Borrowing & Requesting Materials

Borrowing Library Materials

Bring the materials to the Access Services (KC) or Front Desk (DLM, Basque, Savitt) The Access Services desk is located on the 2nd floor of the Knowledge Center. The Front Desks are located in the DeLaMare Library basement and near the entrance of both the Savitt Medical Library and the Basque Library.
Access Services desk at the Knowledge Center with a student checking out books
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Book stacks in the Knowledge Center
Try our Self-Checkout Machine For your convenience in the Knowledge Center, books may also be checked out using the Self-Checkout machine located next to the library services desk on the second floor.
Self checkout machine in the KC

Requesting Library Materials

Request a book from the Knowledge Center

Books in the catalog with status NOT CHK'D OUT may be requested to pick-up by clicking the Request this item button at the bottom of the record. Enter your NetID & password, select a Pickup Location and hit Submit. If you do not have a NetID, use the right side of the form by typing your first or last name and the barcode on your library card.

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Request University Libraries' material through Campus Express

Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Staff, and Faculty affiliated with The University of Nevada, Reno may use Campus Express to request articles and book chapters - available within the University Libraries - to be scanned and sent via email. Graduate students, Faculty, and Staff who have a campus mail stop may request books - available within the University Libraries - to be delivered. Login to ILLiad to submit a request.

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Request material through Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Our ILL service allows users to request books and copies of articles that they cannot otherwise access from University Libraries or online. Please visit our ILL page for more information.

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Request books through LINK+

For books not readily available in our catalog, try LINK+. If our copy is status DUE MM-DD-YY or if your search produces no results, hit the LINK+ button near the search box.

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Request material from MARS

Material located in MARS with status NOT CHK'D OUT may be requested to pick-up by clicking the REQUEST IT button within the Location field of the record. Enter your NetID & password and hit Submit. If you do not have a NetID, use the right side of the form by typing your first or last name and the barcode on the back of your library card.

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Renewing Library Materials

Call the Access Services Desk at (775) 682-5625 to renew by phone.

Renew Online

Certain materials, such as Books, can be renewed online using your library account.

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Renew In Person

Stop by the services desk in any campus library to renew materials.

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Borrowing Policies

Find out when you can renew items and learn about fees for overdue materials below.

Undergraduate Lending Policy
Undergraduate refers to students are who are working towards their Bachelors and are currently enrolled in classes. Undergraduates may have up to 75 items out at a time.
Graduate Student Lending Policy
Graduate students are students who are working towards their Masters or Doctoral degree. They must be currently enrolled in a class at the University. Graduate students may have up to 150 items out at a time.
Faculty Lending Policy
Faculty includes all members of the faculty at The University of Nevada, Reno as well as members of the faculty that are considered to be LOA faculty. Faculty may have up to 300 items out at a time.
Staff Lending Policy
Staff includes all Staff employed by the University. Staff may have up to 150 items out at a time.
Community Borrower Policy
Community Borrowers are members of the community who have paid a fee to borrow books from University Libraries. Alumni, TMCC Students and retired faculty and staff also fall under this category. Community borrowers may have up to 20 items out at a time.