Reference Sources

 

INDEX

• MIT Main Libraries
• knovel: Engineering & Scientific Online Handbooks 
• Science Specific Portals

 

 

 

 

 

MIT Main Libraries

The Virtual Reference Collection of MIT Main Libraries offers many online resources:

Acronyms	Geography	Politics
Associations and Societies	Government Information	Publishing
Colleges and Universities	Grants	Quotations
Companies	Health	Sciences
Consumer Information	Internet	Statistics
Conversion Factors	Jobs & Employment	Style Manuals
Dictionaries and Thesauri	Law	Taxes
Directories	Libraries	Time/Date
Diversions	News	Travel
Encyclopedias and Yearbooks	People	Weather

knovel: Engineering & Scientific Online Handbooks 

The MIT Libraries now makes dozens of important handbooks in engineering and science available online to the MIT community through knovel. Some of the most popular titles are:
• Chemical Properties Handbook (McGraw-Hill)
• Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, Volumes 1 - 3 
• Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
• Machinery's Handbook
• Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
• Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook
• Mechanical Engineer's Reference Book (12th Edition) 
• Mechanical Engineers' Handbook (2nd Edition) 
• Applied Superconductivity 


For a full list of titles, see Knovel Library (MIT Access only).

 

Science Specific Portals:

 

• PhysLINK.com
• RefDesk.com
• Library of Congress, Science, Technology & Business Division