Related web pages
- MIT Libraries research guide - Chemistry
Getting Started on Your Assignment
Our goal is to help you through the scientific research process by offering access to quality information resources, and guidance in using those resources effectively.
Use these video tutorials and guides to help you complete your homework assignments:
- Web of Science(3:10)
Good for finding articles in popular or high impact journals in all subject areas, but especially strong in Science. Goes back to 1900.
Go to Web of Science - Tracking a citation using Web of Science(3:47)
Explains how to see who has cited a particular paper, using Web of Science.
Go to Web of Science - Finding a journal using Barton, the MIT Libraries catalog(2:28)
Go to Barton. - Getting full text
- Finding articles in engineering and physics using Compendex and Inspec(3:32)
Two article database, covering literature in engineering and physics back to the 1880s.
Go to Compendex/Inspec - Citing sourcesTips on how to read a citation and what to cite to avoid plagiarism.
To learn more
See these guides to learn more about finding information at MIT and scholarly research.
- Map of library locations
- Library of Congress Call NumbersHow books are arranged in the Libraries.
- Choosing the best databaseTips on how to select an article database appropriate to your research.
- Free web vs. fee webLearn about the differences between using an internet search engine (i.e. Google) and library databases.
- Flow of Scientific Information
- Google Scholar
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