MIT Libraries Research Guides - MITES: Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science

Quick Look Up

Need a quick fact or figure? The links below will take you to sources that cover many different subject areas.

Oxford Reference Online
Includes both standard dictionaries as well as more specialized titles from a variety of fields--sciences, social sciences, humanities, and more!
Literature Resource Center
Need quick information on an author? This database provides biographical information as well as some criticism on authors from many different fields.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Comprehensive resource of physical constants and properties.
Knovel: Engineering & Scientific Handbooks
Search for scientific & engineering information via an extensive collection of engineering & scientific e-books. Includes interactive tables & graphs.
Other Online Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
This page provides links to many online dictionaries and encyclopedias from a variety of subjects.
Other Sources for Biographical Information
This page provides links to biographies in many different fields.

Finding Books

Barton, MIT Libraries catalog
Barton allows you to find books and other materials in all the MIT Libraries - by author, title or subject. Check for availability and library location.

Barton

Finding Articles

All of the databases listed below will take you to articles published from a variety of sources--scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. Some provide you with the complete text of the article, while others will give you just a short description and a link to our full-text finder, a tool that will search for the complete article in a different source.

Vera Multi-Search
Much like a search engine of search engines, Vera Multi-Search will search through several article databases at once to find you information. Click on "Databases by Subject" to get a list of databases for a specific field.
ProQuest Research Library
Covers many different subject areas and many different media, from scholarly journals to newspapers to magazine.
Literature Online
A great source of information for some of the authors you'll be reading, such as August Wilson, Ian McEwan, and Michael Frayn.