Members of the MIT community may use resources at any of the Boston Library Consortium libraries, as well as many of those at Harvard University . Alumni are welcome to use all of the MIT facilities during normal operating hours. If you would like to check out any materials, you must purchase a privilege card . Spouses and dependents of MIT students, faculty, and staff are entitled to use the libraries. To borrow books, they must register at any of the MIT Libraries circulation desks.
Cards are valid in all the libraries.
No card or ID is needed to read in the library. The Libraries cannot offer Interlibrary Borrowing service to these users. Yes, EndNote can be used to connect to Barton and to some of our databases. Detailed instructions are available. This question frequently arises when people have preprints, drafts, or papers presented at conferences and they are searching for the published paper.