On Thursday, December 15, 2022, SBU Libraries hosted the first of several BHS student visits. We welcomed two AP Seminar classes to campus, along with their teacher Sydney Bryan and BHS librarians Diane Longo and Maureen Ryan. In the library’s computer classrooms, the students learned about what information is available using academic library resources, practiced some database search strategies, and spent some time finding sources for their research papers. We were endlessly impressed with the originality of their research topics, as they searched for sources on a wide variety of subject areas such as literature written during the American Civil War and the effect of microplastics on mollusks. Once they gathered enough sources, some students did some extra exploring by digging through the historical newspaper databases just for fun, including Historical New York Times and African American Newspapers.
After their hard work, they enjoyed choosing from the food options at the Student Activities Center and eating lunch together before catching their bus to head back to BHS. It was a fun and productive day for everyone!
