Manage your references
Use these tools to help you organize and cite your references:
Get help with citation software
Contact us at: cite-write-tools@mit.edu
Books, news and articles
Library catalog and databases to help you find books, news and articles
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BartonUse this to search the libraries collection for books, films, music and more. Search for journal titles, but not articles.
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MIT's WorldcatSearch libraries across the country and around the world. Search results indicate if MIT owns the book, or if it is available through Borrow Direct. If the book is available through the Borrow Direct, you can request it and have it sent here, usually within a few days.
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Proquest Research LibraryIndexes thousands of journals, newspapers and magazines in a broad range of subjects. Many articles are available in full text.
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Building Green SuiteInformation on green design, including information on a wide range of topics related to sustainable building. MIT's access includes: Environmental Building News, Greenspec Database of Green Building Products, and High Performance Buildings Database.
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Lexis Nexis AcademicLexis Nexis Academic provides access to the full-text of many news, business, and legal resources, including the New York Times.
Images and data
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MIT GeowebSearch, discover, preview, and retrieve data and view metadata from the MIT Geodata Repository and other partner repositories using a standard web browser.
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Greater New Orleans Community Data CenterA product of Nonprofit Knowledge Works, GNOCDC is a data resource for ten Parishes in Greater New Orleans on people, income, housing, education, public safety, health and more. Creates original reports.
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Dome - Digitized content from the MIT Libraries' collectionsMIT Libraries digital collections can be found in Dome. There are over 70,000 images, maps, and documents.
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Louisiana Digital LibraryContains photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, oral histories, and more. Primarily historical and cultural.
Intro to GIS
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GIS for 11.027These are the slides from the GIS presentation.
GIS Help
The GIS & Data lab, housed on the 1st floor of Rotch Library (7-238), is available for use during Rotch's operating hours. Software and one-on-one help is for use by the MIT Community only.
Drop-in help hours
All Libraries will close on March 14th until further notice. See the Libraries' home page for updates.
Email gishelp@mit.edu to ask questions or schedule a virtual appointment.
How to prepare for remote work with GIS
- Install the MIT VPN to use ArcMap remotely.
- Check out a license for ArcMap if you might have unreliable internet access. Using ArcGIS Pro? Create an ArcGIS Online account to sign in. A personal account will work off the MIT Network, with any internet connection, and you will also have the option of checking out a license if you are without internet.
- QGIS can be installed on any operating system and has minimal system requirements. Never used QGIS? See the QGIS exercise from our Intro to GIS workshop.
- Our lab computers can be accessed remotely. Email us for more information and to reserve a computer.
- Email gishelp@mit.edu with questions or to schedule a virtual meeting. We're ready to provide the same support virtually that we do in person.
