Category: Class visit

When Laura Pombonyo was arranging to bring her Social Work class to SBU Libraries as part of our grant program, she had a specific focus in mind. Attending our retreat over the summer had left her with a lot of research-related ideas and concepts that she thought would be of value to her students. But…Continue Reading Diving into Mis- and Disinformation

We had fun with Tracy Kohl’s 12th grade AP English Literature class on Wednesday, January 18! They are working on a project that involves choosing a well-known fairy tale, such as Cinderella or The Little Mermaid, and analyzing it by considering a variety of theoretical perspectives. Students used SBU’s databases that index scholarly articles on…Continue Reading Fairy Tales and Theories and Databases, Oh My!

As part of our Ready for Success project, we had Brentwood High School classes visit the SBU Libraries over our Winter Session for some on-site activities. Not every class was the same, though. Some had specific research projects to tackle while others were more open-ended and focused on exposing the students to research in general….Continue Reading Breaking out the Breakout Boxes

On January 11, Kimberly Williams brought her Black Culture & Society class to SBU. The students had chosen a Black historical figure to research, with the goal of creating a presentation. When they came to SBU, they were able to explore a plethora of primary sources using databases such as video interviews with prominent twentieth…Continue Reading Using Primary Sources to Research Black Historical Figures

On Wednesday, January 4, two of Patricia Orechovsky’s tenth grade honors English classes came to SBU for an exploratory journey through both the open web and the SBU’s databases. They were searching for content related to Elie Wiesel’s Night, which they will be studying and writing about for several weeks. They found so much! Students…Continue Reading Exploring Sources on Elie Wiesel

When we were designing the proposal for the Ready for Success grant, we were driven by a number of goals. While one of the main objectives was to reinforce the importance of research skills at all levels of a student’s education, another was to emphasize the fact that research skills are not just for completing…Continue Reading Engineering a Practical Experience

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…Continue Reading The first BHS classes to visit SBU!