For faculty

• Subject specialists Over 20 specialists across many disciplines provide consultation to faculty, buy materials to support research or teaching needs, and lead instruction sessions that can be tailored to meet your course needs.
• Stanford Digital Repository Preserve and share your publications, conference materials, research data. All SDR deposits are made accessible through persistent, citable URLs (PURLs). Depositors have full control over access settings, embargo and licenses.
• Data management services Consulting, workshops, metadata expertise, and more: data experts assist Stanford researchers with the organization, management, and curation of research data.
• SearchWorks Search for books, articles, databases, media, and digital collections. Access online resources directly; request scan-to-PDF service for items in offsite storage.
• Spotlight Explore Stanford’s digital collections or build your own showcase. Spotlight presents digital assets in context with supporting narrative and structure. It’s a self-service tool used by students, researchers, and staff to produce highly-polished showcases of their personal, course, department, or lab’s work.

library privileges

• Overview of faculty library privileges.
• Designate proxies to borrow materials on your behalf.
• Request a locker or assigned study.

access resources beyond Stanford

• Interlibrary services are networked with libraries nearby and around the world.
• Suggest an item you think we should add to the Libraries' collections.

improve your research

• Library workshops increase your research efficiency.
• Citation management tools organize your research sources and generate bibliographies.

prepare your courses

• Place library materials or personal items on reserve for a class.
• Find course reserve lists for the current quarter.
• Find guides tailored to specific courses.
• Contact a specialist to request a tailored workshop or a new guide.