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Guides for First-Time
Library Users

• Evaluating Web Sites
• Interrogating Texts: 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard
• Popular Magazines and Scholarly Journals: Characteristics and Differences
• Threading the Maze: A Guide to the Harvard Libraries
• Translation: A Guide to Harvard Libraries in Plain English
• Guide to Graduate Student Resources
• Guide for Transfer, Visiting and Exchange Students

Subject Guides

African and African-American Studies

• African-American Studies: Newspaper Research
• African Video Collections
• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on Africa

Anthropology & Archaeology

• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on Archaeology
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

Astronomy

• Getting Started in Astronomy Research
• Beyond the Basics in Astrobiology Research
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

Biological Sciences

• Getting Started in Biology Research
• Getting Started in Zoology Research
• Beyond the Basics in Astrobiology Research
• Beyond the Basics in Food & Nutrition Research
• Beyond the Basics in Botany Research
• Beyond the Basics in Biomedical Engineering
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

Cartography/GIS

• Beyond the Basics in USGS Resources
• Cartography and GIS Links

Celtic Languages and Literatures

• Celtic Languages and Literatures: Library Resources for Students, Faculty, and Researchers

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

• 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

Classics

• Inter Libros: Research Guide for Classics & Medieval Studies
• Medieval Studies in Microform to 1500

Comparative Literature

• Comparative Literature: Library and Internet Research Guide

Computer Science

• Getting Started in Computer Science Research

Data (U.S. and International)

• Beginner's Guide to Locating and Using Numeric Data
• Education Data Resources
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Documents
• Foreign Direct Investment Data Resources
• Getting Started in Economics Research
• Great Britain: Guide to the Documents
• Health Data Resources: International
• Health Data Resources: United States
• Inter-governmental Data Resources
• Introduction to Data Resources for Japan
• League of Nations Documents
• Public Opinion Data Resources
• Trade Data Resources
• UNESCO Documents
• United States Census Data Resources
• United Nations Documents

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Getting Started in Geology Research
• Beyond the Basics in USGS Resources
• Beyond the Basics in Water Resources Research
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

East Asian Languages and Civilizations

• East Asian Studies Research Guide
• Digital Resources for Chinese Studies
• Digital Resources for Japanese Studies
• Digital Resources for Korean Studies
• Finding Images of East Asia at Harvard and Beyond
• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on South and Southeast Asia
• Introduction to Data Resources for Japan
• Library Research Guide for Graduate Students in East Asian Languages and Civilizations
  

Economics

• Getting Started in Economics Research
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Documents

Engineering Sciences

• Getting Started in Engineering and Technology Research
• Beyond the Basics in Biomedical Engineering Research
• Beyond the Basics in Electrical Engineering Research
• Science Libraries @ Harvard
  

English and American Literature and Language

• English and American Literature: Resources for Graduate Students
• English Junior Tutorial and Senior Thesis Library Research Guide

Environmental Studies

• Getting Started in Environmental Research
• Beyond the Basics in USGS Materials
• Beyond the Basics in Water Resources
• Science Libraries @ Harvard
  

Film Studies

• Reel Research: Research Guide for Film Studies

Folklore

• Traditions: Research Guide for Folklore and Folkloristics

Geology

• Getting Started in Geology Research
• Beyond the Basics in USGS Resources
• Beyond the Basics in Water Resources
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

Germanic Languages and Literatures

• Germanic Research Web: Research Guide for Germanic Studies 

Government

• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Documents
• Great Britain: Guide to the Documents
• League of Nations Documents
• UNESCO Documents
• United Nations Documents
• U.S. Congressional Publications
• U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports (FBIS)
• U.S. Presidential Documents

History

• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on History
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Documents
• Great Britain: Guide to the Documents
• League of Nations Documents
• UNESCO Documents
• United Nations Documents
• U.S. Congressional Publications
• U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports (FBIS)
• U.S. Presidential Documents

History and Literature

• History and Literature: A Guide to Research Resources

History of Art and Architecture

• Finding Images of East Asia at Harvard and Beyond
• Guide to Research in History of Art & Architecture
• Online Resources for Medieval Art and Architecture
• Photographica: Research Guide for Photographic Studies
• Reference Tools in Islamic Art and Architecture

