John G. Wolbach Library

Welcome to the John G. Wolbach Library

Wolbach houses one of the world's premier collections of books, journals, conference proceedings, databases, globes, slides, charts, folios, and dissertations in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics. Wolbach is also a community space for all members of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, the Smithsonian Institution, and the international astronomical community. Learn more about the Wolbach Library.

Reference Desk Hours: 10am - 4pm, Monday through Friday (excluding Holidays)

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Computers at Work: Astronomical labor at HCO at the turn of the century

Library Exhibit (Open now-mid October): Click here to learn all about the work of the women computers!
Preserving Harvard's Early Data and Research in Astronomy

Digitizing and transcribing research notebooks by the Observatory's women computers from the 1800s.
Guide to Data Archiving and Sharing

Use this guide to learn why and how to put your data on the web.
Amateur Astronomy Resources

Check out our new curated list for kids and adults to explore the stars.
UAT v.2.0.0 Released!

The newest version of the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus is now available.

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Computers at Work: Astronomical labor at HCO at the turn of the century

Preserving Harvard's Early Data and Research in Astronomy

Guide to Data Archiving and Sharing

Amateur Astronomy Resources

UAT v.2.0.0 Released!

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