Terrascope & the MIT Libraries
Mission 2016: Strategic Resources
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25 September 2012
Chris Sherrat
Chris Sherratt
Heather McCann, Anne Graham
Kate McNeill
What to understand after today
• Our email : 12-lib@mit.edu
• Class page:
http://libguides.mit.edu/mission2016
• Barton: tips for finding books
• Databases: sources for articles you need
• Refworks: gather and share your references
• October 4 2011: when your library work is due
But first, where ARE the libraries?
In FOUR Buildings: Rotch -7, Barker-10 , Hayden-14S ,and Dewey-E53
Hayden and Dewey
All have group study rooms…
Barker Library, 8th floor
…and librarian offices
Chris in Hayden, 1st floor Mezz
Turn right to Kate’s in Dewey
Where to start virtually:
Libraries.mit.edu
Barton, the catalog, leads to books
try Title Keyword: strategic mineral*
Results…first one is a Congressional
Hearing (from 2011)
Another Hearing
Strategic minerals…in our national economic security
Note SFX button
An older book:
Selected Strategic Minerals: the impending crisis
Click on Call number to see if it’s on the shelf
Use Request Item button to request or
recall it
Here’s a book found using ‘critical minerals’
Note “Subject” headings listed
…chemistry of possible replacements
Finally, Barton has an Advanced search
option
What about articles?
Libraries’ homepage > Guides > Class guides
Mission page is under Fall 2012
libguides.mit.edu/mission2016
Note tabs, such as Books & USGS
Databases lead to articles and papers
Example: Web of Science database
rare earth* in article titles
Results list
A short article further down the list
note SFX button
SFX opens another window
Leads to article details and pdf
Ponder: the author is “Anonymous”
How can you keep this reference?
Click this box then Refworks
You are prompted to Login
Citation gets imported
Here it is with the link
But what if SFX fails?
Search Vera for the journal title—but NOT for articles!
Barton can also find journal titles
Another database: ABI/INFORM
Global database
Results with these words in the title
Or, limit to recent newspapers
Mark citations, then download
Refworks link on the class page
And here, with other Tools
e.g. LibX and a reload widget
(Reload widget can help connect you
to full text IF you need it)
Final Tip: add MIT to Google Scholar
So I’m ready to start my research….but
where do I begin?
Let’s go back to the Mission page and
try that Hearing!
112th = Jan 3 2011-Jan 3 2013
Held May 24, 2011, and it’s on the web
Look who testified!
He mentions a study…
Google gets us right there: Looks
good!
And gives us even more vocabulary…
• “We have coined the term “energy-critical element” (ECE)1 to
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describe a class of chemical elements that currently appear
critical to one or more new, energy-related technologies. “
ECE
Rare Earths (RE), Rare Earth Elements (REE)
Rare Earth Materials (REM)
Rare Earth Oxides (REO)
Critical Minerals, Critical Materials
Strategic Minerals, Strategic Materials
Names of elements, metals…
Then I decide to browse the Hayden
New Books
and find this….
Rare Earth Doping
of Advanced
Materials…2011
The first article looks good
I could take it home OR…
…try to find it online= Barton
(all I need is Title Keyword advanced doping!)
The record comes right up and… it’s
also online
I have to navigate a little, but here it is
It includes a cool table
Plus a company, two deposit locations,
U.S. Rare Earth Inc.
Diamond Lake and
Lehmi Pass
a nice looking USGS reference,
..and another study
In conclusion
• Email us for research help anytime: Chris,
Anne, Daniel, Heather 12-lib@mit.edu
• We also love to meet with students
• Remember, post your work by October 4 to
your team wiki
• Enjoy your research!
• One final thought….
“The MIT I know loves challenges. The MIT I
know solves the unsolvable, shapes the
future, and serves our nation and the world.”
--L. Rafael Reif
MIT’s 17th president