Law librarians and library staff are available to help you find your way around the library and its legal materials, provide research support, and assist you in locating materials that are not in our library. You can find the latest information about our hours and services on the library homepage. There are several ways to contact us:
Email us
In Person: The Borrowing Services Desk and Reference Office are on the main floor of the law library. Online and in-person appointments with the reference staff can be made from the library homepage.
Call us:
Borrowing Services Desk: (650) 723-2477
Reference Desk: (650) 725-0800
As a SLS student, you have access to many Legal Databases, including Bloomberg Law, HeinOnline, Lexis, and Westlaw. Please contact the reference desk at reference@law.stanford.edu if you need an account for Westlaw, Lexis Advance, or Bloomberg Law.
Below are just some of the non-legal research resources available to you through Stanford libraries. Please contact us (reference@law.stanford.edu) if you have any research questions or are looking for specific types of source.
Please see our Summer Research Training Videos guide and Researching the Law in the United States for LLM Students for more information on using both legal and non-legal resources.
SearchWorks
SearchWorks is Stanford University Libraries' online catalog. Use SearchWorks to search for books, journals, and databases.
To locate materials using the SearchWorks catalog, click on "Advanced search":
Next, enter pertinent information into the Advanced search page:
If a resource cannot be obtained through Stanford University Libraries, then please complete and submit an Interlibrary Loan Request Form.
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