Your Library Account

• Setup and Use My Account – Step-by-step guide to setting up your library account so you can renew items, make and view requests, or check for fines or fees.
• Library Cards
  • Courtesy Cards – Instructions on how to apply for a courtesy card if you are a community member or visitor.
  • Visitors and Affiliates – Explains what borrowing privileges your courtesy card gives you.
  • Patron Account Blocks
• Proxy Authorization – University of Illinois faculty members, graduate students, and other library borrowers with extenuating circumstances may authorize another library borrower to check out library materials for them.
• Confidentiality Policy

Borrowing Basics

• Borrowing Privileges – Bookstacks access, loan periods, renewal limits, and fines and fees.
  • Students, Faculty, and Staff
    • Out-of-State Users
  • I-Share Users
  • Visitors and Affiliates
• Return – Tips for returning material, and lists outside bookdrop locations.
  • Overdue and Lost Items
  • Recalls
• Course Reserves – Find physical items placed on reserves specifically for your class.
  • For Instructors: Placing Materials on Reserve

Request and Delivery

These services are available to U of I users only.

• Interlibrary Loan – Request items that are not available from the U of I Library or I-Share.
• DocExpress (Document Delivery) – Request copies of U of I Library material.