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In addition to providing access to numerous databases and publications through Hollis, the Harvard Library offers several resources to help you figure out whether sources you locate outside of Hollis can be accessed through Harvard.

#### **Check Harvard Library bookmark**

You can install the [Harvard Library bookmark](https://library.harvard.edu/services-tools/check-harvard-library-bookmark) in your browser’s bookmark bar. When you find a journal, magazine, or article online that requires a subscription, you can click the bookmark. If Harvard subscribes to the source, you will automatically be given access to it.

#### **Lean Library**

[Lean Library is a browser extension](https://library.harvard.edu/services-tools/lean-library) that you can download and install in your browser. When enabled, Lean Library will automatically connect you to sources that Harvard subscribes to whenever you access them on the web. So, for example, if you had Lean Library installed and you visited the website of the *Economist* magazine, you would automatically get full subscriber access because Harvard subscribes. Because Lean Library will always check to see if Harvard has access to sources, it can sometimes be distracting. In that case, you may prefer to use the [Check Harvard Library bookmark](https://library.harvard.edu/services-tools/check-harvard-library-bookmark), which only checks for Harvard access when you click on it.

#### **Browzine**

[Browzine](https://library.harvard.edu/services-tools/browzine) is an app that lets you access scholarly journals in a format that makes them easier to read on your phone or tablet.

#### **CURIOSity Digital Collections**

[This site](https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/?utm_source=library.harvard&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=tools_page) offers curated collections of Harvard’s digital resources, organized into exhibits. This is a helpful resource if you want to look at items from Harvard’s collection of rare photos, books, maps, and more–and you’re not sure where to start.

#### **University Press Scholarship Online**

[University Press Scholarship Online](https://library.harvard.edu/services-tools/university-press-scholarship-online) gives you direct access to scholarly books that have recently been published by university presses.



 

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  [### Using Sources

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   [### Integrating Sources

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   [### Online Library and Citation Tools

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   [### Locating Sources

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   [### Evaluating Sources

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