LexisNexis Scheduled Service Outage on October 31

The LexisNexis Academic, Congressional, and Statistical databases will be unavailable beginning Saturday, October 31st, at 9:00pm until Sunday, November 1st, 5:00am.

Electronic Journal Downtime -- Time Changed

Due to a required system upgrade, access to electronic journals, Galaxy databases, and full text linking will be unavailable for a 4-hour period beginning Saturday, October 24th at 2:00 am.

Open Access to American History in Video

American History in Video is freely available (no username or password required) through November 15, 2009. According to the publisher, Alexander Street Press, it includes "more than 1,500 titles and 500 hours. It will continue to grow to include more than 5,000 complete titles and 2,000 hours of rare newsreels and important documentaries from leading producers such as PBS, The History Channel®, Bullfrog Films, and California Newsreel."

Electronic Books from Springer Publishing on Trial

This trial covers all Springer eBook Collections for copyright years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 including nearly 10,000 eBooks and eReference Works, and is available until the end of October. The titles included cover a wide range of subject areas, with emphasis on science, technology, and medicine. Titles we can access are identified by green squares.

Latino Writing Collections

Trial access is available until October 15th to three collections of Latino Writing. The collections include poetry, short stories, folk tales, novels, memoirs, non-fiction, and plays in both Spanish and English from Latino writers around the world. They are made available in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month by Alexander Street Press. The collections are Latino Literature, Caribbean Literature, and Latin American Women Writers

Username: eviews
Password: hispanicheritage

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources)

GREENR focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment. Both interactive and current, GREENR allows users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. This resource provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in the categories of energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, and economic development. Through an arrangement made by SUNYConnect, the database is on trial until the end of 2009.

GSS 1972-2008 Cumulative Data File now Available

The 1972-2008 GSS cumulative data file for the National Opinion Research Center's General Social Surveys (GSS) is now available from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research via RoperExpress immediate download.

The newly released data file contains individual response coding for 53,043 respondents and 5,364 variables. The questionnaire contains a standard core of demographic and attitudinal variables, plus certain topics of special interest selected for rotation (called "topical modules"). Items that appeared on national surveys between 1973 and 1975 are replicated. The exact wording of these questions is retained to facilitate time trend studies as well as replications of earlier findings.

The Early Republic - Trial Through July 15, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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].