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| Library | Access for persons with limited mobility |
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Cecil H. Green Library (650) 723-1493 |
The Loan & Privileges Desk staff are available to assist patrons with finding and retrieving items from our book stacks. Some areas of the stacks are not wheelchair accessible. Some collections are held at service points. Please contact library staff for further accommodation needs. |
| Lathrop Library | Lathrop Library is wheelchair-accessible. An elevator services all floors. |
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Archive of Recorded Sound (650) 723-9312 |
Power equipped accessible entrance; elevator access to lower level and Archive entrance. |
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Art & Architecture Library (Bowes) (650) 723-3408 |
The Library is located on the second floor of the McMurtry Art & Art History building, and is accessible via the building's passenger elevator. The collection is housed completely in hand cranked, rolling compact shelving. Assistance may be requested at the Circulation and Reference desk during all hours the Library is open. |
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Biology Library (Falconer) (650) 723-1528 |
Falconer is partially wheelchair accessible. Persons with limited mobility should contact the library before visiting, as staff assistance may be required to enter the building. Staff can assist with retrieving items from the mezzanine. |
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Business Library (650) 725-2055 |
Accessible to patrons with limited mobility. |
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Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library (Swain) (650) 723-9237 |
The Swain Library is partially accessible to people with limited mobility. Ask at the desk for help in getting items located in compact shelving or on upper/lower shelves. If you will need staff assistance, please call the Swain Library in advance. |
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Classics Library (650) 723-0479 |
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Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections (Branner) (650) 723-2746 |
Accessible to patrons with limited mobility. Elevator is available to take patrons to the library entrance on the 2nd floor. Power equipped accessible entrance is located on the south side of the building. |
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East Asia Library (650) 725-3435 |
The EAL is accessible to people with limited mobility. Ask at the circulation desk for help in getting items located on upper/lower shelves. If staff assistance is needed, please call the circulation desk (650-725-3435). |
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Education Library (Cubberley) (650) 723-2121 |
The Education Library is accessible to persons with limited mobility. There are ramps on the south end of the building, front and back, and an elevator on the first floor to provide wheelchair access. Ask at the desk for help obtaining library materials on high shelves. |
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Engineering Library (Terman) (650) 723-0001 |
Parking is available for those with accessible parking permits on the south side of the Huang Engineering Center and the Via Ortega Garage at Panama St. and Via Ortega. The building is equipped with automatic doors, accessible elevators, and accessible washrooms. A height-adjustable computer work station is available in the library. Please contact library staff for further accommodation needs. |
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Hoover Institution Archives (650) 723-3563 |
The Hoover Archives is accessible by a ramp from Crothers Way (between the Herbert Hoover Memorial Building and Green Library) and then an elevator at the entrance of HHMB. For assistance, please call (650) 723-3563. |
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Hoover Institution Library (650) 723-2058 |
The library is accessible by a ramp on the west side of Hoover Tower, next to the Cummings Art Building. For assistance, please call (650) 723-2058. |
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Law Library (Robert Crown) (650) 723-2477 |
The law library is accessible to patrons with limited mobility. The entrance gate at the first floor main entrance is electronic and a staff member is always there to assist patrons. |
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Marine Biology Library (Harold A. Miller) at Hopkins Marine Station (831) 655-6229 |
Most areas of the library are accessible to patrons with limited mobility. |
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Mathematics & Statistics Library (650) 723-1528 |
Math-Stat is partially wheelchair accessible. Persons with limited mobility should contact the library before visiting, as staff assistance may be required to enter the building. Staff can assist with retrieving items from the mezzanine. |
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Medical Library (Lane) (650) 723-6831 |
Lane building is handicapped accessible including an elevator to the lower level. |
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Music Library (650) 723-1211 |
The main entrance is power-equipped and accessible, and elevator access is available between the main level and lower level. |
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SLAC National Accelerator Lab Research Library (650) 926-2411 |
SLAC Research Library staff will attempt to accommodate the special needs of its users who identify themselves as disabled, differently abled, or specially challenged and will provide assistance that overcomes barriers to accomplishing tasks in the Library that most users can do for themselves. |
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Special Collections & University Archives (650) 725-1022 |
Accessible to customers with limited mobility. |
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Stanford Auxiliary Library 1&2 (SAL1&2) (650) 723-9201 |
Most of the collections are shelved on compact shelving. Library staff are available to retrieve items from the Stacks for all users. |
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Stanford Auxiliary Library 3 (SAL3) (650) 723-1493 |
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Stanford Auxiliary Library, off-campus Newark (650) 723-1493 |
No public access. |
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Tanner Philosophy Library (650) 723-1539 |
The Tanner Philosophy Library is accessible to patrons with limited mobility. |
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