The Harvard Library has an astounding amount of resources, with new titles coming in every day! For help efficiently navigating it all, make a time to meet with a librarian or contact the Reference Desk.
New resources at Harvard
Foreign Office Files for China
- 1919-1929: Kuomintang, CCP, and the Third International
- 1930-1937: The Long March, Civil War in China and the Manchurian Crisis
- 1938-1948: Open Door, Japanese War and the Seeds of Communist Victory
Files combine eye-witness accounts, weekly and monthly summaries, annual reviews, reports and analyses with a synthesis of newspaper articles and conference reports, economic assessments and synopses on key events, leading personalities and all major new developments relating to China during the period.
Global Market Navigator (Mintel)
Provides market size, market share and forecast data for thousands of consumer goods categories worldwide. One of the latest reports, for example, provides data on the footwear market in Japan.
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
Provides complete coverage of the most important English language legal information and includes indexing of over 1,025 legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks, institutes, statutes, bar association publications, university publications, and government publications.
Legumes of the World Online (LOWO)
LOWO advances the knowledge and understanding of the approximately 750 genera of the legume family, and is based upon the book “Legumes of the World” published by RBG Kew in 2005.
Life Among the Tides: Recent Archaeology on the Georgia Bight
This volume covers a broad range of temporal and methodological topics, and is unified by a geographic focus on the archaeology of the Georgia Bight. The various research projects span multiple time periods (including Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, and contact periods) and many incorporate specialized analyses (such as petrographic point counting, shallow geophysics, and so forth).
Web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data! Pretty freaking amazing for visually enhancing demographic narrative.
Unity in Diversity, Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam
Explores the role of mystical and messianic groups and movements in the construction and re-construction of religious authority in Muslim societies.