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• Andrew Garrett, Early Naturalist of Polynesia: Limited Access “American explorer, naturalist and artist Andrew Garrett (1823-1887) collected and studied Pacific Ocean region mollusks, fish, corals, echinoderms and other invertebrates, also describing and drawing watercolors of many fishes and shells. This exhibit showcases a selection of Garrett’s drawings and manuscript specimen sheets held by the Museum of Comparative Zoology Archives in the Ernst Mayr Library’s Special Collections.”
• Arctic Science: “An interdisciplinary journal, Arctic Science, publishes original research from all areas of natural science and applied science and engineering related to northern polar regions. The focus on basic and applied science includes the traditional knowledge and observations of the Indigenous peoples of the region, as well as cutting-edge developments in biological, chemical, physical and engineering science in all northern environments.”
• Botanical Illustrations: “The original works of art in the collections overseen by the Botany Libraries date from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s and include works by Harvard botanists, professional artists, “amateur” women who studied plants, and others.”
• The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA): “A large archive of medical images of cancer accessible for public download. The data are organized as “collections”; typically patients’ imaging related by a common disease (e.g. lung cancer), image modality or type (MRI, CT, etc) or research focus. Supporting data related to the images such as patient outcomes, treatment details, genomics and expert analyses are also provided when available.”
• City Maps and Urban Environments: “Navigate cities from all over the world—from London to Tokyo, Calcutta to Chicago—in this collection of scanned maps from the Harvard Map Collection. With everything from artistic prints to urban planning documents, explore the changing nature of urban life and the changing ways mapmakers have represented cities.”
• Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics: “Offering valuable insights to students of the history of medicine and to researchers seeking an historical context for current epidemiology, this collection contributes to our understanding of the global, social-history, and public-policy implications of disease.”
• Expeditions and Discoveries: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age: “The Expeditions and Discoveries Collection includes maps, photos, and published materials, as well as field notes, letters, and a unique range of manuscript materials on selected expeditions between 1626 and 1953.”
• Jacques Burkhardt’s Scientific Drawings: “Burkhardt’s zoological drawings and landscapes produced during the Thayer Expedition (1865-1866) were the culmination of a brilliant although unpublicized career. He passed away 10 months after returning to Cambridge due to an illness aggravated by Brazil’s hot climate.”
• Research Papers in Economics (RePEc): “A collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 102 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in Economics and related sciences. The heart of the project is a decentralized bibliographic database of working papers, journal articles, books, books chapters and software components, all maintained by volunteers.”
• Scanned Maps: “Thousands of maps an atlases covering all parts of the world have been scanned and are now available online.”
• Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR): “The full-text server SSOAR, which is maintained at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, collects and archives literature of relevance to the social sciences and makes it available in open access on the Internet in accordance with the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.”
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN): An interdisciplinary open access repository aimed at disseminating scholarly research quickly and efficiently. Available research in the humanities, health sciences, physical sciences, and more are available.
• The South Sea Bubble, 1720: “The South Sea Bubble Research Portal offers an opportunity to explore the rich resources of Baker Library, which holds one of the world’s most extensive collections relating to the 1720 financial crisis” (British/American Colonial History).