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Architecture and Design
Provided by Loeb Design Library, Graduate School of Design.
Research assistance, subject guides, and useful resources compiled by Harvard Design School research experts.
Arts and Humanities
Provided by Harvard College Library, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Created by Harvard librarians in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, these research guides will help you to find library materials, search collections, cite sources and more
Business and Management
Provided by Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
Research Guides
Recommended resources based on broad business subjects including Hedge Funds, Emerging Markets and Social Enterprise.
Fast Answers
Addresses commonly asked questions about business research and Baker Library’s services and resources.
Education and Psychology
Provided by Gutman Library, Graduate School of Education.
These guides to education and educational psychology are designed to support the course work, research, and teaching of the students and faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
This tutorial, “APA Exposed,” reviews the basics of the APA 6th citation style.
This tutorial, “Principles of Paraphrasing,” reviews the rules for summarizing, quoting, and paraphrasing texts to help writers using the APA 6th citation style avoid inadvertent plagiarism.
Harvard History
Provided by the Harvard University Archives.
Research guides from the Harvard University Archives provide topical access to online and original resources pertaining to the history of the University.
Other resources for Harvard history can be found at the Baker Library Historical Collections, Center for the History of Medicine at Countway Library, the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, and other special collections at Harvard.
Law & Legal Research
Provided by Harvard Law School Library, Harvard Law School.
Get research assistance, explore our subject guides and find other useful resources compiled by Harvard Law School's research experts.
Explore our research guides and discover other useful resources compiled by Harvard Law School’s legal research experts.
Medicine
Provided by Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
Get research assistance, explore our subject guides and find other useful resources compiled by Countway Library's research experts.
Study Guides and Educational Tools.
Public Policy & Administration
Provided by the Library & Knowledge Services, Kennedy School of Government.
Use the Harvard Kennedy School Library research guides to learn about recommended resources for research in Public Policy, Public Administration and International Development.
Religion and Theology
Provided by Andover Harvard Library, Harvard Divinity School.
Selected general research guides; text and video guides for using the ATLA Religion Database; biblical studies and religious history research guides
Social Sciences
Provided by Harvard College Library, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Created by Harvard librarians in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, these research guides will help you to find library materials, search collections, cite sources and more
Sciences
Provided by Harvard College Library, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Created by Harvard librarians in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, these research guides will help you to find library materials, search collections, cite sources and more
Women’s History
Provided by Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute.
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