with Mac Preview

2008-09-03T15:37:00.001-04:00

The following was recently announced by JSTOR. If you are having trouble seeing all the pages in a downloaded PDF document, this may solve your problem:

Certain versions of Mac Preview are incompatible with the newest generation of JSTOR PDFs. For some users, this means that only the cover page is displaying. Other users have reported that the downloaded article appears to be missing the first portion of the article—it begins somewhere after the first 10 pages of the article. The article is in fact intact and complete, but some pages are not displayed properly. JSTOR is working to fix this and plans to continue to support the use of Preview with JSTOR PDFs.

For now, the quickest workaround is to download the latest free copy of Adobe Reader, available on the Adobe web site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html

Once Adobe Reader is downloaded, please check to make sure that the default PDF viewer is set to Adobe Reader rather than the original PDF viewer installed on your Mac.

The default viewer for PDF documents in Mac OS X is Preview. To change the file association for PDF files:

Select any PDF file and choose File > Get Info.

Choose the application that you want to open PDF files from the Open With menu.

Click Change All, and then click Continue.

You will also want to make sure that the popup blocker is turned off for the JSTOR site. The new PDF files are set to open in a new window and popup blockers may affect this.

ScienceDirect Upgrade

2008-07-29T14:12:00.000-04:00

From 05:30 EDT on Saturday August 2, to 01:30 EDT on Sunday August 3 (09:30 UTC to August 3, 05:30 UTC), ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to an upgrade of the administrative system that will improve the access and entitlements process to both platforms.

Email alerts and RSS feeds for ScienceDirect will not be sent from 11:30 EDT on August 1 (15:30 UTC) until the downtime has finished. Email alerts and RSS feeds can still be created until 05:30 EDT on August 2 (09:30 UTC), but they will not be sent until after the upgrade is completed.

Update - Blackwell e-journals move to Wiley InterScience

2008-06-30T14:46:00.000-04:00

As of 6/30/2008 the Blackwell-Synergy e-journals are linking to the main WileyInterscience web page rather than directly to the journal level. This is part of the ongoing process of migrating the Blackwell content over to the Wiley InterScience platform. Wiley is actively working to resolve this issue and they hope to have it resolved within the next few days.