History of Science

• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
• Getting Started in History of Science Research
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

Literature

• Literature: Library and Internet Resource Guide
• Latin American Literature: A Guide for the General Examinations
• Spanish Literature: A Guide for the General Examinations

Maps

• Beyond the Basics in USGS Resources

Mathematics

• Getting Started in Math and Statistics Research
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

Medical Sciences

• Beyond the Basics in Biomedical Engineering
• Beyond the Basics in Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• Beyond the Basics in Food & Nutrition Research
• Getting Started in Health and Medicine Research
• Getting Started in Mind/Brain/Behavior Research
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

Medieval Studies

• Inter Libros: Research Guide for Classics & Medieval Studies
• Medieval Studies in Microform to 1500
• Rinascimento: Research Guide for Renaissance Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

• Reference Tools in Islamic Art and Architecture
• Research in Middle Eastern Studies
• Library Research Guide for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Music

• Finding Concert Reviews
• Online Resources for Music Scholars

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

• Library Research Guide for Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Students
  

Philosophy

• Beyond the Basics in Science and Ethics Research
• Philosophy Resources at Harvard

Physics

• Getting Started in Physics Research
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

Psychology

• Getting Started in Psychology Research
• Getting Started in Health and Medicine Research
• Getting Started in Mind/Brain/Behavior Research
• Science Libraries @ Harvard

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

• Rinascimento: Research Guide for Renaissance Studies  

Romance Languages and Literatures

• Latin American Literature: A Guide for the General Examinations
• Spanish Literature: A Guide for the General Examinations
• Spanish and Latin American Literature: A Library and Internet Research Guide for Junior Essay and Senior Thesis Writers
• French and Francophone Literature: A Library and Internet Research Guide for Junior Essay and Senior Thesis Writers
• French and Francophone Literature: Library and Internet Research Guide
• Italian Literature: A Library and Internet Research Guide for Junior Essay and Senior Thesis Writers
• Portuguese and Brazilian Literature: A Library and Internet Research Guide for Junior Essay and Senior Thesis Writers
• Romance Languages: Second Language Teaching and Learning
• RLL-Research: Research Guide for Romance Studies

Russian and Eastern Europe, Central Asia

• Slavic and Eurasian Studies: A Research Guide
  

Science

• Beyond the Basics in Women in Science Research
• Beyond the Basics in Science and Ethics Research
• Science Libraries at Harvard
• Scientific Foreign Language Dictionaries

Slavic Languages and Literatures

• Slavic and Eurasian Studies: A Research Guide

Sociology

• Getting Started in Mind/Brain/Behavior Research
• Sociology: An Introduction to Library Resources

Statistics

• Getting Started in Math and Statistics Research

Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

• Beyond the Basics in Women in Science Research
• Researching Women, Gender and Sexuality

Ukrainian Studies

• Slavic and Eurasian Studies: A Research Guide

Women's Studies

See Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Zoology

• Getting Started in Zoology Research

Course Guides

African American Studies

• African and African American Studies 182: R&B, Soul, and Funk

Celtic Languages and Literatures

• Celt S-110: Introduction to Irish Myth and Folklore

Core

• Alex Krieger's Literature and Arts B-20: Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form
• Professor Greene's Historical Studies A-34: Medicine and Society in America
• Bernard Septimus' History 1080: The Jews in Muslim and Christian Spain
• John Huehnergard's Social Analysis 74: Visible Language: Writing Systems, Scripts, and Literacy
• Professor Ian J. Miller's Historical Study B-67: Japan's Modern Revolution
• Professor Hue-Tam Ho Tai's Core Course: Foreign Cultures 60 Individual, Community, and Nation in Vietnam
• Professor Michael Szonyi's Historical Study A-89 Course: The Chinese Overseas

Culture and Belief

• Jay M. Harris's Culture and Belief 13: The Contested Bible, The Sacred-Secular Dance
• Professor Shigehisa Kuriyama's Culture and Belief 11: Medicine and the Body in East Asia and in Europe

