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IAP 2014: Life Sciences
The MIT Libraries is hosting a series of classes related to the life sciences this IAP. Some classes require registration. Bioinformatics for Beginners Wed Jan 8, 3:00pm-4:30pm, 14N-132 Fri Jan 10,...
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OA research in the news: Kastner to be nominated to DOE
Marc Kastner Last month, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Marc Kastner, dean of MIT’s School of Science, to head the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The office is the largest...
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New and improved services you’ll
Welcome back! While you were on winter break, the Libraries were working on some improvements we think you’ll like (possibly even love). Extended borrowing periods Yes, you can keep books out longer!...
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OA research in the news: Rewriting fearful memories
Photo by Len Rubenstein Sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder sometimes undergo a treatment in which they re-experience a fearful memory in a safe place, with the hope that their brains will...
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Discussion: Scientific imaging for artwork & other cultural heritage materials
Discussion: Thursday, February 27, 2014, 11:00 am, 14N-132 (DIRC) Detail: Two modes of Reflectance Transformation Imaging. The bottom view shows a Japanese woodcut in “Normal” mode. The top view shows...
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OA research in the news: A breakthrough in endometriosis research
Linda Griffith Over the years Linda Griffith has undergone many surgeries for endometriosis, a condition in which tissue that normally grows in the uterus is found elsewhere in the body and can cause...
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OA research in the news: New evidence for the ‘bang’ of the Big Bang
Alan Guth This week, a team of astronomers announced the first “smoking gun” evidence of inflation, a theory of cosmology that describes the quick and violent expansion of the universe in its first...
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Improving Water Quality in 19th Century Massachusetts
A recent MIT news spotlight on research for detecting bacteria brought to mind 19th century research on water quality in Massachusetts. In the 1880s MIT chemist Ellen Swallow Richards, in collaboration...
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Science poetry reading April 10 in the Lewis Music Library
The MIT Libraries is hosting a poetry reading in the Lewis Music Library on Thursday, April 10, with author and professor Adam Dickinson. Dickinson’s latest collection, The Polymers, is an imaginary...
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More E-books now available from Wiley Online Library
You keep telling us you want more e-books and we aim to please. The Libraries are pleased to announce a cooperative pilot project with Wiley Online Library. Beginning now for one year, about 15,000...
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OA research in the news: Germs that go to great lengths
“Sneeze vector” by 729:512. CC-BY-NC license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ A new study by MIT researchers shows that the droplets our noses and mouths release during coughs and...
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Learn more about Mendeley–with pizza!
Meet Mendeley Representatives–Refreshments served! When: Friday April 25th 3:30-5pm Where: 14N-132 Come eat pizza and learn more about Mendeley, a tool that helps you manage and share pdfs and easily...
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Inspec
Still the #1 database for research literature in computer science, electrical engineering, and applied physics! Inspec: Covers material from 1896 to the present Tells you who the top researchers are in...
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Climate Change volumes now online
Many will already be aware that Dr. James Hansen, one of the most prominent voices in the climate change conversation, visits our campus next week. In honor of his visit, the Libraries would like to...
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Discovering the Libraries: Enriching and simplifying research
Priya Kalluri, ’16, doing research on several generations of Frankenstein adaptations, using MIT Libraries’ resources. By MIT Libraries’ student blogger, Pri Tembhekar Hello everyone! It is research...
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Cite your data sources!
You’re familiar with the importance of citing the literature that you use in your paper. But did you know that it’s equally important to cite the sources of the data that you use? Authors don’t...
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New Energy Journals in the House
Energy is a fast moving topic at MIT and all over the world. We in the Libraries are pleased to have added three new online journal subscriptions to our own energy portfolio: Applied Energy is a wide...
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Information Processing Letters: The complete package
Information Processing Letters is now available. The MIT Libraries now subscribe to current, as well as historical issues, of Information Processing Letters. Information Processing Letters is a forum...
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New resources from MIT Libraries! Check out the Cochrane Library and Cochrane...
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high quality independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, bringing together research on effective treatments and...
View ArticleRSC, ACS offer new open access options for authors
In the last year, two major chemistry publishers have expanded their open access options. The Royal Society of Chemistry continues to offer its “Gold for Gold” vouchers, launched in 2013, which allow...
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