Borrowing Privileges at Other Libraries
While borrowing privileges at other institutions vary widely, your affiliation with SF State may be useful in using other libraries. Most items not in our collections may be requested through CSU+ and picked up at J. Paul Leonard Library. We also provide the information below for your convenience should you choose to visit another library close to your home, while traveling, for research, or for exploration.
- Students: Your SFSU OneCard works at all California State University campuses. For all other libraries, call to verify borrowing privileges, or request items through Interlibrary Loan.
- Faculty: To check out materials at the other academic libraries, two items are generally required: a current SF State ID and a letter from your department chair indicating your employment status here. These credentials may need to be refreshed each quarter, semester or year.
For assistance, please ask a librarian.
At SF State
- Map Library — HSS 289, (415) 338-1145
- Holistic Health Learning Center — (415) 338-6416
- The Poetry Center — Humanities 512, (415) 338-2227
- Sutro Library — (415) 469-6100
California State University Libraries
University of California
- UC Library Search
- LawCat (Berkeley Law Library Catalog)
- UC Law San Francisco Library (formerly Hastings Law)
- Other UC Libraries
Bay Area & State
- Sutro Library
- San Francisco Public Library
- California State Library
- Oakland Public Library
- Berkeley Public Library
- City College of San Francisco Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Holt Labor Library (at New College)
- North Bay Cooperative Library System
- Museum of Performance + Design
U.S.
World
- WorldCat (search library catalogs — including journals — worldwide; access for SF State users only)
- WorldCat.org (public access)
- The European Library (National Libraries of Europe and European Research Libraries)