MIT Libraries Video Tutorials

About the MIT Libraries

Part 1: Navigating the MIT Libraries System (4:40)
Part 2: The Libraries Web Page (3:14)

Using Barton, the MIT Libraries Catalog

Part 1: About Barton (1:36)
Part 2: Barton's Basic Search Mode (5:18)
Part 3: Barton's Advanced Search Mode (3:58)
Part 4: Locating Materials in the MIT Libraries (3:20)

Your Account (4:21): renew or request books, etc.

Finding Articles

Part 1: Beyond Google: Introducing Article Databases (4:09)
Part 2: Finding Journal Articles on a Specific Topic (5:34)
Part 3: Getting Articles from Known Citations (4:40)

Getting to Full Text

Part 1: Full Text Databases: Getting to Full Text (2:52)
Part 2: Other Full Text Tools (4:49)

Database Search Tips

Part 1: Keyword Searching (3:01)
Part 2: Using Boolean Operators (4:02)
Part 3: Truncation (1:43)
Part 4: Subject Headings (4:35)
Part 5: Searching Fields and Applying Limits (3:54)

Specific Database Guides

• Compendex and Inspec (3:37): two engineering literature databases
• CQ Researcher (3:52): provides background information on contentious issues in the news
• Knovel (2:49): engineering and scientific handbooks
• PubMed (4:00): biomedical and life sciences journal literature
• PubMed - My NCBI (4:39): save searches and citations, get email alerts and more

Bioinformatics Tutorials Series (BITS)
A collaboration of the MIT Engineering and Science Libraries and Harvard's Countway Library

BIT 1.1: UCSC Genome Browser: Getting DNA Sequence (3:57)
BIT 1.2: UCSC Genome Browser: Using Annotation Tracks (5:47)
BIT 1.3: UCSC Genome Browser: Locating Intron-Exon Boundaries (4:56)
BIT 1.4: UCSC Genome Browser: Searching with BLAT (6:14)

BIT 2.1: Do I need to BLAST? The Use of BLAST Link (7:24)
BIT 2.2: Do I need to BLAST? The Use of Related Sequences (6:53)
BIT 2.3: Nucleotide BLAST (5:46)
BIT 2.4: Nucleotide BLAST: Algorithm Comparisons (6:14)

Videos of Recent Workshops - MIT ONLY

IAP 2008:

• Bioinformatics for Beginners (56:32)
• Career Research: Targeting and Researching Employers (58:33)
• EndNote Basics (60:00)
• Finding Research Datasets: ICPSR and the Harvard-MIT Data Center (1:20:03)
• Introduction to ArcGIS (2:00:02)
• Introduction to Company and Industry Research for Engineers and Scientists (1:10:00)
• Patent Searching Fundamentals (1:04:59)
• Power Up!: Strategies for Getting Energy Information (43:57)
• Publishing Smart: a Hands-On Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and Publisher Copyright Policies (51:41)
• RefWorks Basics (55:00)

Spring 2008

• Building an EndNote Library (1:34:41)
• Introduction to Google Maps (54:24)
• Managing Your References (1:01:18)
• Using EndNote in Word (1:15:13)

Other Guides

Citing Sources (4:12)

Course Reserves (4:42)

Getting Materials Not at MIT

• Part 1: Interlibrary Borrowing (4:42)
• Part 2: Materials at Other Libraries (5:09)

LibX (6:12): Firefox library search toolbar

Off-Campus: Quick Access to Articles (1:28)

Patents

• An introduction: Why search for patents? What is a patent? (5:30)
• What does a patent look like? (2:25)
• How to search for patents (7:50)
• Which search tool should I use? Why shouldn't I just use Google? (5:36)
  

Scholarly Publication and Copyright

• Part 1: Copyright Law and Publication (5:38)
• Part 2: Retaining Rights When Publishing (9:46)
• Part 3: Publishing through Open Access Channels (8:55)

Specialized Information: Finding Patents, Reports, and More (3:58)