Welcome to the Stanford University Libraries!

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September 12, 2025 | Rebecca Pernell

Students gathered around archival materials in a classroom. — Students are welcome at all of Stanford's libraries.

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

Visit us

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

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

Your Stanford ID is required to enter any of the libraries. Be sure to bring your University ID card, or set up the Stanford Mobile app and activate the Mobile Key to use your Stanford Mobile ID for library entry and book borrowing. Library hours change according to the academic calendar. Check out the hours of our libraries and centers before your visit.

Research support

We have subject specialists, curators, and experts in publishing, data, geospatial data, qualitative research and instruction support, and we welcome you to reach out to us for library consultations on course assignments and research projects.Check out the events, exhibits, and workshops we have to offer.

Reserving study spaces

Looking for a quiet study space, a reading room, or a place to work on a group project? Browse our quiet study locations. Undergraduates and graduate students, in groups of at least 2 people, are eligible to reserve a group study room located in the East Asia Library and Green Library. A staffed after-hours study space is available overnight Thursday through Sunday in Hohbach Hall, on the first floor of Green Library.

Students studying at a table in a library space.

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, and to renew your books and pay any bills.

Course Reserves are books and other materials, set aside for specific courses, at the service desks for short-term use by enrolled students to maximize sharing. Instructors submit book or streaming media requests. Students may view what is currently on reserve.

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 be sure to modify your Google Scholar settings (library links) so you easily see Stanford subscriptions in your search results.

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.

Jobs for students

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

For faculty, instructors, post-doctoral staff, and graduate students

We suggest requesting materials through Course Reserves before the start of each quarter and applying for a faculty 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. Instructors are eligible to apply for a faculty study carrel in Green Library.

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