Welcome!
Welcome to Harvard's Libraries. Our extensive collections, print and electronic, await you. This research guide is a starting point for your exploration.
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Quick Links: Research Tools
Enhance your research with a few key tools.
- Citation LinkerBookmark this tool to ascertain whether a journal or journal article is available electronically (or if not, in print)--or use it with LibXtoolbar.
- Citation Tools at HarvardTo learn about citation managers such as Ref Works, EndNote and Zotero to organize your research.
- Google Scholar--set your preferencesA web form to set preferences for search language and links to Harvard Library holdings. Very useful!
Quick Links: Library Services
- Libraries Open Right Now
Provides a real-time overview for the Harvard College Library. - Borrowing Privileges
Learn about loan periods, fines, recalling, renewing books, and more... - Purchase Request Form
Request that the Library acquire a resource not currently held. - Interlibrary Loan
Request to borrow materials that are not at Harvard - Scan & Deliver
A free, electronic document delivery service to request articles and book chapters.
Library Catalogs at Harvard and Beyond
- HOLLIS Catalog - LMS03Harvard's catalog for "exact word" phrase searching and for browsing.
- OASISHarvard's catalog for archival collections finding aids (not comprehensive).
- Visual Information Access (VIA)A union catalog of visual resources at Harvard and Radcliffe: information about slides, photographs, objects and artifacts in Harvard libraries and museum collections.
- WorldCat (FirstSearch)WorldCat is an international union catalog (or meta-catalog). WorldCat conveniently permits to search the catalogs of all major North American libraries and increasingly international libraries, but it is not always up to date or complete.
- Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (KVK)Simultaneously searches major libraries worldwide, including WorldCat.
- EuropeanaMulti-lingual online collection of millions of digitized items from European museums, libraries, archives and multi-media collections.
Quick Links: E-Resources and Guides
- Finding E-resources at HarvardTo search Harvard's licensed databases, full-text resource resources and journal indexes.
- Research GuidesGuides created by Harvard Librarians, continuously updated.