Engineering

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 the drop-down menu. The book you requested will arrive at your office mailroom in 2-3 business days via campus mail. For [...]
Published on : Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:40:55 +0000

What we did on your summer vacation!!!
Vera Multi-Search - Vera had a makeover! The new Vera Multi-Search will still help you find electronic journals, databases, and e-books, and now it will also help you search for articles within journals, conference proceedings, etc.  See the FAQ page for more information. New LibGuides We’ve adopted a new system of creating guides to help you [...]
Published on : Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:57:59 +0000

Orientation events a la MIT Libraries!!
Welcome to the MIT Libraries! Orientation: Fall 2008 Undergraduate Students || Graduate Students || All Students Attend these events to become familiar with what the Libraries have to offer – our staff, collections, services, and resources. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: Academic Expo What: An expo of MIT’s academic departments and programs. The Libraries will be ready to answer your questions and offer information [...]
Published on : Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:41:45 +0000

Web version of SciFinder now available!
SciFinder is now also available on the web.  The traditional downloadable “client” version will continue to be available, but will be phased out over the next 6-10 months. Follow the instructions to register for the web version. The MIT Libraries subscription allows a total of eleven (11) simultaneous users between the [...]
Published on : Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:19:58 +0000

JulyAP 2008 Workshop: Introduction to Company & Industry Research for Engineers & Scientists
WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC WHEN: Friday, August 8, 12noon - 1pm You may be a skilled investigator on the topic of science or engineering, but what do you know about business research? This session will introduce you to library-supported databases that cover company and industry information. We will use hands-on exercises to demonstrate strategies for researching two key [...]
Published on : Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:22:29 +0000

JulyAP 2008 Workshop: Patent Searching Fundamentals
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center - DIRC) WHEN: Friday, August 1, 12:30 - 1:30pm While you won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over the world and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams. The session will be a [...]
Published on : Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:37:46 +0000

Alternate Entrance to Dewey in Effect
Due to the ongoing demolition of the plaza in front of E53, an alternate entrance into the building and Dewey Library is in effect. To enter the building: Take the temporary ramp from Wadsworth Street (to the right of the plaza) down to the garage level. Follow the signs which point you to the left towards the basement [...]
Published on : Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:15:48 +0000

JulyAP 2008 Workshop: Publishing Smart: Journal Quality Measures & Publisher Copyright Policies
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center - DIRC) WHEN: Friday, July 25, noon - 1pm Geared for graduate students, this workshop addresses what copyright means to you as an author, how you can assess a publisher’s copyright policies, and how you can use web-based tools that assess journal quality. Open access publishing models and the use of [...]
Published on : Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:27:48 +0000

Dewey Library to be Closed Saturday July 19th
For the safety of the MIT community, the Dewey Library will be closed on Saturday, July 19th. The temporary entrance to E53 will be closed due to demolition work on the Sloan Plaza. Dewey will be open as usual on Sunday the 20th from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.. We apologize for any inconvenience. [...]
Published on : Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:26:07 +0000

ChemBioDraw drawing tool remains available!
We have ChemBioDraw for another year! The MIT Libraries continue to make this premier chemistry and biology drawing tool available to the entire MIT community thanks, partly, to the generous financial support from the Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering Departments, and Broad Institute. Find out more about ChemBioDraw: More information & installation instructions Re-activation of [...]
Published on : Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:00:28 +0000

Barker Engineering Library Reorganization
The Barker Engineering Library is reorganizing its collections this summer to create room for the growth of book collections and to provide better access to materials. In recent years, the Engineering and Science Libraries have greatly increased their electronic journal subscriptions. As a result of increased digital access, many of the print equivalents were moved [...]
Published on : Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:23:27 +0000

JulyAP 2008 Workshop: Bioinformatics for Beginners
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center - DIRC) WHEN: Friday, July 18, noon - 1pm Class attendees will learn about the organization of key NCBI databases, understand the database record structure, and work with the BLAST search tool. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious [...]
Published on : Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:14:18 +0000

JulyAP 2008 Workshop: EndNote Basics
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center - DIRC) WHEN: Friday, July 11, noon - 1pm EndNote is a “personal bibliographic software” package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references. Your database can be used to automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies in your manuscripts. It can also help you organize and manage [...]
Published on : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:41:56 +0000

Hayden open 24 hours, May 15-23 for Finals
Hayden Library — Humanities & Science — will stay open 24 hours a day during Finals from Thursday, May 15th at 8am to Friday, May 23rd at 7pm. Overnight hours are for the MIT community only. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fnews-libraries.mit.edu%2Fblog%2Fhayden-open-24-hours%2F1133%2F'; addthis_title = 'Hayden+open+24+hours%2C+May+15-23+for+Finals'; addthis_pub = '';
Published on : Wed, 14 May 2008 20:50:31 +0000

Bioinformatics Video Tutorials Now Available!
Check out the new bioinformatics video tutorials, developed by the MIT Engineering and Science Libraries and Harvard’s Countway Library of Medicine. These tutorials aim to bring research help to your desktop. The first installment of BITS covers the UCSC Genome Browser, which contains reference sequences and working draft assemblies for a large collection of genomes. [...]
Published on : Fri, 02 May 2008 17:54:02 +0000

Video Recordings of IAP 2008: Sessions Now Available
Were you unable to attend a Libraries’ sponsored IAP session this January? Wish you could have attended the March workshops on Building an EndNote Library, or the recent class on Google Maps? The Libraries are pleased to unveil recordings of our popular workshops. The sessions were recorded in cooperation with Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and [...]
Published on : Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:07:15 +0000

