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.