East Asian Languages and Civilizations

• Puzzle Guide for East Asian Studies 210: Asia in the Making of the Modern World, a Graduate Seminar in General Education
• Abé Mark Nornes' Japanese Literature 160: The Pacific War Through Film
• Research Guide for Graduate Students in East Asian Languages and Civilizations
• Melissa M. McCormick's Japanese Literature 133: Gender and Japanese Art
• Helen Hardacre's and Melissa M. McCormick's Japanese History 255: Topics in the Study of Shinto

English and American Literature and Language

• English 97: Sophomore Seminars
• Elizabeth D. Lyman's English 97 Seminar: Going to Extremes: Literature of Moderation and Excess

Expository Writing

• John McMillian's Expository Writing 20: American Slavery in History and Memory
• Owen Chen's Expository Writing 20: The Art of Representing the Other
• Professor Weitzel's Expository Writing 20/E-25: Travel and the Gods
• Lydia Fillingham's Expository Writing 20: Conformity and Rebellion, Fall 2008
• Rebecca Summerhays' Expository Writing 20: Art and the Emotional Bond
• Ken Urban's Expository Writing 20: Contemporary Theatre
• Threading the Maze: A Guide to the Harvard Libraries for Students
• Sarah Ferguson-Wagstaffe's Expository Writing 20: The Mystery of Identity
• John McMillian's Expository Writing 20: American Slavery in History and Memory
• Emily Shelton's Expository Writing 20: Tales of Murder

Folklore and Mythology

• Felicity Lufkin's Folklore and Mythology 170: Folk Art in the Modern World

Freshman Seminars

• Ofrit Liviatan's Freshman Seminar 42k: Comparative Law and Religion
• Mariano Siskind's Freshman Seminar 42q: Cosmopolitanism and Globalization: A Latin American Perspective
• Sally Allen Livingston's Freshman Seminar 37i: Love, Medieval Style
• Professor Maxine Isaacs' Freshman Seminar 41p: American Presidential Campaigns and Elections 1960-2008
• Wai-Yee Li's Freshman Seminar 35m: The Story of the Stone
• Ali S. Asani's Freshman Seminar 37y: Muslim Voices in Contemporary World Literatures
• Stephen Marks' Freshman Seminar 42v: Human Rights Between Rhetoric and Reality
• Theodore Macdonald's Freshman Seminar 41g: The Faces of Human Rights in Latin America: Anthropological Perspectives
• Judith Palfrey's Freshman Seminar 24n: Child Health in America
• Sindhumathi Revuluri's Freshman Seminar 33q: Global Pop Music
• John Huehnergard's Freshman Seminar 38g: Back to Life: Lost Languages and Decipherment
• Everett Mendelsohn's Freshman Seminar 43q: Historian and the Genes — From Mendel to Human Clones
• Professors Jacqueline Bhabha and Jennifer Leaning's Freshman Seminar 46p: Human Rights in Peace and War

General Education

• Professor Browne and Berry's Science of Living Systems 12: Understanding Darwinism
• Jay M. Harris's Culture and Belief 13: The Contested Bible, The Sacred-Secular Dance
• Professor Shigehisa Kuriyama's Culture and Belief 11: Medicine and the Body in East Asia and in Europe

Government

• Professor Emad Shahin's Government 1206 Course: Contemporary Political Islam
• Research Guide for Government 1273: The Political Economy of Japan

Historical Study

• Professor Michael Szonyi's Historical Study A-89 Course: The Chinese Overseas

History

• Puzzle Guide for History 2628: Asia in the Making of the Modern World, a Graduate Seminar in General Education
• Bernard Septimus' History 1080: The Jews in Muslim and Christian Spain
• Library Guide for History of American Civilization New Graduate Students
• Library Guide for Warren Center Fellows
• Library Research Guide History 2403: Harvard Collections in World History
• History Senior Thesis/Graduate Students

History of Art and Architecture

• HAA 270m: The Ethnographic Imagination

History of Science

• Library Research Guide: New History of Science Graduate Students

Humanities

• Research Guide for Professor Stephen Greenblatt's and Professor Louis Menand's Humanities 10 Colloquium

