Tracking Stuff Down: Essential Services
Know what we can get for you
We'll make a PDF of any journal article that's not available online or up to two chapters from any book in print. Turnaround time is 4 days (and often less).
With HOLLIS Special Request, you may click "Request to Copy or Visit" under Access Options in HOLLIS.
If our copy is unavailable, we'll get one for you from one of our partner libraries, within 4 business days.
If Borrow Direct doesn't turn it up, we can cast a wider net to get you what you need.
If there is no holding library and the item is a candidate for Harvard Library's collection, you may suggest that we acquire it—whether a book, film, journal, database, etc. Specify the desired format.
- Want to learn more? Check out the Find Your Materials Module of Unabridged On Demand.
Find Full Text
Tools and Tricks
- Install the Lean Library browser extension
- Create a Harvard Library Bookmark (an alternative to Lean Library)
- Change your Google Scholar settings
Not sure if we've actually got it?
Ask us--we can usually find the needle in an information haystack!
Keeping Track of What You Find
This is a free, open-source citation management tool. Zotero make the process of collecting and organizing citations, incorporating them into your paper, and creating a bibliography or works cited page almost entirely stress-free!
It's worth the small investment of time to learn Zotero. A good guide, produced by Harvard librarians, is available here: http://guides.library.harvard.edu/zotero.
