Libraries and Collections

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

Archives over 280,000 recordings, ranging from popular music to public addresses.

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.

Business Library (Jackson)* (4)
650-723-2162
Graduate School of Business

Supports the curriculum and research of the GSB. Collection covers all areas of business. Some databases restricted to GSB users.

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

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 serials, government documents and periodicals.

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 (10)
650-723-0001
Terman Engineering Center, 2nd Floor

Supports the research and teaching of the School of Engineering departments, institutes, and labs with print and online resources. Fine payments accepted.

Government Documents (Jonsson) (11)
Directional — 650-723-9372
Reference — 650-723-1064
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, Priviledges, Media Microtext, HDIS, SSDS and InterLibrary Services are located in Green. Fine payments accepted.

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace (13)
A. Hoover Tower — 650-725-2058
Hoover Institution Library*
B. Herbert Hoover Memorial Building — 650-723-3563
Hoover Institution Archives*

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

Supports the curriculum and programs of the Law School. Some online databases are restricted to Law School users.

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.

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

Broad coverage of computer science, mathematics, statistics, and operations research, including a large collection of technical reports.

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, 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.

Physics Library (22)
650-723-4342
Varian Building,
3rd Floor - Rm. 300

Collection offers a broad coverage of pure and applied physics and astronomy and astrophysics.

Special Collections (23)
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) (24)
650-723-9201
691 Pampas Lane

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

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
Research Library (25)
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.