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Topic guide Expert librarian
Aeronautics & astronautics Barbara Williams
Affirmative action Ask Us
American Indigenous Studies Resources Ece Turnator
Anthropology & archaeology Ece Turnator
Architectural design Kai Alexis Smith
Architecture & art Kai Alexis Smith
Archival Research Amanda Hawk
Art & architecture of the Islamic world akdc@mit.edu
ASME papers & publications Claire Berman
Astronomy & astrophysics Barbara Williams
Atmospheric sciences Alejandro Paz
Biography Ask Us
Bioinformatics Sabrina Brown
Biological data & atlases Sabrina Brown
Biological engineering Sabrina Brown
Biology Sabrina Brown
Biotechnology & pharmaceutical industry information Shikha Sharma
Bioscience protocols & methods Sabrina Brown
Building technology Kai Alexis Smith
Business resources Shikha Sharma
Census & demographic data Nicholas Albaugh
Chemical engineering chem-matsci-ref@mit.edu
Chemical prices Shikha Sharma
Chemistry chem-matsci-ref@mit.edu
Civil engineering Ask Us
Classical studies Mark Szarko
Companies Shikha Sharma
Computation in architecture Kai Alexis Smith
Computer science Phoebe Ayers
Congressional publications Nicholas Albaugh
Copyright Katie Zimmerman
Corporate reports Shikha Sharma
Country data & analysis Nicholas Albaugh
Data Ask Us
Data management data-management@mit.edu
Designing & making stuff Claire Berman
Digital humanities Ece Turnator
Disinformation Ask Us
Earth sciences Alejandro Paz
Economics Nicholas Albaugh
Education Ask Us
Education: Open educational resources Nicholas Albaugh
Election 2024 Ask Us
Electrical engineering Phoebe Ayers
Energy Ask Us
English language resources Ask Us
Environment Alejandro Paz
Environmental engineering Ask Us
Ethnic studies Ask Us
Film studies Mark Szarko
Finance Shikha Sharma
General reference Ask Us
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) gishelp@mit.edu
Government information Nicholas Albaugh
Health care management Shikha Sharma
History Ece Turnator
Housing dusp-ref@mit.edu
Images, finding Kai Alexis Smith
Images, using – copyright & fair use Katie Zimmerman
Industries Shikha Sharma
Innovation & entrepreneurship Nicholas Albaugh
Islamic art & architecture  akdc@mit.edu
Israel and Palestine Ask Us
Languages, non-English Tina Chan
Law Ask Us
Library & information science Deborah Lenares
Linguistics Ece Turnator
Literature Mark Szarko
Maps mapshelp@mit.edu
Market research Shikha Sharma
Marketing Shikha Sharma
Materials science & engineering chem-matsci-ref@mit.edu
Mathematics Phoebe Ayers
Mechanical engineering Claire Berman
Media studies Mark Szarko
Medicine Sabrina Brown
MIT ArchivesSpace Ask Distinctive Collections
MIT buildings Kai Alexis Smith
MIT history Ask Distinctive Collections
MIT in popular culture Ask Us
MIT people Amanda Hawk
MIT records management rmprogram@mit.edu
Music Avery Boddie
Neuroscience & cognitive science Sabrina Brown
News, newspapers, & current events Ask Us
Newspapers: foreign language Tina Chan
Newspapers: historical Ece Turnator
Nuclear engineering Alejandro Paz
Ocean engineering & naval architecture Claire Berman
Oceanography Alejandro Paz
Patents Nicholas Albaugh
Philosophy Mark Szarko
Physics Barbara Williams
Planetary sciences Alejandro Paz
Political science Nicholas Albaugh
Properties of materials & chemicals chem-matsci-ref@mit.edu
Psychology Sabrina Brown
Publishing help Katharine Dunn
Racial justice and anti-racism resources Deborah Lenares
Real estate dusp-ref@mit.edu
Resources and tools for computational research lib-comptool@mit.edu
SAE technical papers Phoebe Ayers
Science, technology & society (STS) Ece Turnator
Social science data services Ask Us
Social sciences & sociology
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Spectra resources chem-matsci-ref@mit.edu
Standards Phoebe Ayers
Statistical software Paxton LaJoie
Streaming media @ MIT Ask Us
Supply Chain Management Shikha Sharma
Sustainable business Shikha Sharma
Technical reports Ask Us
Theater arts Mark Szarko
Theses, finding Ask Us
Theses, MIT – preparing, copyright & more mit-theses@mit.edu
Trade statistics Nicholas Albaugh
Transportation Nicholas Albaugh
Urban studies & planning dusp-ref@mit.edu
Virtual Reference Collection Ask Us
Wellness – MindHandHeart Collection Courtney Crummett
Women@MIT Thera Webb
Women’s & gender studies Tina Chan
Working papers in the MIT Libraries Nicholas Albaugh