Library catalogs and information

This page contains pointers to library catalogs and bibliographic information of general use to the MIT AI lab community. There are three different types of information:

Library catalogs

Many library catalog systems aren't set up to interface well with the Web or Web browsers; rather, you telnet in. Most of the catalogs here are like that; mousing those menu entries will pop up a telnet window which will attempt to log in to the system in question.

  • MIT LCS/AI Reading Room Catalog
  • MIT Library Catalog (Barton)
  • BU Library Catalog. Log in as "library" (without the quotes) when prompted, and select terminal type V.
  • Metro Boston Library Network --- public library catalogs of Boston, Cambridge, and other nearby cities. Log in as "library".
  • Boston Library Consortium Periodicals Index --- Periodicals holdings and current contents for most libraries in the greater Boston area, both University and Public (the major exception being Harvard). Select "BLC" and terminal type 5 when prompted.
  • MIT Science Fiction Society Catalog. (The SFS library itself is on the fourth floor of the Student Center).
    • While not strictly a library, the following may also be useful if you're looking for a book:
  • Wordsworth Books. This is an independant discount bookstore with a large inventory (which can be queried on line).
    • Also, some catalogs for libraries which are not generally accessible to the lab community may be useful anyway:
  • Harvard Library Catalog. Just hit carraige return when prompted for terminal type; then ask for "Hollis". The rest is self-explanatory.
  • Library of Congress
  • Other library catalogs, worldwide.

    • Bibliographic databases

     The LCS/AI Reading Room maintains its own list of external resources as part of its own Web space, which should probably be consulted in addition to this one. Each list has things not on the other --- the Reading Room is trying to catalog CS-related servers regardless of location; I'm trying to extensively catalog local sources of all sorts of information, and to be a good jumping-off point for searches in other places, including the Reading Room.
  • Unified Computer Science TR Index --- keyword retrieval on abstracts of CS TRs from numerous on-line archives. A marvelous resource -- but see others listed in the Reading Room's List as well.
  • The complete bibliography of AI lab publications can be searched on line, and some recent publications are available on line as well. See here for information.
  • AI Lab BibTeX Repository, for citations of papers from all over.

    • Other Library Information
  • MIT Library general information, including hours and locations, and other info.
  • MIT LCS/AI Reading Room general information.
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    Robert Thau --- rst@ai.mit.edu