Borrowing Books - University of New Hampshire Library

What kinds of books can I borrow?

In general, most books can be obtained through interlibrary loan. Conference proceedings volumes can also be borrowed. Remember that you can also request books owned by UNH Manchester directly and books from the Boston Library Consortium though the Virtual Catalog.

Items declared lost or missing by the Library may be borrowed either on interlibrary loan or through the Virtual Catalog.

However you cannot place interlibrary loan requests for the following kinds of items:

Materials to be used for course reserve, class, or other group use (contact the Reserve Desk for further assistance).
Books that are owned by the UNH Library but checked out.
- Use the Virtual Catalog from the Boston Library Consortium to request checked-out materials.
- Recall the book (this may take 10-12 days).

The following kinds of books are not ordinarily obtainable from other libraries:

Reference books or rare books;
Many dissertations. (Non-UNH-dissertations are often difficult or impossible to borrow. Non-UNH-dissertations and some theses can be purchase through UMI.

If you are unable to get these materials through interlibrary loan, the Dimond Reference Desk or a branch library reference desk may be able to suggest other options. However, sometimes you must actually visit the library that owns the material in order to use it.

How long does it take?

Generally, we receive materials within 3 to 10 days. Sometimes UNH must request the materials from several libraries before successfully obtaining it. This, of course, takes longer that the usual time. For this reason you MUST specify on the request form a deadline date beyond which the information will not be useful to you.

Where do I go to pick up materials?

Go to Dimond Library Reference Desk for:

Materials received through interlibrary loan.

Go to Dimond Library Loan Desk for:

UNH Manchester books and media
Boston Library Consortium books

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