Loan Periods

Journals

• Two hour loan for the university community.
• Journals may not be renewed.

Books

• Four months loans for faculty, graduate and professional students, and staff.
• One month for all others.
• Loan periods vary on books borrowed from other MERLIN & MOBIUS libraries.

Reserve Materials

• For use within the library. Renewals on reserve materials are restricted.
• Two hour use within the library for most materials.
• Four hour use for Study Guides.
• Loan periods vary on course reserves.
• Borrowers may check out only two reserve items at one time. Reserve materials must be returned to the Circulation Desk.

Reference and Rare Books

• Non-circulating to all users.
• Special permission may be obtained at the Information Desk to use these materials outside the library.

Government Documents

• One month loan.

Non-Print Materials

• Most media items and slides may be checked out for three days by the University community.
• Media reserve items are available for two hour use within the library by the University community.
• All AV materials with the exception of materials on Media Reserve and Ciba Slides will be circulated to interlibrary loan patrons for one month.
• AV materials that are damaged or too fragile will not be checked out.

iPod iTouch

• An iPod iTouch with Dynamed, ePocrates, and some pre-installed free medical apps is available for 2 week checkout from the Health Sciences Library Circulation Desk.