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Are the University Libraries open?
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Can Interlibrary Loan material be renewed?
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Can I still access the library’s resources?
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Can I request any books through Interlibrary Loan?
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Can I still print in the library?
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Where can I drop off my books if the library is closed?
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Is the Health Sciences Library open?
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How can I reach a librarian for my research project remotely?
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I received notification that an Interlibrary Loan book I requested has arrived. How do I pick it up if Main Stacks is closed?
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Can I renew books online?
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What cannot be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan?
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Can I access other SUNY Libraries?
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Are group study rooms open?
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What is the library doing to facilitate hygiene in the public spaces?
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How can I get my course reserves?
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Can a health sciences librarian provide instruction for my students?
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Are the public computers being sanitized?
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How do I reach the Interlibrary Loan offices?
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How can my students get help with their research assignments?
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How long is the Interlibrary Loan lending period?
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Is the Southampton Library open?
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Where can I pick up my material?
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How can I get assistance from a Health Sciences Librarian?
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How long will it take for the requested item to arrive?
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I have a library instruction session scheduled. What should I do?
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How do I put my current course reserves online?
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Are library events and workshops being canceled?
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Can you help me find salary information for faculty and staff at SBU?
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Is there a post office on campus?
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What are the best databases for doing research in History?
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How can I access UpToDate?
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How do I find a nursing research article?
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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?
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How do I print?
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How do I use Wolfie's Wallet?
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How can I access UpToDate?
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How do I find a nursing research article?
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How do I get on PubMed from the SBU website?
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Where do I find Lexicomp Online?
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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?
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how do I place a book on reserve?
Last Updated: Sep 10, 2014 |
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As an alumnus of the Health Sciences Center, may I obtain access to published electronic articles for research?
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How do I find a clinical article in PubMed?
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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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Are there any shortcuts to finding clinically relevant articles in PubMed?
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Why can't I renew my book?
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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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How do I access medical journals remotely?
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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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How do I check out a book as a distance School of Nursing (SON) graduate student?
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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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Is there a way to find case reports in medicine?
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How do I find ...?
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Where is the STARS catalog?
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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?
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Can I export my citations to a reference manager?
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