College Catalogs
Current Collections
United States Colleges and Universities
Catalogs, or bulletins, from most U.S. four year colleges and graduate programs (1977/78 - 1999/2000) are available in the College Catalog Collection on microfiche housed in Cubberley Library (call number: Education MFICHE 578.) A microfiche reader/printer is available. Members of the Stanford community may view recent college catalogs by visiting the CollegeSource Online web site. This site contains over 12,800 college catalogs online in PDF.
Stanford University Publications, 1891-2001, including the Announcement of Courses (through 1952/53), Course and Degrees (1952/53-1994/95), and Stanford Bulletin (1994/95 through 2000/01; 2001/02 through present).
The Undergraduate Advising Center located on the first floor of Sweet Hall maintains an extensive paper collection of U.S. college catalogs for the current year. Graduate programs are also well represented. This is a reference rather than a circulating collection.
Foreign Colleges and Universities
Catalogs of major colleges and universities (1977/78 - 1999/2000) from throughout the world are available in the College Catalog Collection on microfiche housed in Cubberley Library (call number: Education MFICHE 578.) A microfiche reader/printer is available. Recent copies are also available through the CollegeSource Online web site.
The Overseas Resource Center (ORC), located on the 2nd floor of Bechtel International Center, houses a large collection of foreign college catalogs as well as other reference materials on overseas universities and study abroad programs.
Historical Collections
United States Colleges and Universities
The Stanford Libraries maintain an extensive paper collection of historical (pre-1976, including the 19th century) college and university catalogs housed in Cubberley Library's storage. These also include catalogs or bulletins for teachers colleges and/or normal schools and junior colleges. We are in the process of creating Web-based finding aids for these, but until these are up consult the staff in Cubberley Library (cubberley@stanford.edu, or 650.723.2121) for information on holdings and assistance using this collection.
Foreign Colleges and Universities
A collection of pre-1976 paper editions of foreign college catalogs is available in Cubberley Library, but not represented in Socrates, the online catalog. For access to this collection, consult with staff in Cubberley Library.
