One simple change can turn Google Scholar into what's effectively a Harvard database -- with links to the full-text of journal articles that the library can provide you, free of charge. Here's what to do:
The Lean Library browser plugin allows you to access our subscription materials without having to go through the library portal. If it finds online content via Harvard, it will alert you to that fact.
It's a great convenience but like most things, isn't infallible. Our holdings can be complex enough to confound this very good software on occasion. You can always double-check for online access by searching titles in HOLLIS.
See our How to Use Your HarvardKey to Get Online Articles for Free page for more tricks.
BrowZine is a reader app for desktops, tablets and smartphones that enables easy browsing and reading of online journals. It also enables you to build a bookshelf of your favorite journals (with alerts!) and open the articles you want to read through your library's subscription links.
Don't let the good links you're collecting go bad! Perma.cc is the answer to link rot. Check out the Perma.cc info page of our Citation & Research Management Tools guide for details.
Hutchins Fellows should request a Perma cc: account (which gives you additional privileges than the free default version by using the ask.library.harvard.edu form. Use the subject line ATTN: Ramona Islam or Emily Bell)
If you haven't already, take control of your author profile with an ORCID (Open Research and Contributor ID). Never be confused with another scholar; ensure that databases (and the scholars who consult them) can identify your body of work, and more.
Publishers and funding sources are increasingly requiring these IDs.
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