Virtual Library
Some of the following sources are available to MIT only.
The Basics
- Earth Sciences Research Guide
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
- MIT Libraries
- Barton, the online catalog
- Vera, for ejournals and databases
Online Books, Handbooks and Theses
- CRC Handbook of chemistry and physics
- CRCNETBASE
- Knovel, Includes Encyclopedia of Geology
- Treatise on Geochemistry
- Treatise on Geophysics
- Oxford Companion to Global Change
- Springer Ebooks (2005+)
- EAPS Theses in DSPACE
- Proquest Dissertations and Theses (full text 1995+)
- Lyell Collection: Geological Society Publications Online
- SIAM Ebooks
- GSA Field Guides
- GSA Memoirs
- GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology
- GSA Special Papers
- Oxford English Dictionary
New Books at MIT
Some Recent non-e Arrivals
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Services
- Annex Requests (for books and pdfs of articles in storage)
- Alerts for journal tables of contents or articles
- GIS
- Hours
- ILB (Interlibrary Borrowing)
- RefWorks, Endnote and other citation software
- Suggested Purchase
- Harvard Special Borrower’s Card
Research Databases
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Field of research |
Databases |
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Geology |
GeoRef, Web of Science, National Geologic Map Database, Society of Petroleum Engineers eLibrary (SPE), AAPG Datapages, GeoScience World, Lyell Collection |
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Geophysics |
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Geochemistry |
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Planetary Science |
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Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate |
Environment Sciences and Pollution Management (ESPM), Climatewire, Web of Science |
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Earthquake Engineering |
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All Fields |




