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Adaptive Technology/ Services for Persons with Disabilities:: The MIT Libraries are committed to making its resources accessible to all members of the MIT community.
AMPs: Academic Media Production Services: AMPS provides video support for academic programs, departments and Institute initiatives. A variety of services are offered on a cost recovery basis, from video production and distance education support to post-production and publishing video to the web.
Ask Us!: Get help by email, phone, in person, or by group instruction from our subject experts.
Betas: The MIT Libraries are experimenting with new technologies to help make access to information easier. The tools on this page are in "beta" form - they are still being tinkered with, but we'd like you to try them out and tell us what you think!
Boston Library Consortium: Access for MIT community members: Most BLC member libraries are open to on-site use by patrons of other member libraries. If your work requires extensive use of materials not available at MIT, you may qualify for a Boston Library Consortium (BLC) card which will enable you to borrow materials from another BLC library.
Browser Extensions and Toolbars for Library Research: This page lists some Firefox extensions, toolbars, or features that are useful for library research, such as LibX MIT, Firefox "smart keywords," BookBurro and more.
Citation Software at MIT: The MIT Libraries support EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero for managing citations and organizing bibliographies. Learn more about which program is right for you.
Classes and Workshops: The MIT Libraries offer an array of classes on databases and other research tools. Check out our current listings!
Copiers: Locations and prices for making photocopies in the library.
Copyright: Information for using materials under copyright and managing your own copyright for scholarly publication.
Course Pages: Customized research guides for specific MIT classes.
Course Reserves: MIT Libraries: Information and procedures for placing materials on reserve.
Data Management & Publishing Guide: Manage your data before you begin your research and throughout its life cycle.
Document Services: Order copies and scans of text and images from the MIT Libraries collections, PDF copies of MIT theses, electronic document delivery, and more!
DSpace@MIT: MIT's online institutional repository — built to save, share, and search MIT's digital research materials.
Equipment: Technologies available for use in the Libraries.
Faculty Office Delivery: Faculty may have books delivered to their offices upon request.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Services: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) enable users to visualize and analyze spatial information in a dynamic, digital environment. It provides tools for integrating, querying and analyzing a wide variety of data types, such as scientific and cultural data, satellite imagery and aerial photography, as well as data collected by individuals, into projects, with geographic locations providing the integral link between all the data.
Harvard Libraries: Access for MIT community members: Information to apply for borrowing privelages at Harvard. (Note: not all libraries participate.)
Imaging Services: Scanning services for web courseware, slides, and conversion from paper to PDF format.
Instructional Support: The MIT Libraries actively support learning and research in the MIT community. We work with faculty and students to teach information seeking skills such as finding, using, and evaluating resources.
Interlibrary Borrowing: Need something that MIT doesn’t own? We can help! ILB obtains materials not owned by MIT. ILB exists to support the teaching, learning, research, and other Institute-related work of current MIT faculty, students, staff and visiting scholars.
Laptops Available For Use: The Hayden Library has 5 laptop computers available for loan from the circulation desk. Laptops are equipped with built-in wireless cards for internet access in the library.
Media Suite: Barker Engineering Library: View videos and DVDs, give a presentation, attend a web-based seminar, or participate in a video conference.
Off-campus access to electronic resources: Access MIT-only resources from home or other locations!
PDF delivery of articles from storage: Members of the MIT community can get free PDF copies of articles and chapters from print volumes in the Library Storage Annex. Use request links found in the Barton library catalog, SFX, or ILLiad to make a request.
Privilege Cards (P-cards): Purchase a Privilege Card and borrow MIT library materials. (Some exceptions apply.)
Publishing Services: Library services and resources related to publishing: citation software, copyright, open access, impact factors, data management and more.
Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program: MIT Libraries: MIT Faculty may obtain on-site access and/or borrowing privileges at over 160 research libraries participating in the OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program.
Research Consultation Appointment (MIT only): Submit a request to meet with one of the Libraries' subject experts.
Research Guides: Subject specific lists of resources to facilitate your research.
Scanners: Self-service book scanners are now available in the MIT Libraries. These scanners are available for all library visitors to use instead of photocopying or printing, at no cost, and will allow easy scanning of most library materials.
Social Science Data Services: Social Science Data Services provides assistance with finding, understanding, and managing statistics or numeric or tabular data in the social sciences, management, and related areas.
Study Spaces in the MIT Libraries: Find a space that fits your needs. Make one of our great study spaces your own!
Subject experts: MIT Libraries: Consult with one of our subject specialists!
Suggest a Purchase: Tell us if you think the MIT Libraries should purchase a title for MIT's library collections. If you need materials immediately that are not available in the MIT Libraries, try the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.
Tech Cash in the MIT Libraries: Information for how to use TechCash to pay for copying and printing. Guest cards available for non-MIT users.
TechTV, MIT: The video-sharing site for the MIT community.
Tell Us! (MIT Libraries): Give us your suggestions for library service innovations or improvements!
Theses: Submission to DSpace: Adding your thesis or dissertation to MIT's DSpace thesis collection is a great way to preserve the record of your scholarship at MIT. Theses in DSpace are visible to anyone in the world, and will be preserved digitally for long term use and access.
Video conferencing: Barker Media Suite: Initiate or attend a video-conference via an H.323 compatible system (IP video-conferencing).
Video tutorials: Learn how to search for materials, access MIT Libraries' collections, and use tools for bioinformatics and bibliographic management.
Web Courseware, Scanning for: Scan and convert paper documents to electronic format (PDF) for web based courseware applications such as Stellar, SloanSpace, Command, or Open CourseWare to support teaching and learning at MIT.
Writing Help: MIT Libraries: Style and usage manuals, information navigator, virtual reference collection, and The MIT Writing Center.
Your Account: Request Items: Your Account in the Barton catalog allows members of the MIT and Harvard borrowing communities to request MIT Libraries materials for pick-up at any MIT library.