Introduction to Harvard University:

1. Harvard University is a private research university located in Massachusetts, USA.

2. The school has three campuses: Cambridge Campus, Alstom Campus and Changmu Campus, with a total area of 4,882 acres and a building area of 2 1 565,000 square feet. Among them, there are 1 1 colleges in Cambridge campus, and 4 colleges in Alstom and Changmu campus. There are 46 undergraduate majors and 134 graduate majors in the whole school. Harvard University has about 2,400 faculty members.

3. Harvard University, formerly known as New Citizen College, was founded in 1636, renamed as "Harvard College" in 1639, and a new constitution was promulgated in Massachusetts in 1780. Harvard College was expanded and renamed Harvard University.

Academic resources:

1. Harvard University has the largest academic library in the United States and the fifth largest in the world (after the Library of Congress, the British Library, the French National Library and the New York Public Library).

2. The central system of Harvard University Library is located in the Weidner Library in Harvard University. The whole system covers 80 different libraries, with an overall collection of more than 6,543,806,000 volumes. It is the largest academic library network in the United States and the third largest in the United States (after the Library of Congress and the Boston Public Library).

3. Different libraries are suitable for different types of readers: cabot Science Library, lamont Library and Wilder Library, which are located in Cambridge headquarters, are the most frequently visited libraries by undergraduates; Horton Library and Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library collect historical reference materials on the development of American women's status.