Remember - if we don't have an article or a book at Stony Brook that you need, you can order it free of charge through our Interlibrary Loan service.
We will request a copy from another library.
Request an item or set up an account.
Note: Textbooks are not available through this service.
Did you know that the Suffolk County Public Library allows you to order material online from any participating branch and have it delivered to your closest library? Get a library card and search their holdings.
Click on the ILLiad link to order through our Interlibrary Loan service.
You can enter your zip code to find books near you.
Catalog Quick Search
Find books, journals, DVDs, collections and more in our catalogs. | HELP
For journal or newspaper titles, use the Journal Catalog.
Catalog Home | Advanced Search
Did you know that in addition to using a keyword search to find material you can also use a subject heading search to find material that a keyword search might miss?
On the library catalog basic search page use the drop down menu to change the search from Keyword Anywhere to Subject Keywords.
Or once you find an book that looks promising check the subject headings that the item is tagged with. Click on the subject heading and proceed to find all the material in the catalog with that subject heading.
You can also use subject searches when searching for articles in databases. You can even combine keyword and subject searches in one query to get very focused results.
Examples of subject headings:
Google Books is extremely useful, because it searches the complete text of a book. It can help you find books that may not come up in the library catalog. When you find a book that looks good, then do a "Title starts with" search in SEARCH to see if the Library has it.
As of 2019, Google Books contained over 40 million scanned books. Many from before 1925 are available full-text.
| Call Number | Floor |
| A - E | 2nd floor |
| F - N | 3rd floor |
| P | 4th floor |
| Q - Z | 3rd floor |
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