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Can I check out books from the library?

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Are the University Libraries open?

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How do I return books?
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How can I return my books if I’m off campus?
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Can I access the library’s resources?
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Can I request any books through Interlibrary Loan?

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Can I print in the library?
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Are group study rooms open?
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Can Interlibrary Loan material be renewed?
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Is the Health Sciences Library open?
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Can I access other SUNY Libraries?
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Where can I drop off my books if the library is closed?

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Can I renew books online?
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What is the library doing to facilitate hygiene in the public spaces?

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How can I pay my library fines & fees?
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How can I reach a librarian for my research project remotely?

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What cannot be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan?
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I am an alumni and want to borrow some books from the library. How do I do that?
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How can my students get help with their research assignments?
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How long can I loan a laptop for?

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How long is the Interlibrary Loan lending period?

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Are the public computers being sanitized?

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How can I access electronic library materials?

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How can I get assistance from a Health Sciences Librarian?
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Is the Southampton Library open?

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What happens if I lose or damage the laptop?

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Is the microfilm reader available to patrons?

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How do I check out a laptop?

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Are you holding library events and workshops?

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How do I put my course reserves online in the spring?
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How can I reach a librarian for help with my research?

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Can a health sciences librarian provide instruction for my students?
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How do I reach the Interlibrary Loan offices?
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Who do I contact if I'm having technical difficulties with my laptop?

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Can I schedule a library instruction session for my class?

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Can you help me find salary information for faculty and staff at SBU?
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What are the best databases for doing research in History?
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Is there a post office on campus?
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How do I find a nursing research article?
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How can I access UpToDate?
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Where can I get color printing on campus?
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What are the best databases for educational research?
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How do I get on PubMed from the SBU website?
Last Updated: Jan 19, 2016 |
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How do I print?
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How do I reserve a table or booth in the COLA ?
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How do I find a nursing research article?
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How can I access UpToDate?
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How do I get on PubMed from the SBU website?
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Where do I find Lexicomp Online?
Last Updated: Mar 07, 2019 |
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My professor said we have to form a PICO question and then find the answer. How do you do that?
Last Updated: Mar 26, 2019 |
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How do you find journal articles about nursing theorists and their work?
Last Updated: Mar 26, 2019 |
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As an alumnus of the Health Sciences Center, may I obtain access to published electronic articles for research?
Last Updated: May 20, 2015 |
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how do I place a book on reserve?
Last Updated: Sep 10, 2014 |
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How do I find a clinical article in PubMed?
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Are there any shortcuts to finding clinically relevant articles in PubMed?
Last Updated: Sep 16, 2014 |
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I used to be a student at SBU. Can I check out medical books at the Health Sciences Library?
Last Updated: Sep 09, 2014 |
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I need to find some nursing research articles which apparently do not have PDF full text available. Can you help me find some and how do I get them?
Last Updated: Mar 12, 2019 |
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Why can't I renew my book?
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How do I access medical journals remotely?
Last Updated: Sep 08, 2014 |
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What resources does the Health Sciences Library have for lectures or multimedia materials?
Last Updated: Aug 01, 2019 |
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Is there one list of all health sciences ejournals for the campus or do I have to look at both HSL and the University Libraries lists?
Last Updated: Jan 14, 2015 |
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Is SUNY Stony Brook an institutional member of the Hindawi Publishing Group?
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2014 |
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In PubMed, is there a way to set up email alerts for any new published articles on a specific medical topic?
Last Updated: Oct 21, 2014 |
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How do I check out a book as a distance School of Nursing (SON) graduate student?
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Is there a way to find case reports in medicine?
Last Updated: Feb 26, 2019 |
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How do I find ...?

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I clicked on a link to a resource, but it didn’t work. What should I do?

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How do I get help?

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What is included in the new SEARCH?

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What is SEARCH?

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Where is the HSL catalog?

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Why do I have to login?

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How do I cite my source?

Last Updated: Aug 14, 2019 | Views: 19
Can I export my citations to a reference manager?

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