| Alternate Names: |
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| Gray Herbarium Library |
| Economic Botany Library of Oakes Ames |
| Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany |
| Oakes Ames Orchid Library |
| Ames Orchid Library |
| Ames Library of Economic Botany |
| Botany Arnold (Cambr.) |
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| Phone Numbers: |
| 495-2366 (Main) |
| 495-2369 (Farlow) |
| 495-8654 (FAX) |
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| Email Addresses: |
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| Address: | 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| Access Information: | Reading rooms open to scholars Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm;stacks closed. |
| Circulation Policy: | Non-circulating collections. |
| Holdings Description: | Summary description of collection: Arnold(Main)/Gray - systematic botany; Farlow - cryptogamic botany; Orchid - orchids; Economic Botany - use of plants.
MATERIALS NOT HELD:Popular works, horticulture, agronomy, medical mycology.
Size of collection: 275,000 (all collections)
Expanded description of collection: Arnold(Main)/Gray: contains works on floras of
the Old and New Worlds; woody plants; poisonous plants;
and archives of the Gray Herbarium.
Economic Botany: holds works on human uses of
plants, especially for food, drugs, fuels; history of plant
use; some agricultural; and ethnobotany.
Farlow: holds works on fungi, algae, mosses, and
lichens (lower plants/cryptogamic botany).
Orchid: holds orchids, and orchidology.
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| Services: | Internal ILL Policy:
HARVARD: The Botany Libraries does not circulate books. Photocopies are provided free of charge to Harvard Libraries. ALA forms, E-Mail, and FAX requests are accepted.
External ILL Policy:
NON-HARVARD: The Botany Libraries provide photocopies. The charge is {dollar}15 plus {dollar}.10 per page over 20 pages.
ILL Borrowing Policy:
BORROWING: The Botany Libraries will borrow materials for members of the department.
Equipment and facilities available:
Microfiche reader
Microfilm reader
Photocopier (cash or card operated)
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| Resources for Persons with Disabilities: | Main reading room at 22 Divinity Ave. is wheelchair accessible; all items are paged and brought to users in the reading room. |
| Link to Staff Directory: | http://brimsa.huh.harvard.edu/huh-people/index.html |
| Link to map: | http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/maps/3.html |
| Faculty (School) Affiliation: | Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology; Affiliated Institutions; Arnold Arboretum |
