Library Hours
The SEC Library follows the Science & Engineering Complex (SEC) building hours, which are typically Monday to Friday, 7a.m. to 7p.m.
SEAS affiliates with key card access to the building are welcome to use the SEC Library after hours and on weekends.
Library Catalog - HOLLIS
HOLLIS is the Harvard Library’s catalog. Search HOLLIS for books, articles, media and more.
- HOLLIS User Guide
- Scan & Delivery - request copies of articles or book chapters
- How To Browse the Stacks When the Library is Closed
Not available at Harvard?
- Use Interlibrary Loan for items from libraries around the world
- Request a purchase - If there are materials you'd like to see added to the library's collections, submit a purchase request and we will look into acquiring it. We can purchase both physical and electronic copies of materials.
Ebooks Databases
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EBSCO eBook CollectionYou can use this site for full-text searching of the collection. Each individual ebook is also listed in the HOLLIS catalog.
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Lecture Notes in MathematicsThis series reports on new developments in all areas of mathematics and their applications - quickly, informally and at a high level.
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Project EuclidProject Euclid is a joint effort by Cornell University Library and Duke University Press; this not-for-profit online publishing service provides access to journals, monographs, and conference proceedings in the fields of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics.
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R2 Digital LibraryHealth Sciences focused, cross-referenced eBooks.
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) ebook collectionThe eBook Collection is fully searchable and indexed to chapter level, with all documents provided as pdfs.
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Very Short Introductions - Oxford University PressProvide concise introductions to a diverse range of subjects, written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable.
Audiobooks
Your local public library is the best place to find downloadable audio books. If you are a Massachusetts resident and don't already have a Boston Public Library card, you can register for one online.
Additional Resources
Book Recommendations
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Harvard Reads - Book recommendations from faculty and staff from the Harvard Gazette
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Harvard In Focus - Book Recommendations - Get reading this summer with classic must-reads, titles from faculty authors, and favorites from across the Harvard community.
- The New York Review of Books
Open Textbooks
- OpenStax College - Peer-reviewed. Openly licensed. 100% free.
- Open Textbook Library - Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality.
- BC OpenEd - A curated collection of open textbooks, many reviewed by British Columbia faculty.
- American Institute of Mathematics - A list of open textbooks in various subdisciplines of Mathematics approved by the AIM editorial board.
- OASIS - Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 97 different sources