The mobile apps and sites listed below are handy for academic use.  The MIT Libraries haven't developed and don't support these tools, but we hope that you find them useful.

Also check out our guide on citing sources and tools to help you organize your references.

Use your mobile device to connect to MIT Libraries resources:

• Libraries on MIT Mobile - renew and request books, find library hours, ask questions, submit ideas. Mobile site.
• Pic2shop iPhone app - scan barcodes & request books. For iOS.
• Make iPhone article access easier with a bookmarklet
• HathiTrust - millions of books available for PDF download. MIT users - click "login" and choose MIT as your institution to gain full access. Mobile site.

Many of these sites require MIT users to authenticate, so make sure that you're connected to the "MIT Secure" network from on campus (not "MIT Guest"), or use VPN to access from off campus.

Science & Engineering:

• ACS publications - For iOS or Android
• AMS (American Mathematical Society) mobile pairing - Mobile site
• ASME's 5 Mobile Apps for Engineers - iPhone apps
• CatApp - mobile site for looking up calculated reaction and activation energies for elementary coupling reactions occurring on metal surfaces
• PubMed Mobile - Mobile site
• Read by QxMD - Search & read articles from PubMed - For iOS & web
• SAGE Journals - See directions for setting up mobile access. Mobile site
• SciFinder Mobile - Mobile site
• SpringerLink - For iOS
• Web of Science - See directions for setting up access. Mobile site

Arts & Humanities:

• EBSCOhost mobile site or iOS
• ARTstor website

Social Sciences & Management:

• EBSCOhost mobile site or iOS
• LexisNexis Academic - Mobile site