Welcome

This guide is selective and intended as a point of departure for your research in History of Science 193: History and Technology of Food Production in Modern America. Additional materials are available for the history of science and for general history.

Please feel free to email me with questions. We can make an appointment for you to come in, and we can talk at length about your project. Fred Burchsted, (burchst@fas.harvard.edu) Research Librarian and Liaison to the Department of the History of Science, Widener Library.

Basic Information

Guide to Graduate Student Resources covers many of the basics, including use of the online catalog, HOLLIS, and the Harvard gateway to electronic resources, Harvard Libraries. To find research guides in Harvard Library: E-Resources: choose Subject + Resource Type: Research Guides. Guides are also available via the Harvard Libguides site which includes some guides not accessible through Harvard Libraries.

Get It offers links and instructions for Borrow Direct, Scan & Deliver, and Interlibrary Loan

Widener Library Tours are available.

Locations of Computers, Scanners, Copiers, etc. in HCL libraries

Finding Book Reviews

Finding Dissertations and Theses

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Fred Burchsted
Contact:
burchst@fas.harvard.edu