Faculty Guide

Course Reserves: We work with faculty and instructors to help provide students with access to course-related library resources—books, articles, streaming media, and more. 

• You can activate the Course Reserves service via Canvas ("Library Reserves" link) or HOLLIS ("Send to > RESERVES LIST" feature). 
• Reserves staff provide accessible PDFs of chapters and articles.
• If the library does not already own the material you wish to place on reserve, we'll do our best to procure it.
• PRO TIP:  Add items directly from HOLLIS.
  • Your reserves list must be activated (do this in Canvas).
  • For an individual book chapter, make sure to select a HOLLIS record for the chapter, not the whole book.

Streaming Video: Consult this guide to find or request that the library purchase films for your course.

Using Published Video in Online Courses: A guide for faculty who would like to use other people's videos in their online courses.

• In cases where a film is only available as a physical copy and is not available for streaming, the library has staffing and equipment to accommodate student viewings for assignments or assist faculty screening films in the classroom.

Fine Arts Library Digitization for Teaching: Get slides digitized; request books, photographs, slides or transparencies.

Copyright First Responders: Get answers to your questions about copyright law and policy.

Library Liaisons: Want your students to explore primary sources? Build a literature review? Create a podcast? Visualize data? The librarian for your subject area or program is here to support your course.

Teach with Harvard Library: Librarians are available in person and on Canvas and ZOOM. We'll gladly tailor library and archival research classes to suit your needs. We can also help locate course materials and consult with you on instructional projects. Send your students to us for guidance and support with their research.

• Plan Your Course With Harvard Library: Collaborate with us for compelling research assignments, engaging class activities, and accessible course materials.
• Canvas Course Librarian: The Course Librarian role enables a subject specialist from the library to be embedded directly in your course's Canvas page, making them more accessible to your students and allowing them to contribute timely research support for your class.

Research Guides: Do your students need help identifying scholarly sources? Librarians will create custom Research Guides for your classes. 

Research Consultations: We invite you and your students to schedule Research Consultations for personalized guidance from a library specialist online or in-person. No question is too small.

Ask a Librarian: Our staff of librarians, archivists, and subject matter experts are ready to answer questions for you and your students via chat and email.

Teach with Special Collections: Discover, engage, and collaborate with us to help students use primary sources and understand material culture.

Teach with Houghton Library: As Harvard’s archive of rare books, manuscripts, and the literary and performing arts, Houghton offers many opportunities for teaching with primary sources and unique texts.

Harvard Map Collection: Find the spatial within your subject and work with us to incorporate spatial reasoning into your teaching or course assignments.

CURIOSity: Partner with a librarian to highlight hidden collections, unite dispersed collections, and create new relationships among content.

Teaching and Learning with 3D Content: Work with us to arrange immersive experiences with primary sources that help bring your course material to life. Objects can range from very small to entire buildings.

Get Started Using the Libraries: Tips on how to get started with library spaces, materials, and online resources.

How To Do Research In ... : Quick advice for discipline-specific research.

Streaming Video @ Harvard: A guide to finding documentaries, feature films, theater productions, opera, video art, and more

Tech loan: Access to laptops, chargers, 360 degree cameras, VR equipment and more.

Large-Format Printing: Whether for a poster or another project, the Lamont Multimedia Lab's large-format printer can print up to 35.5 inches wide and 100 feet long.

Library Services & Tools: Search Harvard Library's services and tools to enrich your research and save yourself time (includes free digital access to newspapers including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal).