HKS Library

HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL LIBRARY

LIBRARY ACCESS 

Harvard Kennedy School Library – A special borrowers cards is available to HKS alumni for use only in the Kennedy School library. Fill out an application form at the circulation desk. Allow an hour for processing of the application.

Harvard College Libraries – Alumni may purchase a Special Borrowers Card. The card is valid for three months, six months, or one year, depending on the cost, and may be used for borrowing, stacks browsing, and reading room privileges in any of ten Harvard libraries, including Widener Library. Card holders also have stacks browsing and reading room privileges only in Lamont Library and reading room privileges only (with two photo i.d.’s) in Houghton Library. A list of libraries available through the card can be found at http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/borrowing/card_special_borrowers.html#privileges

To request a card, go in person to the Privileges Desk on the first floor of Widener. More details are available on the Widener web site: http://hcl.harvard.edu/widener/about/borrowing.html


ELECTRONIC RESOURCES 

The Harvard libraries' electronic resources such as LexisNexis and Academic Search Premier can be accessed without a Harvard ID or PIN from the public computers in all the Harvard libraries. However, Harvard’s contracts with vendors restrict remote access only to people with valid ID's and PIN's. The HOLLIS catalog can be searched freely from anywhere in the world. But some features of the online Hollis catalog may be accessed only by obtaining a temporary University PIN, available only to holders of a Special Borrowers Card.


PROQUEST 
Access to an archive of 2,000 periodicals. This special ProQuest Database package is offered by the Harvard Kennedy School Library to HKS alumni. The Archive can be searched and abstracts displayed free of charge. Access to full-text articles is available with a $99 per year subscription.

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