The information on this page applies to visiting scholars (including professors and librarians) with a sponsored borrower card.

Requesting Items with a Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Libraries Borrowing Card

With a Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Libraries Borrowing card, you can request to have any regular loan item owned by any Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ library location (including the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Collections Centre) retrieved for you and made available for pickup.

To request an item for pickup:

  1. Search for it in the (Library catalogue),
  2. Click the "Request / Hold" button,
  3. Sign in using your Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ library account credentials,
  4. Select the library pickup location of your choice.

You will be notified by email when the item you requested is available for pickup.

The item will be held at your chosen pickup location for 7 days.

You can view details about your hold requests and cancel requests for items you no longer need via your library account.

Please note:

  • It is also possible to place hold requests on items that are "on order" or "in process".
  • Course Reserve items and eBooks cannot be requested for pickup.
  • You can only select a Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ library as your pickup location.
Wait Times for Hold Requests
  • Staff will retrieve available items by the next business day. 
  • In most cases, items requested from the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Collections Centre for pickup at the Humanities & Social Science Library should be available within one business day. 
  • Items requested for pickup at other library locations may require two business days. 
  • Hold requests placed on Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ items that are currently checked out can take up to 30 days to fill.

Interlibrary Loan Service

You can request articles, book chapters, or physical items that are not available from the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Libraries or via Network Loan, through the Interlibrary Loan Service (ILL).

As a sponsored visiting scholar, you may be eligible to use the Interlibrary Loan Service depending on the term of your stay. Contact your sponsoring faculty member or your library location to confirm your eligibility.