1. MIT Libraries
Barton: MIT Libraries’ online catalog
VERA: e-journal and databases including Acunet/AP Photo Archive and Globe Dictionary of Art
2. Catalogs and Databases outside MIT
Boston Library Consortium (BLC)
Access to research materials at member institutions is facilitated by:
- interlibrary loan, enhanced by the Virtual Catalog Project
- on-site use of most member libraries (Consult reference staff at a Consortium library for detailed information.)
Consortium Libraries (in Boston/Cambridge area):
HOLLIS (Harvard Library Catalog)
WorldCat (licensed for MIT and available through MIT library)
Online Computer Library Center catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide with over 48 million cataloging records in 400 languages.
National Library Catalogs Worldwide
Links to Web accessible national and major libraries worldwide.
LibDex
Worldwide directory of library home pages and web-based online public access catalogs.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
Library of Congress Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources
NARA (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
3. Library Privileges Information
Boston Public Library
DIRECTIONS: MBTA to Copley Square
REGISTRATION: Any resident of the Commonwealth is eligible to receive a free borrower’s card. Holders of Consortium Cards must register for a borrower’s card at the Registration Desk on the first floor of the General Library or at the Book Delivery Desk on the second floor of the Research Library. A borrower’s card is required for borrowing circulating library materials from the General Library, the branch libraries, the libraries in the Metro Boston Library Network for home use and for requesting Research Library materials for use within the building.
Harvard College Libraries (including Widener Library)
MIT graduate students can apply for stack and borrowing privileges at Widener Library Privileges Desk (617-295-4166). The borrowing card is $3.00 for an academic year. Undergraduate Students cannot apply for any privileges. However, if the student bring a letter of an MIT librarian stating that the material is not available anywhere else, the student will be given a reading room privilege that allows the student to ask a librarian to retrieve the material for the student's viewing in the reading room.
Harvard-Yenching Library of East Asian Collections
MIT students (both graduate and undergraduate) can apply for stack privileges at Yenching Library. Students cannot check out books but will have full access to the resources at Yenching Library.