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• Requesting offsite materials
• Borrowing, renewing and returning materials »

• Main Library — Lane Building, 1st and ground floors
• Li Ka Shing Center Branch — Li Ka Shing Center, 4th Floor, Berg Family Commons
• Alway Branch — Alway Building, 2nd Floor, M230 Study Space

School of Medicine Learning Spaces Map (PDF) »

Main Library — Lane Building

The Main Lane Library in the Lane Building (L109) is open to all.

• Study spaces, reading lounges, and group spaces throughout both floors
• Computer carrels and other workstations on the 1st floor (SUNet ID required )
• SHC EPIC Station (SHC Credentials required) on the 1st floor
• Reference and Course Reserve books, exam review materials e.g., USMLE on the 1st floor
• Print journals and books on the ground floor
• Audiovisual media (CD/DVD) on the ground floor or in Course Reserves
• History Center, which includes Stanford's medical archives, is located on the ground floor and open by appointment only. Try a History search for material available »

Lane Building Floor plan (PDF) »

Library Branch — Li Ka Shing Center

Lane’s Li Ka Shing Center branch, located on the 4th floor of Li Ka Shing Center, is reserved for medical and SoM graduate students only and requires key card access.

• Library consulting area
• 12 Group Study Rooms and many individual study spots
• 4 computers and printer in Berg Commons

Li Ka Shing Center Floor plan (PDF) »

Library Branch — Alway Building

Lane’s Alway Branch is located in a M230 study space on the 2nd floor of Alway Building and is open 24/7 for SUMC members.

• 6 total computers: 4 PC, 2Macs

An M206 computer teaching lab, where many of our classes are held, is located nearby. Learning Spaces map »

If you are looking for information that could be in both online and physical form, use Lane Search at the top of every page. It automatically searches Lane Catalog, Plumed and Scopus.

For the most comprehensive searches of print materials we suggest a focused Catalog Search.

Using Lane Search to Find Physical Materials

Lane Search finds matches between your search query and all titles, subjects, authors and descriptive words in the Lane Catalog.

For finding online materials, see Using Digital Library »

Searching Lane Catalog to Find Physical Materials

Search directly in Lane Catalog for the most comprehensive list of print materials.

What is "Location" in the Catalog?

The "Location" in a catalog record refers to the specific collection or a physical area of the Lane Library where the item is housed. The location types are:

• Periodicals: A-Z: print journals shelved alphabetically by title on the ground floor of Main Library (See floor plan, PDF)
• Offsite : back issues of several thousand periodical titles stored offsite (Request offsite items)
• LC: books numbered using Library of Congress numbering system on the ground floor of Main Library (See floor plan, PDF)
• Reference: materials located in Main Library in the Reference & Reading Alcove
• History or Special Collection: materials that are a part of the History Center ()
• Audiovisual materials (CD/DVD): located on the ground floor or in Class Reserves (Ask for these at the Service Desk)

Lane has back issues of several thousand periodical titles that are mostly stored offsite; you may request them through the Lane Catalog if you are registered with Lane.

Not Registered with Lane?

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• Use the all-campus catalog, SearchWorks, to search other Stanford Libraries.
• Request from other libraries via DocXpress, Document Delivery Service.