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- Use your MIT ID to borrow books and materials and access 24/7 study spaces
- Connect to library services with MIT certificates and access library resources from off campus with MIT’s Virtual Private Network
- Find a study space for you or a group and reserve group study rooms in advance
Find what you need
- Search the MIT Libraries for books, movies, music, and more
- Find and request materials from MIT and libraries around the world with WorldCat or request items via Borrow Direct or Interlibrary Borrowing
- Use course reserves
- Keep track of your loans and requests and renew items in “Your Account”
- Request book delivery to the library of your choice; PDF delivery from the Library Storage Annex; or for faculty, postdocs, and academic/research staff, office delivery
- Visit and borrow from other libraries in the Borrow Direct partnership, including Harvard
Get expert help
- Consult with expert staff and subject-specific research guides to find resources for any topic
- Get help quick — email us, chat online, or drop by with any questions
- Seek advice on fair use and other copyright issues
- Manage your research data and get help working with numeric or spatial data
- Attend classes on research skills, subject-specific resources, software, and more
- Set your preferences in Google Scholar to enable faster access to full-text articles through the Libraries
- Use tools like Zotero, Mendeley, or Overleaf to organize your references, create bibliographies, and write collaboratively