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Locations & Hours: Locations & Hours

Access collections and services tailored to your subject interests at each of our locations with your Caltech ID.

Locations & Hours

Access collections and services tailored to your subject interests at each of our locations with your Caltech ID.
Four story library with many windows

Sherman Fairchild Library

The central branch of the Caltech Library, home to Access, Collection, and Research Services, reference and circulation assistance, study spaces, computers and printing services, course reserves, DocuServe, and numerous print collections.

copper-colored contemporary building with sharp angles

Cahill Library

Home to the Astrophysics print collections, study spaces, and computers and printing services. 

tall building with wading pool fountain and bridge

Caltech Hall

Home to Caltech Library administration, digital library development staff, TechHub maker space, Vroman’s @ Caltech Library, Archives & Special Collections exhibit space, ninth floor study space, Caltech Hall camera, and numerous print collections.

Tree in front of entrance to building with blue squares on pink

Dabney Library

Home to print collections for the division of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), reference services, study spaces, and computers and printing services. 

domed building in front of ornate building

Geology Library

Home to print collections for the division of Geology and Planetary Sciences (GPS), an extensive map collection, study spaces, and computers and printing services. 

Polygonal sculpture in building courtyard

Archives & Special Collections

Home to Archives & Special Collections, rotating exhibits, audio visual and digital media collection, oral histories, manuscripts, books, texts, artifacts, and fine art.