HOLLIS is Harvard's online search engine for our physical and online collections. There are two different search options:
The Library Catalog searches for books, journals, videos, photographs, government documents, manuscripts, digital resources, etc. Searching for the full text of saved recovery resources.
It all searches for newspaper and newspaper articles as well as a range of electronic resources, some of which Harvard does not have, and the Library.
Receipt of Letters:
Keyword search (All) is limited to books (either pre-Advanced Search - modify 'Type of item from any type of resource to books'; eHarvard. For publications available through the Harvard Library, use 'Show only' at the top right of the results page. Note that you can limit here to non-Harvard Depository books.
Topic Search
1. Search for any keywords
2. select the appropriate records
3, see the terms of the title
4. Redo the search using those terms
The title tags you see on the HOLLIS records tell us the title and scope of the item:
The titles of the titles chosen by the Congress Library reflect the title of the book. For example, the LC drone title name is "Drone Aircraft".
The most common title words in your set of results are listed under the title to the right. The topic of the Congress Library theme is complex, and there will often be conditions for certain relevant topics.
Browsing Articles:
You can browse the related title tags in the HOLLIS Library Catalog: Select an option to start with ... / Browse.
You will see your title divided into different features. This is often very helpful, especially in large classes.
Various words that come after the main terms, for example, Controversial Literature after Creationism, are called "free-floating clips" and can be used in other key words, for example: Evolution - Controversial Literature.
A list of free floating clips is available in the Library of Congress Subject Headings PDF Files.
Key Source Terms:
These additional terms (called clips) usually refer to the main sources:
Warehouses
Biography (Includes autobiographies and third-party biographies)
Caricatures and Cartoons
Correspondence
Definition and movement
Diaries
Conversations
Manuscripts
Notebooks, drawing books, etc.
Personal account
Graphic works
Sermons
Sources (usually referring to collections of main published sources)
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