Libraries and Collections

Archive of Recorded Sound (1)
650-723-9312
Braun Music Center

Archives over 300,000 recordings in all formats, including Western art music, popular music and jazz, and spoken word recordings.

Art and Architecture Library (2)
650-723-3408
Cummings Art Building, Main Floor

Extensive holdings of books, journals, special collections, and visual materials -- including the Visual Resources Center's digital ImageBase -- focusing on the history and practice of art, architecture, and design. Reference and instructional services available.

Biology Library (Falconer) (3)
650-723-1528
Herrin Hall, 3rd Floor

Collection covers a broad range of the life sciences. Areas of emphasis include biochemistry, biophysics, genetics, ecology, population biology, and more.

The Stanford Graduate School of Business Library* (4)
650-725-2055
Knight Management Center
Bass Center, 1st Floor

Supports the curriculum and research of the GSB. Collection covers all areas of business. Open to the Stanford community for business research needs.

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library (Swain) (5)
650-723-9237
Organic Chemistry Building

Provides resources and services in support of chemistry and chemical engineering research and instruction. Some online databases are Stanford-restricted.

Classics Library (Lionel Pearson) ** (6)
650-723-0479
Building 110, 2nd Floor

Collection of Greek and Roman antiquity. Titles in the Loeb Classical Library, the Oxford Classical Texts, and other series of ancient texts.

Earth Sciences Library (Branner) (7)
650-723-2746
Mitchell Earth Sciences Building, 2nd Floor

Collection contains printed materials, online references and images. GIS workstations and programs available for faculty, students and staff.

East Asia Library ( 8)
650-725-3434
Meyer Library, 4th Floor

Comprehensive collection of monographs, serials, government documents and periodicals in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages.

Education Library (Cubberley) (9)
650-723-2121
Education Building, 2nd Floor - Rm. 202

Wide range of education books, journals, and online materials, plus historic and current textbooks, historic reports and college catalogs.

Engineering Library (Terman) (10)
650-723-0001
Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Building

Provides resources/services to support the research and teaching of the School of Engineering departments, institutes, and labs and the Departments of Physics/Applied Physics. Fine payments accepted.

Government Documents (Jonsson) (11)
Directional/Reference — 650-725-1064
Cecil H. Green Library, Bing Wing

Publications and information on most subjects, with emphases on demography and population, education, international relations, US, CA and Intl government information, economics, and public policy, environmental policy, and more.

Green Library (Cecil H. Green) (12)
650-723-9108
Directory to Green Stacks

Collections include humanities, social sciences, and Special Collections. The Information Center, Privileges, Media Microtext, HDIS, SSDS and Interlibrary Services are located in Green. Fine payments accepted at the Loan Desk.

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace (13)
A. Hoover Institution Library*
Hoover Tower — 650-723-2058
B. Hoover Institution Archives*
Herbert Hoover Memorial Building — 650-723-3563

Collections focus on international political, social, and economic events in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Law Library (Crown)* (14)
650-723-2477
School of Law

The law library supports the research mission of the law school. Members of the Stanford University community are welcome to use the library.

Map Collections (Branner Library) (15)
650-725-1103
Mitchell Earth Sciences Building, Second Floor Mezz.

Collection includes a wide range of social science and humanities topics; emphases on geological, seismological, hydrological, natural hazards, etc.

Marine Biology Library (Miller at Hopkins
Marine Station) *Not on Map (16)
831-655-6229
Hopkins Marine Station
Pacific Grove, California

Broad coverage of marine biology with special emphasis on development, neurobiology, ecology, and physiology of marine organisms.

Mathematics and Statistics Library (17)
650-723-4672
Sloan Mathematics Center, Bldg 380, 4th Floor

Broad coverage of mathematics and statistics. Houses a large collection of historical technical reports in applied mathematics, statistics, and computer science.

Medical Library (Lane)* (18)
650-723-6831
Medical Center, Lane Building

Collection contains online and printed reference material for biomedicine, medicine, nursing, public health and related fields.

Meyer Library (J. Henry Meyer Memorial) (19)
650-724-5600

Houses Academic Computing Services, Student Computing, Residential Computing, Multimedia Studio, computer clusters, and the East Asia Library.

Music Library (20)
650-723-1211
Braun Music Center

Collection includes books, scores, journals, videos, recordings, instrument drawings, and microforms, with heavy emphasis on Western art music.

Philosophy Library (Tanner)** (21)
650-723-1539
Building 90

A collection that supports teaching and research in the Philosophy Department by duplicating a selection of Green Library's philosophy holdings.

Special Collections & University Archives (22)
650-725-1022
Cecil H. Green Library

Historical research in all formats, including printed books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and prints.

Stanford Auxiliary Library (SAL1&2) (23)
650-723-9201
691 Pampas Lane

Houses overflow materials and low use items for the Stanford Libraries.

SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory Library* (24)
650-926-2411
2575 Sand Hill Road
Bldg. 50, Foyer
Menlo Park, California

Provides information needs for laboratory research programs in photon science, high-energy and particle physics, and astrophysics.