Welcome to Stanford University Libraries!

With over 15 million items and 50 subject specialists, the Stanford University Libraries are here to support your research and academic needs.

We welcome you to visit all our libraries and centers across campus to check out the services and resources they offer.

• Archive of Recorded Sound
• Bowes Art & Architecture Library
• Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
• Cecil H. Green Library
• Cubberly Education Library
• David Rumsey Map Center
• East Asia Library
• Media and Microtext Center
• Music Library
• Robin Li and Melissa Ma Science Library
• Silicon Valley Archives
• Stanford Geospatial Center
• Terman Engineering Library

And if you are in Monterey Bay, come by the Harold A. Miller Library at the Hopkins Marine Station!

Library hours and reserving study spaces

Looking for a quiet study space, a reading room, or a place to work on a group project? Undergraduates and graduate students are eligible to reserve a space in our libraries to work and study. Check out the hours of our branches and centers.

Your Stanford ID is required to enter the libraries. Be sure to remember to bring your card, or set up the Stanford Mobile app and activate Mobile Key to use your Stanford Mobile ID. 

Checking out materials 

Use our search and browse tools to access our 12 million item inventory of books, archival materials, journals, videos, streaming movies, music and music scores, government information, video games, maps, databases, and more! 

SearchWorks is the Libraries’ catalog and Articles+ is the fastest way to find and access full-text journal articles and e-books. If we don’t have something you need, request a purchase or request we borrow it from another library. 

Log into My Account to view everything you have borrowed or requested. Here, you can renew your books and pay any bills. 

Online library subscriptions

Be sure to set up your web browser with the Lean Library extension to make it easier to access the vast Stanford-licensed content, and to link your Google Scholar account to Stanford subscriptions.

The Libraries also provide campus-wide subscriptions to The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to Stanford community members with SUNet IDs free of charge. 

Printing and scanning

Cardinal Print is Stanford’s managed print service. Install the Cardinal Print drive on your laptop, then release print jobs at any public printer using your University ID or Mobile ID + Key. Overhead scanners are available for self-service at most libraries.

Research support

We have experts in publishing, data, geospatial data, qualitative research and instruction support, and welcome you to reach out to us for library consultations on course assignments and projects.

For faculty, instructors, post-doctoral staff, and graduate students, we suggest requesting materials through Course Reserves before the start of each quarter and applying fora study carrel in Green Library. You can get copyright guidance, read about Stanford’s Open Access Policy, set up your ORCID iD and deposit research and data in the Stanford Digital Repository.

Jobs for students

We have student jobs in the Libraries. Ask at the circulation desk. You can also check student job openings on Handshake.

Follow us on X to keep up with the latest Library news, and check out the events, exhibits, and workshops we have to offer.

We are all so happy to welcome you to Stanford University Libraries for the new academic year!