Harvard Kennedy School Library Blog

The HKS Library now provides access to the Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development. Access to this peer-reviewed journal is available from 2010 to the present.

From the Publisher: Humanity is a semiannual publication dedicated to publishing original research and reflection on human rights, humanitarianism, and development in the modern and contemporary world. An interdisciplinary enterprise, Humanity draws from a variety of fields, including anthropology, law, literature, history, philosophy, politics, and examines the intersections between and among them.

The HKS Library now provides access to the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. Access to this peer-reviewed journal is available from 1991 to the present.

From the publisher: JEPOP aims to publish research of the highest quality on elections, public opinion, participation and political parties. Published under the auspices of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom specialist group of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties (EPOP), it welcomes submissions based on either comparative or single nation studies.

Zotero 3.0 has been released. This version includes many new features and fixes:

• Standalone version available. Run Zotero as a seperate program and connect to Firefox, Chrome or Safari.
• A new easy to use dialog for quickly adding citations
• Duplicate detection and merging
• Easier one step installation

Download Zotero 3.0

Premium accounts for the Financial Times (FT) web site are now available to the Harvard University community. You must sign up for a premium account using your Harvard email address. For more information on registration  and access to the site, visit http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/ft.html.

For help navigating the FT.com site or using other Harvard Library resources, please contact a HKS Research Librarian at http://asklib.hks.harvard.edu/

Nooks and Kindles are now available for borrowing from the HKS Library’s Circulation Desk. These E-Readers may be checked out for 28 days and come pre-loaded with fifty popular and new-release fiction and non-fiction titles.

Contact the Circulation for more information at (617) 495-1300 or at hkscirc@hks.harvard.edu.

Starting January 27, the Library will host a workshop every Friday from 12-12:45pm while classes are in session. Please go to http://www.hks.harvard.edu/library/research/training.htm for a complete list of workshops and their descriptions.

Starting January 23, the Library Research Office will be staffed from 9-10am and 3-5pm while classes are in session. Research Staff can also be reached through e-mail at library_research@hks.harvard.edu or by phone at (617) 495-1302.

  From December 11-20, the Library Commons will be open until 3:00 am. The main part of the Library will continue to close at the regular time.

Spring 2012 Reserves Deadline
Submit all library reserves requests for the Spring Semester no later than Monday, December 19, 2011 to ensure availability for the first day of classes.

Request Items for Library Reserves
Fill out the Library Reserves Request Form to place books and videos on reserve. Requests are processed in the order in which they are received. Please allow additional time for items not already in our collection.

Donate Items for Library Reserves
We greatly appreciates receiving donated copies of faculty publications and required course readings. Faculty members are welcome to place personal copies of books or videos on reserve which will be returned promptly at the end of Term. Items loaned may be used frequently and one should expect some wear. Donated items will be added to the collection.

Contact Library Reserves with any questions at library_reserves@harvard.edu or at (617) 495-1300.

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Please contact an HKS librarian for access at library_research@hks.harvard.edu.