Update:

August 3,2020: Library locations will reopen to Harvard students, faculty, and staff for the fall semester. See the full reopening schedule.

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Using the library remotely

Get started using the library online with these guides

How To

Borrow Materials and Use Our Services During COVID-19

Our physical spaces may be closed, but we’ve restarted many of our services. Find out how you can use Harvard Library today.
How To

Use Harvard Library as an Alum

Access a growing number of electronic resources available to alumni and find out how to visit libraries.
How To

Learn Remotely for Harvard Students

Participating in a Harvard class remotely? Harvard Library can help.
How To

Use Harvard Library's Special Collections and Archives

Open to all, these unique materials can take you to places you never expected.

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Use our services and tools to enrich your research and work

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New York Times

Claim your free New York Times digital account and search their archives.
Service

Book Mailing Service

A pilot service to mail you books when you're away from campus.
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Lean Library

Use this browser extension to seamlessly access Harvard Library subscriptions from anywhere on the web.
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FALL REOPENING UPDATES
We will reopen our physical spaces and resume all in-person services for Harvard students, faculty, and staff for the start of the fall semester. Masks required.
See the full schedule

Explore our collections

Discover the unique holdings of our Library. 

Collection

Ming-Qing Women's Writings

A valuable resource for scholars studying women's roles in China from the 14th through the 20th centuries.
Digital Collection

American Currency

Baker Library’s collection of over 700 pieces of paper money ranging in date from 1709 to 1878. This collection illustrates the history of American finance and commerce from Colonial times through the Civil War.
Collection

Paul Robeson's Othello

Records from the first major U.S. production with a multi-racial cast
Collection

Black Empowerment and Unitarian Universalism

Explore digitized material related to the Empowerment Controversy in the Unitarian Universalist Association during the 1960s and 1970s.
Collection

Stephen Blum Collection of Music from Iranian Khorāsān

Field recordings, many digital, with an emphasis on sung poetry in Persian (Farsi), Khorasani Turkish (Torki), and Kurmanji Kurdish.
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What's Happening

Virtual Exhibits

Virtual: Inside Widener Library

Harvard's famous Widener Library
Through Thursday, Jun 2, 2022

Virtual: Decades of Resistance—Political Movements and Protest Pins since 1960

HKS Political Buttons Collection
Through Saturday, Oct 15, 2022

Virtual: The Story of Prester John

How Europeans made sense of the world prior to colonial expansion
Through Saturday, Jun 25, 2022

Recent News

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Harvard Library Spaces to Reopen for Fall Semester

Library spaces will reopen to Harvard students, faculty, and staff by September 6, with plans to reopen to special borrowers on October 4.

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23 Books to Read This Summer

Library staff share their favorite summer reads — including immersive novels, translated memoirs, history deep-dives, and even children's books.

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Confronting Anti-Black Racism

A new Harvard Library project highlights content in our collections and scholarship across Harvard on topics relating to anti-Black racism and activities in our libraries.

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