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Collections Spotlight: Dimensions for the Win – Literature searching, grants, research analytics and more!

VOSViewer visualization of the research institutions that Syracuse University faculty published with most frequently in 2024 and 2025. Captured in the database, Dimensions.

Posted on Oct. 13, 2025, 4 p.m.

Dimensions should be your new starting place for literature searches in support of research, article publishing, reviews, grant proposals and research analytics.

Students Engage with Libraries During First Year Seminar Shared Experience

students working at table

Posted on Oct. 10, 2025, 9 a.m.

Libraries expanded first year students’ exposure to the variety of expertise, resources and activities available.

Collection Spotlight: Research Methods in Primary Sources and SAGE Research Methods: Data Visualization

A group of researchers with laptops and documents around a table collaborating on a project.

Posted on Oct. 7, 2025, 9 a.m.

Research Methods Primary Sources and SAGE Research Methods: Data Visualization are two resources from SU Libraries’ collection that offer cross-disciplinary content on learning how to use two types of research applications.

The Comics Code Authority

illustration that says "look for comic book with a seal"

Posted on Oct. 3, 2025, 8 a.m.

A brief history of the Comics Code Authority and the evolution of comic book censorship in honor of Banned Books Week.

LGBTQ History Month 2025: Queer Joy in History

pride flag behind people in LGBTQ parade

Posted on Sept. 30, 2025, 5 p.m.

October is LGBTQ History Month, and Syracuse University Libraries is overjoyed to be part of the celebration.

Collection Spotlight: ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication

"Banner image featuring the ACS (American Chemical Society) logo and the text 'ACS GUIDE TO SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION' in bold blue letters on a white background. To the right, there is a laboratory flask filled with an orange liquid

Posted on Sept. 30, 2025, 9 a.m.

The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication is the same as the old gold standard now with much more.

Summer 2025 Electronic Theses and Dissertations

SURFACE in orange with blue background

Posted on Sept. 29, 2025, 5 p.m.

The records for the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) submitted by the Graduate School for Summer 2025 have been processed and loaded into SURFACE.

Collection Spotlight: Cast a wide net with Web of Science

On the top left, a screenshot from the Web of Science Cited Reference Search shows 2529 results for articles citing the title “Hamlet”. On the right, another screenshot shows a menu titled “Refine by Research Areas” with subjects including Literature

Posted on Sept. 23, 2025, 9 a.m.

Jump into the scholarly conversation in any discipline with Web of Science’s comprehensive index of citations.

Latine Heritage Month 2025

words Latine Heritage Month in center with colorful circular designs around it

Posted on Sept. 18, 2025, 8 p.m.

September is Latine Heritage Month and the Syracuse University Libraries is pleased to be a part of this year’s campus celebration.

Collection Spotlight: What’s a Case Study?

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Posted on Sept. 16, 2025, 9 a.m.

Syracuse University Libraries offers hundreds of case studies to enhance student learning.

Collection Spotlight: Diversifying Your Repertoire Part Two

collage of composers head shots in row

Posted on Sept. 9, 2025, 9 a.m.

Find music by diverse composers in Syracuse University Libraries collections.

Collection Spotlight: Coherent Digital Collections

database search box for History Commons LGBTQ+ Social Justice & Culture Collection

Posted on Sept. 2, 2025, 10 a.m.

Policy Commons, History Commons, Africa Commons, South Asia Commons, plus new Latin America Commons.

Can you trust AI?

Posted on Aug. 27, 2025, 4 p.m.

Looking at AI from the lens of an information literacy expert.

Collection Spotlight: Current Periodicals in Full Text and Image View

Page images from an issue of New York Magazine in PressReader

Posted on Aug. 26, 2025, 9 a.m.

Access, read, and search digital versions of popular magazines with PressReader, Exact Editions, and ProQuest.

Digital Scholarship Space on the 4th Floor of Bird Library

Posted on Aug. 19, 2025, 8:34 a.m.

The Digital Scholarship Space on the 4th floor of Bird Library offers opportunities for students and faculty.

Chaz Barracks, VPA postdoctoral fellow, fuses scholarship and art in motion

Black man leaning against counter

Posted on Aug. 14, 2025, 2 p.m.

During his 2025 summer Artist in Residency at the Center for the Arts of Homer, Chaz Barracks launched Mic on a Bike, an experimental digital storytelling project

June 2025 Electronic Theses and Dissertations

SURFACE in orange with blue background

Posted on Aug. 13, 2025, 4 p.m.

The records for the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) submitted by the Graduate School for June 2025 Graduations have been processed and loaded into SURFACE.

Syllabus Planning? Libraries Course Materials Support Student Affordability

Stack of textbooks with pens on top next to an open notebook with a pen and a calculator

Posted on Aug. 6, 2025, 12:10 p.m.

Planning this semester's syllabi? Partner with your Subject Librarian to support student affordability with the Libraries' commitment to providing course materials.

Constitution Day: Gems from Government Documents Collection Display and Exhibit

federal depository library logo

Posted on Aug. 6, 2025, 10 a.m.

The Government Documents collection is located on the 3rd floor of Bird Library and contains over 1 million federal depository documents that we have received from the Federal Government.

New e-Resources May - July 2025

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Posted on Aug. 1, 2025, 9 a.m.

Explore new e-resources added to the Libraries' collections from May-July 2025.

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