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Getting Started: Essential Library Accounts and Tools for Design Research

This guide offers a quick start guide to the Harvard libraries with information on setting up essential accounts and tools to streamline your work with resources.

Set up your BorrowDirect/Interlibrary Loan/Scan & Deliver account

Log in to ILLIAD and complete the one-time set-up of your account. Once completed, you can:

Request scans of articles and book chapters in Harvard libraries through links in the HOLLIS catalog using Scan & Deliver (limit of 2/day).
Request items not available at Harvard (both physical and scanned) through BorrowDirect or Interlibrary Loan, which share one request form
- You can browse the BorrowDirect catalog to see if a BorrowDirect institution has the item you're looking for

Create your HOLLIS Special Request account

Log in to HOLLIS Special Request. First time users will need to create an account. Once completed you can:

Request Special Collections items to view in specific library reading rooms.
request digital or print duplication of Harvard library materials.