Research Guides

Research Sites

Titles with a globe icon are interdisciplinary sites that bring together information from a wide range of sources. Current sites include classics and medieval studies, film studies, folklore and mythology, Germanic studies, photographic studies, Renaissance studies, Romance languages and literatures, Science Libraries.

Faculty interested in having a research site created for their subject area should visit Programs and Services for Instructors.

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Guides for First-Time Library Users
Learn the system, hone your research skills
Subject Guides
For research in a specific area of study
- African-American Studies: Newspaper Research
- African Video Collections
- Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on Africa
- Science Libraries @ Harvard
- Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on Archaeology
- Getting Started in Astronomy Research
- Beyond the Basics in Astrobiology Research
- Science Libraries @ Harvard
- Beyond the Basics in USGS Resources
- Cartography and GIS Links
- Celtic Languages and Literatures: Library Resources for Students, Faculty, and Researchers
- Getting Started in Chemistry Research
- Beyond the Basics in Chemistry Research: Tools for Keeping Up With the Literature
- Beyond the Basics in Chemical Data Research
- Science Libraries @ Harvard
- Inter Libros: Research Guide for Classics & Medieval Studies
- Medieval Studies in Microform to 1500
- Comparative Literature: Library and Internet Research Guide
- Getting Started in Computer Science Research
- Getting Started in Geology Research
- Beyond the Basics in USGS Resources
- Beyond the Basics in Water Resources Research
- Science Libraries @ Harvard
- Getting Started in Economics Research
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Documents
- English and American Literature and Language: Resources for Graduate Students
- English Junior Tutorial and Senior Thesis Library Research Guide
- Getting Started in Environmental Research
- Beyond the Basics in USGS Materials
- Beyond the Basics in Water Resources
- Science Libraries @ Harvard
- Reel Research: Research Guide for Film Studies
- Traditions: Research Guide for Folklore and Folkloristics
- Germanic Research Web: Research Guide for Germanic Studies
- History and Literature: A Guide to Research Resources
- Beyond the Basics in USGS Resources
- Getting Started in Math and Statistics Research
- Science Libraries @ Harvard
- Reference Tools in Islamic Art and Architecture
- Research in Middle Eastern Studies
- Library Research Guide for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- Library Research Guide for Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Students
- Beyond the Basics in Science and Ethics Research
- Philosophy Resources at Harvard
- Getting Started in Physics Research
- Science Libraries @ Harvard
- Rinascimento: Research Guide for Renaissance Studies
- Slavic and Eurasian Studies: A Research Guide
- Slavic and Eurasian Studies: A Research Guide
- Getting Started in Mind/Brain/Behavior Research
- Sociology: An Introduction to Library Resources
- Getting Started in Math and Statistics Research
- Beyond the Basics in Women in Science Research
- Researching Women, Gender and Sexuality
- Slavic and Eurasian Studies: A Research Guide
- See Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
- Getting Started in Zoology Research
Course Guides
Guides tailored for specific Harvard courses
(Course Guide Archive)
- Library Research Guide for African American Studies 301
- Professor Greene's Historical Studies A-34: Medicine and Society in America
- Professor Helen Hardacre's Japanese History
  115 : Religion and Society in Edo and Meiji Japan
- Research Guide for Graduate Students in East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Felicity Lufkin's Folklore and Mythology 170: Folk Art in the Modern World
- Professor Michael Szonyi's Historical Study A-89 Course: The Chinese Overseas
- Library Guide for History & Literature 90x
- HAA 270m: The Ethnographic Imagination
- Research Guide for Professor Stephen Greenblatt's and Professor Louis Menand's Humanities 10 Colloquium
- Research Guide for Harvard College Student Advocates for Human Rights
- Research Guide for the Center for Jewish Studies' Visiting Scholars and Fellows
- A Research Guide for Linguistics 99 Students
- Literature: Library and Internet Research Guide
- Literature 163: Jewish Languages and Literature
- Music 97c: Music History and Repertory: Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Fall 2009)
- Music 97a: Music History and Repertory: Medieval to Baroque
- Music 201b: Current Methods in Ethnomusicology (Fall 2009)
- Music 208r: Ethnomusicology: Musical Communities (Fall 2009)
- Music 190r: Music in Islamic Contexts (Fall 2009)
- Dr. Emily Jane O'Dell's Ancient Near East 110 Seminar: Imag(in)ing Ancient Egypt in the Past, Present, and Future: Ancient Egypt in the Popular Literary, Cinematic, and Theatrical Imagination
- Research Guide for Summer 2009 PITF Orientation
- Library Research Guide for Radcliffe Fellows 2009-2010
- Library Research Guide for the Regional Studies - East Asia Workshop
- Jonathan Schofer's Religion 1035 (Divinity School Religion 3729): Introduction to Comparative Religious Ethics: Character and a Good Life
- Library Course Guide for Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian Studies (REECA) Graduate Students and Visiting Researchers
- Library Course Guide for Slavic 98: Tutorial Junior Year
- Library Course Guide for Nicole D. Newendorp's Social Studies 98gf: Modernity and Social Change in East Asia
- Library Research Guide for Sociology Graduate Students
- Library Resources for Sociology 99s: Senior Thesis Writers Seminar
- Library Guide for the 2009 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
- Professor Lekus's Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1177. AIDS: Politics, Culture, and Science
- WGS 1241: Race-Gendered Adolescence
Guides for Using Online Research Tools
Navigating the HOLLIS catalog, using RefWorks, etc.
- Using RefWorks, EndNote, and Other Citation Tools
- Searching the HOLLIS (Harvard Online Library Information System) Classic Catalog
- Searching the Citation Indexes (Web of Science) - includes Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index
- Guide to World Biographical Information System
- A Scholarly Guide to Google
- Truncation Symbols in Major E-Resources
Guides for Identifying Sources
of Information
Help locating periodicals, government documents,
numeric data, etc.
- Digital Resources Guide for Japanese Studies
- Finding Book Reviews
- Finding Dissertations and Theses
- Finding Songs in Collections
- Finding Concert Reviews
- Digital Resources Guide for Japanese Studies
- Guide to Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes
- Widener Collection of Newspapers on Microfilm
- Public Opinion Data Resources
Guides for Instructors
Integrating library resources into course material

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Research Guides

African and African-American Studies

Anthropology & Archaeology

Astronomy

Biological Sciences

Cartography/GIS

Celtic Languages and Literatures

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Classics

Comparative Literature

Computer Science

Data (U.S. and International)

Earth and Planetary Sciences

East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Economics

Engineering Sciences

English and American Literature and Language

Environmental Studies

Film Studies

Folklore

Geology

Germanic Languages and Literatures

Government

History

History and Literature

History of Art and Architecture

History of Science

Literature

Maps

Mathematics

Medical Sciences

Medieval Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

Music

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Philosophy

Physics

Psychology

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

Romance Languages and Literatures

Russian and Eastern Europe, Central Asia

Science

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Sociology

Statistics

Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Ukrainian Studies

Women's Studies

Zoology

African American Studies

Core

East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Expository Writing

Folklore and Mythology

Freshman Seminars

General Education

Government

Historical Study

History

History and Literature

History of Art and Architecture

History of Science

Humanities

Human Rights

Jewish Studies

Linguistics

Literature

Music

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

PITFs

Radcliffe Fellows

Regional Studies: East Asia

Religion

Romance Languages and Literatures

Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Social Studies

Sociology