Kennedy School Library Blog

Can you answer Yes to any of the following questions?

1) Do you have a paper, faculty/fellow research project, SYP, PAE, dissertation, or other publication deadline that is fast approaching?

2) Have you spent hours Googling web sites without finding any good publications or data for your paper?

3) Are you wondering if the research you found online is accurate and reliable?

4) Do you want to learn new strategies for being an efficient and effective researcher so that you focus on the writing  portion of your paper?

5) Are you having difficulty organizing and managing your citations?

6) Would you like to learn research strategies that will be beneficial for your career?

If you answered Yes to any of the previous questions, stop Googling immediately. Contact an HKS Librarian for a research consultation today! A HKS Librarian can recommend research strategies, demonstrate citation management tools and provide advice on the best sources of information  for your specific assignment.

Email a HKS Librarian at library_research@hks.harvard.edu to schedule an appointment. Or,  stop by the Circulation desk at the HKS Library from Monday-Friday 9-6PM and ask if a Research Librarian is available to meet with you.  By appointment, HKS Research Librarians can also meet with small groups of HKS students or staff.

Are you concerned about doing research without access to Harvard’s extensive subscription resources? If so, come to this library information session to learn about Academic Search Alumni Edition and the many useful resources that are freely available on the internet. Go here for dates and times.

Our Campaign Finance Research Guide has recently been expanded to include resources about outside spending on elections and lobbying. Now you can find information about the influence of money on politicians and policy all in one place in our research guide, Money & Politics.

We have now added Legal Resources to our collection of Research Guides.

The HKS Library has created a new research guide on the topic of  Women & Development: The Global Gender Gap. The guide contains links to databases, organizations, and research centers which contain publications about women and various development issues. There are also resources grouped by the subjects of health, education, crime, and poverty.

Please contact a research librarian for assistance in researching this topic and any others at Ask A Librarian.

We have now added Military Studies as a subject for our research guides. It is a great place to start if you are looking for information about military policy and analysis.

We have now added Food Policy as a subject for our research guides. It is a great place to start if you are looking for information about food security and aid.

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Find it @ Harvard Harvard provides access to an incredible array of information resources, but it can be difficult to know where to start, and to know which system searches what. Join us to learn about the various types of systems and sources you have access to as a member of the Harvard community. Bring your laptops.

Wed. Sept. 8, 11am-12pm
Tue. Sept. 14, 1pm-2pm
Wed. Sept. 15, 12pm-1pm

RefWorks Use Refworks to organize and insert citations into your papers. Learn how to save citations from the web, HOLLIS, and databases. Automatically generate bibliographies using any citation style (Chicago, APA, MLA, etc).

Wed. Sept. 8, 1pm-2pm

Developing Your Research Strategy Conduct your research in a more effective and efficient manner by improving upon and developing your research strategy. Learn how to state your research topic in a thorough and clear way, identify synonyms and subject areas, think through search limitations, and discover potential sources of information for your topic.

Tue. Sept. 14, 11am-12pm

Zotero Use Zotero to organize and insert citations into your papers. Learn how to save citations from the web, HOLLIS, and databases. Automatically generate bibliographies using any citation style (Chicago, APA, MLA, etc).

Thurs. Sept. 16, 11am-12pm

This new research guide contains links to mostly free resources on the subject of education including publications and statistics.

Join us in the library instruction room to learn about the various types of free information sources you can use to conduct research after graduating. Bring your laptops.

• Tuesday, May 18: 1-2pm
• Wednesday, May 19: 2-3pm
• Thursday, May 20: 1-2pm

Additional sessions will be posted shortly
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