Library Guide for Harvard Extension School

• Ask a Librarian offers an online chat service, email help, research appointments, and FAQs.
  • To meet in Zoom, use the Ask a Librarian page's Request a Research Appointment form to schedule an appointment.
• Email Mary Frances Angelini, Librarian for the Extension School angelini@fas.harvard.edu or Jonathan Paulo, Online Learning and Reference Librarian jonathan_paulo@harvard.edu for research help.

• HOLLIS searches Harvard Library collection and a huge index of subscription content. 
• The HOLLIS page of this guide offers help searching in HOLLIS.
• Research Guides help recommend the best resources for research in specific subject areas. Best used by browsing the guides by Subject. 
  • Here are some research guides for HES Proseminars:
    • Anthropology and Psychology
    • Dramatic Arts, English, and Religion
    • Government, History, and International Relations
    • Museum Studies
    • Sustainability and Global Development
  • Browse all HES Research Guides
• Databases page allows you to search for specific databases, or browse the best databases in specific subject areas.

Upcoming live webinars:

• Wednesday, September 24th, 2025, 12pm ET: Harvard Library Research Guides and Databases

Harvard Library recorded webinars:

• Introduction to HOLLIS and Harvard Library

The following recorded webinars might also be helpful:

• Using Sources and Learning about Academic Integrity 
• Making Your Sources Work For You
• Zotero: Introduction to a Free Citation Management Tool

• The Harvard Extension Writing Center offers online and in-person meetings with writing tutors. Visit their website to schedule an appointment. You will also find links to additional writing resources. 
• Our Citation Tools FAQ provides help with organizing your sources and producing bibliographies. Our Zotero Guide offers detailed help with installing and using Zotero, which is one of the best tools for organizing your research and formatting citations. The guide also lists upcoming Zotero workshops. 
• The Making Your Sources Work For You video is a recorded CARC webinar that will help you use sources to strengthen your papers and essays. 
• HarvardWrites is a resource covering the elements of academic writing. 
• Finding Your Voice: Understanding academic integrity and graduate writing at Harvard, Harvard Library tutorial.
• Using Sources Effectively and Responsibly, from the Extension School, provides a variety of helpful resources.
• Interrogating Texts is a helpful library guide offering six reading habits to develop.

• You can connect Google Scholar to Harvard Library access:
  • Follow the instructions on this page to configure your Google Scholar settings. 
• Other good ways to identify full-text content when searching the web outside of Harvard Library databases include: 
  • Install the Harvard Library Bookmark.
  • Search for a journal title using our Journal Search.
• Our Virtual Media Lab is a central hub for students and faculty to avail themselves of the full range of media support and resources, including video tutorials, workshops, and consultations. 
• We offer Visualization Support, for incorporating visualization techniques into coursework, research, or teaching. In addition to scheduling consultations, there are also workshops on topics like creating effective data visualizations and using Tableau software. 
• The Library Support for Qualitative Research guide helps with methodology, data management, NVivo, and more, including a list of upcoming workshops. 
• The Beginner's Guide to Locating and Using Numeric Data provides support with finding and using data and statistics. 
• The Research Data Management Program offers services and resources that span the research data lifecycle.