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Check out our new beta! The Humanities Virtual Browsery is now a blog
Try out our newest library beta: the Humanities Virtual Browsery has been revamped as a blog. Browse new books online (just like the old Virtual Browsery), but take advantage of these new features: an...
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Find new books via the web, email, or by subscribing to our new RSS feeds!
Check out the latest and greatest books that have recently arrived in the MIT Libraries! See: Recent Additions to the Collections We have RSS feeds for all different subjects – you can even find out...
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Browser extensions and toolbars for library research
A new page on our web site gives information on some useful Firefox extensions for library research. Learn about LibX, smart keywords, BookBurro, Zotero, and how to add search engines to the Firefox...
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Hit the open road with Open Access
What’s the big deal about open access anyway? If I’m writing an article, what rights should I keep? Where can I find out more? Check out http://libraries.mit.edu/open-access to find out what’s...
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MIT Libraries screencast tutorials available in MIT’s TechTV
Video tutorials for instruction on topics such as database searching and evaluating information are being created, and more will come. A beta of this project was conducted in the Fall of 2006 with...
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Virtual reference site available in the social bookmarking system: del.icio.us
To integrate our resources with the social bookmarking system “del.icio.us”, we have recreated our Virtual Reference site there. Del.icio.us users can easily add us to their network to keep up with new...
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Vera is being upgraded!
This summer we are working on a new version of the Vera database, which lists the MIT Libraries’ e-journals and research databases. Vera has been in its current form since 2001 and has served us well...
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Learn to use the libraries – YouTube style!
The MIT Libraries have just launched a series of new online videos that can help you learn how to use the tools and resources of the libraries. Learn how to: renew books online and see what books you...
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Try the MIT Course Catalogue Pickr
Want an efficient and informative way to select and organize your classes for the upcoming semester? The Course Pickr is is an interactive tool designed to help students organize their class schedules....
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New Google and Facebook gadgets bring the MIT Libraries to you!
Two new beta gadgets make searching resources of the MIT Libraries even easier! A new Facebook application and Google gadget will allow you to search the Libraries directly from your personal pages....
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Make off-campus access to online journals easier with the LibX toolbar!
The MIT Libraries have customized an open-source, Firefox toolbar, called LibX, that makes accessing journal articles from off campus much easier. LibX also allows you to search the Barton catalog,...
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Vera Multi-Search (beta)
Today we’re making available to the MIT community a beta release of a new version of Vera, called Vera Multi-Search. http://libraries.mit.edu/vera-beta (MIT only) This version of Vera adds the ability...
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Add a Firefox bookmarklet button to get easier off-campus access to journals
If you’re often off-campus, and you need to get your browser to route you through the Libraries’ proxy server, you may want to add a bookmarklet button to your Firefox browser to enable quicker...
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Learn about the LibX Firefox library toolbar in a video tutorial
LibX is a handy tool that many members of the MIT community use already… Learn what it can do for you in this new video tutorial. What is LibX, anyway? Toolbar: LibX is a Firefox toolbar that allows...
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Search for journals in Vera with the new Firefox search bar
Did you know that you can add search engines to your Firefox toolbar? You can also add a search engine to your Firefox browser to search Vera, the collection of online journals and databases in the MIT...
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10 ways to access MIT Libraries e-journals from anywhere
Did you know there are many ways to access the licensed copies of e-journals that we subscribe to? The methods below work from anywhere as long as you have MIT certificates installed or are using...
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New Faculty Book Delivery Pilot Project
Tenure-track, visiting and emeriti faculty can now take advantage of a new service. Find a book you want in Barton, click on “Request item,” log into “Your Account” and select “office delivery” from...
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Search for books and journals available in libraries worldwide through MIT...
Looking for an easy way to find books and journals owned not only by MIT, but also by other libraries around the world? Try MIT Libraries’ WorldCat, an experimental interface to the Barton catalog....
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Follow the MIT Libraries on Twitter!
Keep up with the latest news and ideas from the MIT Libraries with Twitter. If you’re a Twitter user, follow @mitlibraries, and we’ll follow you back! If you don’t use Twitter, you can still check...
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Go mobile with the MIT Libraries
Many of the services featured on the MIT Libraries’ web site are available from a mobile phone on the MIT Mobile Web. To get to the MIT Libraries’ mobile site, visit http://m.mit.edu from your mobile...
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Borrow an iPad from the Lewis Music Library
Want to check out an iPad for a few hours? The Lewis Music Library has purchased an iPad for circulation to MIT faculty, students and staff. It contains over 85 music apps along with an iTunes library...
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New guide on library betas, widgets, & mobile sites
The MIT Libraries are constantly experimenting with new technologies and services to help make access to information easier. You may already know about our betas program, where we experiment with new...
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Go mobile with us!
If you’re a member of the MIT community and you have a smart phone, chances are good that you’ve visited the MIT Mobile Web already. (Anyone else love the shuttle schedule?!) Good news – we’ve just...
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Mobile music: QR codes in Music Library
Posters scattered throughout Lewis Music Library direct users to listen to streaming music on their mobile devices by scanning QR codes. Each poster highlights a different genre from Alexander Street...
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Follow us on Foursquare!
If you have a smart phone and use the Foursquare app, follow the MIT Libraries! Foursquare is an app that allows you to check in at various locations and read tips and reviews from other users about...
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Everybody else loves LibX 2.0. Do you?
Thousands of MIT students, staff, and researchers have downloaded LibX. 6,303 of you, to be exact. And we’re betting that thousands more will download the new version – LibX 2.0! What is LibX? LibX...
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Lunch & Learn: You bring the food, we bring the knowledge!
Over the next five Tuesdays, the MIT Libraries are launching a new series of quick demonstrations to highlight some of our resources. Called “Lunch & Learn: You Bring the Food, We Bring the...
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MediaMobile hits the road
You may see the Lewis Music Library’s new MediaMobile roaming around campus soon! The MediaMobile is a moveable cart that can travel across campus to highlight the MIT Libraries’ many online media...
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New “Find It” information kiosk unveiled at Hayden library
Come check out the new “Find It” information kiosk on the second floor of Hayden Library. The kiosk features a secured iPad that gives you quick access to information like: how to find books where to...
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Chat with us: “Ask Us! – Chat” beta
This summer, we’re trying an experiment, and we need your help! In the past, you may have contacted us with questions by web form, email, phone, or by dropping by a library desk. (And we love all your...
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