Search tools

  • SearchWorks

    Stanford University Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. SearchWorks now supports searches in Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

  • Databases

    Find the database you need in SearchWorks, by title or subject. Not sure where to start? Try these.
  • Center for Research Libraries Online Catalog

    Center for Research Libraries

    Access to over five million newspapers, journals, documents, archives, foreign dissertations, and other traditional and digital resources.

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    EarthWorks

    EarthWorks is a discovery tool for geospatial (a.k.a. GIS) data. It allows users to search and browse the GIS collections owned by Stanford University Libraries, as well as data collections from many other institutions. Data can be searched spatially, by manipulating a map; by keyword search; by selecting search limiting facets (e.g., limit to a given format type); or by combining these options. 

  • eBooks

    eBooks

    Access Stanford's electronic books, including proceedings, primary resources, and reference works. Search by title, author, or eBook provider.

  • eJournals

    Search or browse Stanford's electronic journal holdings by title, subject, and vendor or use the citation linker to retrieve full text with an article reference.

  • Finding aids for archival collections

    Find and browse detailed descriptions of Stanford's archival collections.

  • FirstSearch (WorldCat)

    Search WorldCat holdings plus selected databases and ejournal collections.

  • Google Scholar

    A popular starting point for scholarly literature

  • OskiCat (UC Berkeley)

    Search UC Berkeley's library catalog for items you can't find at Stanford. (Find out how to borrow from UCB.)

  • University of Göttingen Library

    The Stanford University / University of Göttingen Reciprocal Agreement provides interlibrary loan service between these institutions.

  • UT Austin Library

    Search UT Austin's library catalog for items you can't find at Stanford. (Find out how to borrow from UTA.)

  • WorldCat

    Search library collections in the Bay Area and beyond.

  • xSearch

    Search for articles in multiple databases simultaneously and receive alerts for new articles on topics you choose.

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    Yewno

    Find new information, expose hidden links, and understand why.