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Find San Francisco Law Library materials
How to search within our collections to find books, articles, laws by topic, and other items.
Qué saber
Anyone can use resources inside the library
- All are welcome to visit the library and use its materials.
- You can also access some databases remotely for free.
Only some people can borrow items
- Attorneys in San Francisco and some others can check out materials.
- Learn more about who can get a library card.
¿Qué hacer?
Search the catalog
Find out if an item is available by searching by subject, title, keyword, or author.
Your page results will tell you whether an item is available and:
- In the stacks
On a shelf in the library with a call number. - At the circulation desk
View or borrow from the information desk. - In storage
Not in circulation. No loans available. - Retrievable
Ask a librarian for access to this item during your visit. - An electronic resource
Follow link to a library database. Some may require onsite access.
Have a library card and need an item that's already checked out? Contact us to put it on hold: 415-554-1772
Check our databases
You can use the catalog to find items in many of our databases.
Or you can look within a specific database.
Browse our research guides
Find resources organized by topic in our research guides.
Ask a librarian
We can help you find what you're looking for.
When we don't have an item in our collection
We might be able to borrow it for you using interlibrary loan.
When we don't have an item in our collection
You can recommend that we add the resource to the library's collection.
Tell us about it in an email:
Obtener ayuda
1145 Market Street, Floor 4
San Francisco, CA 94103
Obtener direcciones
Reference desk
sfll.reference@sfgov.orgAgencias asociadas
Qué saber
Anyone can use resources inside the library
- All are welcome to visit the library and use its materials.
- You can also access some databases remotely for free.
Only some people can borrow items
- Attorneys in San Francisco and some others can check out materials.
- Learn more about who can get a library card.
¿Qué hacer?
Search the catalog
Find out if an item is available by searching by subject, title, keyword, or author.
Your page results will tell you whether an item is available and:
- In the stacks
On a shelf in the library with a call number. - At the circulation desk
View or borrow from the information desk. - In storage
Not in circulation. No loans available. - Retrievable
Ask a librarian for access to this item during your visit. - An electronic resource
Follow link to a library database. Some may require onsite access.
Have a library card and need an item that's already checked out? Contact us to put it on hold: 415-554-1772
Check our databases
You can use the catalog to find items in many of our databases.
Or you can look within a specific database.
Browse our research guides
Find resources organized by topic in our research guides.
Ask a librarian
We can help you find what you're looking for.
When we don't have an item in our collection
We might be able to borrow it for you using interlibrary loan.
When we don't have an item in our collection
You can recommend that we add the resource to the library's collection.
Tell us about it in an email:
Obtener ayuda
1145 Market Street, Floor 4
San Francisco, CA 94103
Obtener direcciones
Reference desk
sfll.reference@sfgov.org