IAPril 2008 - Citation Surfing: Using Databases to Track Article Citations
            Citation Surfing: Using Databases to Track Article Citations Michael Noga Learn how to find and use information more effectively in our hands-on workshops. No advanced registration required. Light refreshments will be served at each session. **NOTE that different events will be happening throughout the month of April and early May.** WHERE: 14N-132 [...]
Published on : Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:50:00 +0000

More online books now available through CRCnetBASE
The MIT Libraries now subscribe to over 2,000 e-books from CRC Press, adding 7 new subject collections, including chemistry, engineering, energy, materials science and polymers, nanotechnology, and mathematics. To search all titles available to the MIT Community, visit CRCnetBASE, or go to each individual subject collection to browse titles.  With time, we will add records of [...]
Published on : Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:22:31 +0000

Introduction to Google Maps API - April 16th, 5pm, 14N-132
Introduction to Google Maps API (5 - 6 pm) Googler Pamela Fox will give a whirlwind tour of the Google Maps API and KML, teaching the basics of each and showing off some of the really fun applications of them (like campus maps, interactive panoramas, and fantasy worlds). Google Maps Codelab (6 - 7 pm) Interactive codelabs [...]
Published on : Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:07:29 +0000

IAPril 2008: Bioinformatics for Beginners
Bioinformatics for Beginners Amy Stout, Courtney Crummett Learn how to find and use information more effectively in our hands-on workshops. No advanced registration required. Light refreshments will be served at each session. **NOTE that different events will be happening throughout the month of April and early May.** WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC) WHEN: Friday, April 18, [...]
Published on : Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:25:19 +0000

IAPril 2008: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero
Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero Remlee Green, Mathew Willmott Learn how to find and use information more effectively in our hands-on workshops. No advanced registration required. Light refreshments will be served at each session. **NOTE that different events will be happening throughout the month of April and early May.** WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center [...]
Published on : Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:31:33 +0000

IAPril Information Workshops 2008
Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these hands-on workshops. No advanced registration required. Light refreshments will be served at each session. WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC) WHEN: Fridays in April (and May), 12pm (noon) April 11: Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero Remlee Green, Mathew Willmott Using citation management software [...]
Published on : Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:01:53 +0000

IEEE Xplore upgrade scheduled for Saturday, March 15
Please be aware of the scheduled upgrade which will result in limited access to the IEEE site. This is the official message from IEEE: Dear IEEE subscriber, We are writing to inform you that an IEEE Xplore environment upgrade is scheduled for Saturday, 15 March, 2008. During this upgrade, the system will be unavailable for up to [...]
Published on : Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:35:54 +0000

Following Removal of DRM, MIT Resubscribes to SAE Database
MIT faculty, students, and staff have access to the Society of Automotive Engineer’s technical papers over the web again, because the SAE listened to MIT and other universities when they spoke out against the imposition of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. Last spring, the MIT Libraries cancelled their web access to the (SAE) technical papers, [...]
Published on : Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:55:27 +0000

New Podcast: Professor Lienhard on his Open Access Textbook
In the new episode in the series of podcasts on scholarly publication and copyright, we hear from Professor John H. Lienhard V, Professor of Mechanical Engineering here at MIT. Professor Lienhard’s research interests include Heat and Mass Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, among other areas. He is the recipient of several teaching awards at MIT as well [...]
Published on : Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:28:10 +0000

Join us for EndNote training: Monday, 3/10
Donna Kirking, a representative from EndNote, will offer basic-intermediate training on building a library and using Word with EndNote. All members of the MIT community are welcome to attend one or both sessions, and no sign up is necessary. 2:00-3:30: Building an EndNote Library 3:45-5:00: Using EndNote in Word Training will be held in the Libraries’ Digital [...]
Published on : Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:37:30 +0000

New! MedTech Insight and Strategic Transactions Database
Need analysis of medical technology markets? Want data on on biotech and pharmaceutical deals? Try Windhover’s MedTech Insight and Strategic Transactions Database, now available through the MIT Libraries. Access both via the Windhover Archives platform at: http://libraries.mit.edu/get/windhover (certificates required). MedTech Insight includes analyses of US markets for a variety of therapeutic categories and [...]
Published on : Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:03:10 +0000

MIT GeoWeb - GIS data access with a web browser
MIT Geoweb provides a web interface to search, view, and download GIS data and view metadata from the MIT Geodata Repository, an international collection of GIS data maintained by MIT GIS Services. http://web.mit.edu/geoweb Questions, comments, or suggestions: email gishelp@mit.edu addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fnews-libraries.mit.edu%2Fblog%2Fgeoweb-access-browser%2F1000%2F'; addthis_title = 'MIT+GeoWeb+-++GIS+data+access+with+a+web+browser'; addthis_pub = [...]
Published on : Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:58:35 +0000

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 MIT’s VPN client. 1. Go to Vera and type the title in the search box. (Our database called “Vera” has been the [...]
Published on : Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:48:02 +0000

Open Source and Free Mapping Tools - 1/23, 2-3 pm, 4-231
There has been an explosion of open source and free mapping tools. In this talk we will offer a brief look into the neogeographer’s world of online mapping. WHEN: Wednesday, January 23, 2 -3 pm WHERE: 4-231 Complete listing of GIS workshops Image source: http://www.joomla.org/content/view/4410/74/ addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fnews-libraries.mit.edu%2Fblog%2Fsource-mapping-tools%2F970%2F'; addthis_title = 'Open+Source+and+Free+Mapping+Tools+-+1%2F23%2C+2-3+pm%2C+4-231'; addthis_pub [...]
Published on : Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:09:24 +0000