Human Rights

• Research Guide for Harvard College Student Advocates for Human Rights

Jewish Studies

• Research Guide for the Center for Jewish Studies' Visiting Scholars and Fellows

Linguistics

• A Research Guide for Linguistics 99 Students

Literature

• Literature: Library and Internet Research Guide
• Literature 163: Jewish Languages and Literature

Middle East Studies

• Guide for Center for Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Students

Music

• African and African American Studies 182: R&B, Soul, and Funk
• Music 97a: Music History and Repertory: Medieval to Baroque
• Music 201b: Current Methods in Ethnomusicology (Fall 2009)

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

• 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

PITFs

• Research Guide for Summer 2009 PITF Orientation

Radcliffe Fellows

• Research Guide for Radcliffe Fellows

Regional Studies

• East Asia Workshop

Religion

• Nicola Denzey's Religion 43: The Making of Christianity
• Laura Nasrallah's Religion 2348: Archaeology and the World of the New Testament
• Puzzle Guide for Religion 3015: Asia in the Making of the Modern World, a Graduate Seminar in General Education
• Jonathan Schofer's Religion 1035 (Divinity School Religion 3729): Introduction to Comparative Religious Ethics: Character and a Good Life

Romance Languages and Literatures

• French 102: Introduction to Medieval Literature and Old French
• French 139a: The 18th Century: Self and Society
• French 194: Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Postcolonial Francophone Literature: From North Africa to the Pacific
• French 231: India and the French Imaginary
• French 255: Metamorphoses of the Vampire
• History of Art and Architecture 270m: The Ethnographic Imagination
• French and Francophone Literature: A Library and Internet Research Guide for Junior Essay and Senior Thesis Writers
• Italian Literature: A Library and Internet Research Guide for Junior Essay and Senior Thesis Writers
• Portuguese and Brazilian Literature: A Library and Internet Research Guide for Junior Essay and Senior Thesis Writers
• Spanish and Latin American Literature: A Library and Internet Research Guide for Junior Essay and Senior Thesis Writers

Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies

• Library Course Guide for Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian Studies (REECA) Graduate Students and Visiting Researchers

Social Studies

• Library Guide for Nicole D. Newendorp's Social Studies 98gf: Modernity and Social Change in East Asia

Ukrainian Studies

• Library Guide for the 2009 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute

Women, Gender, and Sexuality

• 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

• 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 Saur World Biographical Information System
• A Scholarly Guide to Google
• Truncation Symbols in Major E-Resources

Guides for Identifying Sources of Information

Books

• Digital Resources Guide for Japanese Studies

Book Reviews

• Finding Book Reviews

Data (U.S. and International)

• Beginner's Guide to Locating and Using Data
• Education Data Resources
• Foreign Direct Investment Data Resources
• Getting Started in Economics Research
• Great Britain: Guide to the Documents
• Health Data Resources: International
• Health Data Resources: United States
• Inter-Governmental Data Resources
• Introduction to Data Resources for Japan
• League of Nations Documents
• Public Opinion Data Resources
• Trade Data Resources
• UNESCO Documents
• United States Census Data Resources
• United Nations Documents

Dissertations and Theses

• Finding Dissertations and Theses

Government Documents

• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Documents
• Great Britain: Guide to the Documents
• League of Nations Documents
• UNESCO Documents
• United Nations Documents
• U.S. Congressional Publications
• U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports (FBIS)
• U.S. Presidential Documents

Music

• Finding Songs in Collections

Music Reviews

• Finding Concert Reviews

Newspapers

• Digital Resources Guide for Japanese Studies
• Guide to Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes

Newspapers in Microform

• Widener Collection of Newspapers on Microfilm

Periodicals

• Digital Resources Guide for Japanese Studies
• Finding Articles in General and Popular Periodicals (North America and Western Europe)
• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on Africa
• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on Archaeology
• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on History
• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on South and Southeast Asia
• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
• Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on Latin America
• U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports (FBIS)

Public Opinion Polls

• Public Opinion Data Resources

Guides for Instructors

• Assembling Course Source Materials
• Evaluating Web Sites
• Linking to Harvard Library E-Resources
• Resources for Freshman Seminars