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Changes in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) improve analysis of journals
Perhaps you’ve used JCR from Thomson Reuters to find the “impact factor” of a journal, to compare journals, or to discover a new place to publish your work. Until now, this was a fairly tedious...
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“Water, Water, Every Where…” [1]
One of the most active areas of ongoing research and coursework at MIT is water: its technologies, policies, present resources, and future demands. The MIT Libraries acquire many new books, journals,...
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Access and analyze census, business, and marketing data in SimplyMap
Members of the MIT Community now have access to SimplyMap, a web-based mapping application. Create customized maps using built-in census, marketing, and business data Generate reports that compare...
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Why not Ask Us? It’s April!
Let’s face it: the last half of the spring semester is here, papers are due, assignments need to be completed. The time seems right to highlight one of the best ways MIT Libraries supports teaching and...
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Elements
A studio photographer by trade, Mike Walker approaches subjects with the intention of drawing something out that one might not see or notice at first glance. In the Elements series, he captures...
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A very old map made new
Some in the MIT community will know that just over 200 years ago, the first geological map of the United Kingdom was created by the son of a blacksmith, William Smith. But did you know that in honor of...
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Access the MIT Libraries Dataverse collection with Touchstone
Access data purchased by the MIT Libraries in our Dataverse collection by choosing MIT from the drop down menu on the login page. You don’t need to request access to individual files...
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authors@MIT: Matthew Claudel
Please join us as we celebrate the publication of The City of Tomorrow (Yale University Press), an exciting new book from Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel which explores the implications of their...
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The Allure of the Digital Humanities in Times of Crisis
Masjid-i Shaikh Lutfullah, Isfahan, Iran.Baroness Marie-Thérèse Ullens de Schooten Collection. Courtesy of Harvard University, Fine Arts Library. Sharon C. Smith, PhD, program head of the Aga Khan...
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Come Together Right Now: An Introduction to the Open Access Network
Officially launched just over a year ago, the Open Access Network (OAN) offers a transformative, sustainable, and scalable model of open access (OA) publishing and preservation that encourages...
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MIT Reads evening book discussion
Read the book, and join the conversation! This is your chance to talk with others who have read the MIT Reads fall selection, Redefining Realness. Event Details: Open to the entire MIT community,...
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A Conversation with Janet Mock
Read the book, and join the conversation! Author Janet Mock will be at MIT, prepared to talk about her book, her life, popular culture, and more. Janet Mock is the New York Times bestselling author of...
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OA research in the news: Mass voters say no to charter school increase
One of the most contentious issues facing Massachusetts voters on November 8 was in ballot question 2: whether to approve an annual increase of the number of charter schools in the state. Money raised...
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Program on Information Science awarded $10,000 by Amazon, Inc. for open data...
The Amazon Corporation awarded $10,000 through The AWS Cloud Computing for Research program to support a joint project between the University of Florida and MIT to develop a prototype for an open...
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Coming to Stata: “Black Lives Matter” bookmobile
“Black Lives Matter” by Johnny Silvercloud, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnysilvercloud/15607880225/in/photostream/) To celebrate, honor, and learn about the...
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MIT Libraries support open scholarship in the social sciences through SocArXiv
The MIT Libraries are pleased to announce our support of SocArXiv, an open archive of the social sciences that launched in beta version in November 2016. This free, noncommercial service for rapid...
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Python for Map Creation in ArcMap
This is a 2-day workshop on April 7 and April 14. Please attend both days. Day 1: You’ll learn just enough Python scripting to work with it in ArcGIS and feel comfortable in Day 2 of the workshop. Day...
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SolarSPELL: The Solar Powered Educational Learning Library
Access to high-quality, relevant information is absolutely foundational for a quality education. Yet, so many schools across the developing world lack fundamental resources, like textbooks, libraries,...
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This just in: The ACI Scholarly Blog Index
Who says blogs don’t have a place at the information table? This month the MIT Libraries began a subscription to ACI Scholarly Blog Index, a new resource designed to help you discover and navigate...
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Reality Bytes: Utilizing VR and AR in the Library Space
Terms like “virtual reality” and “augmented reality” have existed for a long time. In recent years, thanks to products like Google Cardboard and games like Pokemon Go, an increasing number of people...
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Introduction to the Research Computing Environment (RCE) at Harvard
The Research Computing Environment (RCE) is a large powerful computer cluster that you can use for computations that are too large to be conveniently done on a personal computer. This workshop will...
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Learn statistical software and programming this fall
Data Science Services at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science will once again be offering statistical software and programming workshops at the Harvard campus this fall. They are free...
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Introduction to R
Get an introduction to R, the open-source system for statistical computation and graphics. With hands-on exercises, learn how to import and manage datasets, create R objects, install and load R...
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Introduction to Stata
This class will provide a hands-on introduction to Stata. You will learn how to navigate Stata’s graphical user interface, import data, calculate descriptive statistics, and manage data and value...
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Regression and Graphing in Stata
This hands-on class will provide a comprehensive introduction to graphics in Stata. Topics for the class include graphing principles, descriptive graphs, linear regression, factor variables, and...
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Basic R Programming for Data Analysis
This hands-on, intermediate course will guide you through a variety of programming functions in the open-source statistical software program, R. It is intended for those already comfortable with using...
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Introduction to R Graphics with ggplot2
This introduction to the popular ggplot2 R graphics package will show you how to create a wide variety of graphical displays in R. Topics covered included aesthetic mapping and scales, faceting, and...
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Regression Models in R
This hands-on, intermediate R course will demonstrate a variety of statistical procedures using the open-source statistical software program, R. Topics covered include multiple regression, multilevel...
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Data science tools: An overview
What programming languages are popular for statistics and data science? What tools are useful for working with those languages? Should I learn R or Python, or stick with something easier like Stata? If...
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