Library Guide for Harvard Extension School

Welcome to Harvard Library! This guide will help support your use of library resources and services. Please review the Library Access, Research Help, HOLLIS, Library Reserves, Theses, Other Libraries, and One-Minute Videos pages for helpful recommendations, links, and support. 

And please consider responding to the following two short questions on our HES Library Guide Survey, to help us improve this guide to better meet your needs. Thanks!

COVID-19 Update for Fall 2023:

• Please refer to Harvard Extension School's Libraries page for detailed information about on-campus resources for degree candidates with Harvard IDs and for on-campus resources for non-degree, registered students seeking class participant library cards. 
• To obtain or use your Harvard ID card, or class participant card, to access Harvard libraries, you must first comply with Harvard University's COVID-19 immunization policy. Visit the COVID-19 Updates page for details. 

• Unabridged On Demand contains online modules adapted from the in-person workshop for Harvard graduate students, and is now available to all. These self-paced modules offer tips and tools for all stages of your research, including getting started with a research project, presenting and publishing, best practices for research methods, and searching for archives and primary sources. 
• Discover Harvard Library access to popular newspapers and magazines, like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more. 
• The Harvard Library Calendar contains information about upcoming events, like HOLLIS workshops for students, or Course Materials Through the Library workshops for faculty.
• Attend a one-time Zotero workshop to learn more about organizing your research and formatting citations. View upcoming Zotero classes (in-person and online). 
• View our One-Minute Videos for quick research help on specific tasks.

• The Get Research Help webpage offers various resources, including finding subject specialists, which is a good idea for degree-candidates working towards a thesis. 
• The Ask a Librarian webpage offers an online chat service, an email form if you are unsure about who to ask for subject-expertise help, and a form to request a research appointment.
• Email Mary Frances Angelini, Research Librarian for the Extension School angelini@fas.harvard.edu, or Jonathan Paulo, Research Librarian for the Extension School jonathan_paulo@harvard.edu.