SCSU Library

Hilton C. Buley Library at Southern Connecticut State University

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Our chairs are Officer Jules approved!

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The Library will be CLOSED Sunday, Dec 17.

Library Wintersession hours

Wintersession: Dec. 18, 2023 – Jan 15, 2024 Mon. – Fri.: 8 am – 4:30 pm Sat. & Sun. Closed

Christmas Weekend Saturday. Dec. 23 – Mon., Dec. 25: Closed New Year’s Weekend Saturday., Dec. 30, 2023 – Mon., Jan. 1, 2024: Closed Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend Sat., Jan. 13 – Mon., Jan. 15: Closed

Research & Info Desk - Chat Only Mon. – Fri: 10 am – 4 pm Sat., Sun., & holidays: Closed

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Give back to the Library for Giving Tuesday! Details on donations available at https://LibGuides.SouthernCT.edu/SupportBuleyLibrary

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Enjoy the Thanksgiving break!

Library Thanksgiving Week Hours: Mon & Tue: 8am-11pm Wed: 8am-4:30pm Th-Sun: Closed

View more library hours at Library.SouthernCT.edu/hours

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This Veterans Day, we are highlighting an amazing project at the University of Maine: Women in the Military Oral History Collection. https://library.umaine.edu/2023/11/06/women-in-the-military-oral-history-collection-available-online/

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Celebrate National First Generation College Day! This book is an open access (freely available) collection of useful info for first-gen students in US colleges and universities. Search SouthernSearch for the title: Bridges: United States Academic for First-Generation and International College Students or go direct to https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/42470

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Just a few of the books on the New Books shelves on the first floor of the library.

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The Li-bear-ian will be available until 7pm tonight!

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The fall season is the time for fairs, costumes, warm drinks, remembrance, and more. Want to de-stress after midterms? Come unwind at Buley Library 118 on Thursday, October 26 from 9am-12pm to create and read zines and artist books! Make booklets using collages or drawings that reflect fall festivities, our ancestors, or anything else that might be on your mind! Start the second half of the semester in a creative way. No experience necessary. Supplies and snacks provided.

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Meet the Business Librarian, Amy Jansen!

Monday, Oct. 30, 11am-1pm, School of Business, Room 106

Bring questions, learn about new business resources, say Hi and have a treat (donuts and snacks!)

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Did you know? There's a Transfer Students' Library Guide! Use the Search Library Website option (under the main search box) on the Library homepage and search for Transfer!

The Library ❤ Transfers!

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Happy Dictionary Day!

Explore over 1,000 years of the English language with the Oxford English Dictionary, an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 words and phrases from across the English-speaking world. Discover changes in language over time, spelling variations, pronunciation models, etymology, regional origin, and more!

We have the OED online and in print. Access the online via the Library Database List.

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It's International Skeptics Day!

Did you know we have a Library guide that covers conspiracy theories, moral panics, and urban legends?

Sharpen your critical thinking skills at https://LibGuides.SouthernCT.edu/conspiracy/

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Every heard of "writing as thinking"? Read about this idea at https://nesslabs.com/writing-thinking-tool from Ness Labs - leaders in mindfulness and neuroscience, and then join us at Sit Down & Write Tuesdays from 3-5pm.

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For Indigenous Peoples Day, watch some of the video content on Films on Demand. Do a search for Indigenous Peoples or click the 3-bar menu and choose Subject. There are several sections, like Native American Studies and Indigenous Religions (under Philosophy & Religion).

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Join Rebecca Hedreen from SCSU’s Buley Library for some quick tips that will save you some time and trouble as you as you move forward in the thesis/dissertation process. Wednesday, Oct 11, 2023 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT, Graduate Study Room (BU443) More at https://calendar.southernct.edu/event/26227-preparing-your-thesisdissertation

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Save the Date! Buley Library Special Collections & Archives:

Artists' Books, Rare Books, and Archives Open House

Monday, Oct 30th 12:30-2:30pm BU 118 & 014 More at https://calendar.southernct.edu/campuscommunity/event/27475-buley-library-special-collections-artists-books and https://libguides.southernct.edu/specialcollections