RSI FAQ

1. Where is the RSI website?
2. Where's a good place to research my mentor?
3. What is the address/zip code at Simmons?
4. How do I dial into MIT?
5. Is there a FAX machine I can use somewhere?
6. Is there a scanner I can use somewhere?

1. Where is the RSI website?

The website is located at http://web.mit.edu/rsi/www/

2. Where's a good place to research my mentor?

In general, a good place to start is to search for your mentor's name at their Institution. For MIT mentors, for example, you can run a search on MIT's home page at web.mit.edu. Other institutions include:
Harvard University: www.harvard.edu
Harvard Medical School: www.hms.harvard.edu
Boston University: www.bu.edu
Boston College: www.bc.edu

You can also attempt to search or find the department that your mentor is affiliated with. Also, general-interest searches for your mentor's name on search engines like Google may produce references or articles that your mentor has written.

Finally, you can use the MIT Libraries to hunt for articles and references about your mentor. Their Vera system includes links and searches on over 500 professional and scientific journals, and Web Of Science is a similar database.

3. What is the address/zip code at Simmons?

Your Name
c/o RSI, Simmons Hall
229 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

4. How do I dial into MIT?

MIT phone internal numbers are five-digit extensions. Use the following table to convert the five-digit extension to a phone number usable from the outside world.

MIT extension Full phone number

5-xxxx 617-225-xxxx

3-xxxx 617-253-xxxx

2-1xxx 617-252-1xxx

2-2xxx 617-452-2xxx

2-3xxx 617-452-3xxx

2-4xxx 617-452-4xxx

2-5xxx 617-452-5xxx

4-xxxx 617-324-xxxx

7-xxxx 617-577-xxxx

5. Is there a FAX machine I can use somewhere?

There's one in the lobby of the student center, but it's expensive.
There's one in CopyTech in the student center.
There's one in the Science Library, but it's expensive.

6. Is there a scanner I can use somewhere?

There's one in the SIPB office, right outside the door to W20-575.
There's one in CopyTech in the student center, open during business hours.
There's one in the library that will e-mail you the file, open during business hours.
There are two in the Simmons cluster, if you can plug them into a computer.