Services
Circulation Periods and Check-Outs.
- You must have a CatCard or Library Card in order to check-out Library material.
- All materials are subject to recall at any time regardless of the borrower's status.
- Materials are due back in the library at a specified time period. The amount of time given to check-out regular material depends on borrower's status (see below).
- While most materials circulate for the time periods listed below there are exceptions .
- Library materials are state property and as such should not leave the state.
| UA Users | Circulation Period | Check-Out Limit | Interlibrary Loan Privileges | Remote Access to Databases | Hold and Recall Privileges | Single Sign-On |
| UA UNDERGRADUATES | 21 days | 75 items | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| UA HONORS STUDENTS | 180 days | 250 items | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| UA GRADUATE STUDENTS | 180 days | 250 items | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| UA FACULTY (including retired) | 180 days | 250 items | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| UA STAFF (including retired) | 180 days | 250 items | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| UA AFFILIATED/ ASSOCIATED | 180 days | 250 items | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| UA RETIRED FACULTY/STAFF | 180 days | 250 items | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Non-UA Users | Circulation Period | Check-Out Limit | Interlibrary Loan Privileges | Remote Access to Databases | Hold and Recall Privileges | Single Sign-On |
| Alumni (UA) | 21 | 25 | N | N * | N | N |
| ASU FACULTY | 180 days | 250 items | N | N | N | N |
| ASU STUDENT (including ASUSW ** students) | 21 days | 25 items | N | N | N | N |
| BUSINESS CARDS | 90 days | 75 items | N | N | N | N |
| COMMUNITY USERS (includes underage users) | See FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY below. | |||||
| FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES | 21 days *** |
25 items *** |
N | N *** | N *** | N |
| NAU FACULTY | 180 days | 250 items | N | N | N | N |
| NAU STUDENT | 21 days | 25 items | N | N | N | N |
| PIMA FACULTY | 180 days | 250 items | N | N | N | N |
| PIMA STUDENTS | 21 days | 75 items | N | N | N | N |
| PRESIDENT'S CLUB MEMBERS | 90 days | 75 items | N | N *** | N *** | N |
| SPOUSES (UA) (Faculty/Staff) | 180 days | 250 items | N | N | N | N |
* Alumni (UA) will have access to Academic Search Premier Alumni Edition and Business Source Alumni Edition .
** ASUSW (ASU social work) students are ASU STUDENTS and get the privileges based on that user group despite having CatCards and taking classes on the UA campus.
*** Friends of the University Libraries who donate at a certain level will have access to a special Academic Search Premier database and have hold/recall privileges:
| Friend Level | Annual Rate | Circulation Period | Check-Out Limit | Interlibrary Loan Privileges | Remote Access to Databases | Hold and Recall Privileges |
| Contributing Friend | $125 -$249 | 21 days | 25 items | N | N | N |
| Librarians’ Friend | $250 - $999 | 90 days | 75 items | N | N | N |
| Alexandrian Circle | $1000+ | 90 days | 75 items | N | Y (see note above) | Y |
EXCEPTIONS TO CIRCULATION PERIODS AND CHECK-OUT LIMITS
There are certain types of Library material which only circulate for a specific period of time and cannot be renewed or recalled.
| MATERIAL TYPE | LOAN PERIOD | CAN BE RENEWED | CAN BE HELD OR RECALLED |
| LAPTOPS * | 4 hours (no overnight ) | No | No |
| PROJECTORS * | 4 hours (no overnight ) | No | No |
| ASUS PCs/Samsungs * | 3 days | No | No |
| CALCULATORS | 4 hours (no overnight ) | No | No |
| BOUND JOURNALS | 3 days | No | No |
| VIDEOS AND DVDs ** | 7 days | No | Yes |
| GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS | varies | No | No |
| ASUA TEXTBOOKS | 2 hours | No | No |
| MUSIC CDs | 7 days | No | No |
| MUSIC CLOSED STACK CD BOX SETS | varies - but limited use | No | No |
| Music Scores (Collected Works) | 24 hours - 3 days (faculty only) | No | No |
| Current Periodicals, Newspapers, Microforms, 16mm films and Atlases | in-library use only | No | No |
| Special Collections material | in-library use only | No | No |
| All other media items (cassettes, slides, phonodiscs, etc...) | 21 days | No | No |
| Maps | 21 days | No | No |
| Reference | in-library use only | No | No |
- * Laptops. projectors, and the netbook ASUS PCs/Samsungs circulate only to current University of Arizona students. Only 1 laptop and projector or netbook may be checked out at a time to any individual.
- **VHS/DVD located at the Main Library are only available through Express Retrieval and thus only available to UA students, staff, faculty and affiliated/associated
- Only 5 media items may be checked out at one time to any individual.
- Interlibrary Loan services are available only to University of Arizona faculty, staff, and students. Pima County Public Library offers Interlibrary Loan services to Pima County residents with valid ID.
You can check your borrower information online to:
- check what materials are checked-out to your account
- view the due dates of your library materials
- see if any of your items have been recalled
- renew eligible materials
- check on the status of and/or cancel your holds/recalls
- check if you owe any late or replacement fees
- pay your fees with Visa, Mastercard, or American Express
- Receive notification of new materials
PLEASE NOTE: Hourly and daily late fees do not actually show on your account until the late item has been returned. Note that if you are a student, library charges that have been sent to your Bursar's account will no longer show on your library account.
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