Reference

Reference is offered equally to Stanford faculty, staff, and students from any department on campus, as well as to onsite UC faculty and students, and members of the USGS. Limited reference service is also available to librarians from other libraries. Visitors are welcome to use the collections; reference help is available only for users of the depository materials. Use of ESRI products, Petroleum Abstracts, Crossfire, and Chemical Abstracts is limited to current Stanford faculty, staff, and students only.

Library staff are available to provide help with library research, instruct patrons on the use of the library, to aid in refining database searches, or to assist in finding and accessing information not owned by the library. Tours of the library, group instruction, and specialized training in earth sciences, maps, or GIS information sources can also be arranged by inquiring at the library. The Reference staff can be contacted by email. Earth sciences questions can also be sent directly to Hannah Winkler; GIS or map questions can be sent directly to Julie Sweetkind-Singer . Stanford only please.