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The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library — Attraction in Cambridge

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The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library
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The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books in its "vast and cavernous" stacks, is the center­piece of the Harvard College Libraries and, more broadly, of the entire Harvard Library system.
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1673 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Sheraton Commander Hotel
16 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library

1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
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The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books in its "vast and cavernous" stacks, is the center­piece of the Harvard College Libraries and, more broadly, of the entire Harvard Library system.

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attractions: Harvard Yard, Harvard University, John Harvard Statue, Harvard Square, Memorial Church, The Harvard Tour, Lamont Library, The Sinclair, Sanders Theatre, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, restaurants: Tatte Bakery & Cafe | Harvard Square, Hokkaido Ramen Santouka Harvard Square, Mr Bartley's Burger Cottage, Hong Kong Restaurant (Harvard Square), J.P. Licks, The Smoke Shop BBQ - Harvard Square, Russell House Tavern, The Hourly Oyster House, Bosso Ramen Tavern, Mike's Pastry, local businesses: Harvard Book Store, Harvard Library, Leavitt & Peirce Inc, Lovepop Harvard Square, Harvard Coop, Zinnia Jewelry, Houghton Library, Trademark Tours of Harvard & MIT, Harvard, Broadway Marketplace
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library.harvard.edu
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Reviews of The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library

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Undoubtedly the worst library catalog of a reputedly important library. Even in the library, all catalogue terminals do not take you to the catalogue, but (if and only if you know which icons to click on) to a page which reads "OOPS this is not Hollis." And when you reach Hollis, it constantly lists books which are no longer shelved in Widener, periodicals which are no longer shelved in Widener and are purportedly available on line, though in my experience seldom actually available on line. In order to use a "Harvard Key' to request books not on the shelves library serves require you to own a mobile phone. I trust prospective students are told what an expensive disaster this "catalog"...

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6y

Snobby jerk library. I couldn't get in as a Tufts graduate student without a letter from Tufts. You have to be an Ivy-leaguer (there is an actual "list"). Meanwhile there are people at non-ivy places getting nobel prizes, the MIT libraries are open to everyone, and I have a card that allows me to use the Library of Congress, but somehow this library thinks it is superior to the Library of Congress. Screw Harvard, bunch of self-important punks with no interest in...

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10y

A beautiful library at th heart of Harvard's campus. Please note that entrance requires Harvard affiliation, so as to prevent hordes of tourists from disrupting students' studying. Having had the privilege of entering widened I can say that it's truly gigantic. Harvard owns the third largest collection of books in the world and the largest collection of all universities, which you never really believe until you enter the sheer endless stacks...

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