The invention belongs to the field of auxiliary equipment for machine room document reading and relates to a document holder. The document holder comprises a fixing clamp and a first document holdingboard which are arranged at two ends of a connection rod respectively, a pen container is arranged on one side of the document holding board and contains a recording pen, a storage slot is formed in the bottom end of a front board body of the first document holding board, a groove is formed in the upper portion of the front board body, a folder is arranged in the groove, and a lamp is arranged atthe upper end of the first document holding board. The document holder has the advantages that the document holder is reasonable in structural design and convenient to mount, can be used for holding documents or a PAD and the recording pen and is capable of complementing light by lighting.