Request Items & Services
- Borrow Direct
Quick delivery from Brown, Cornell, the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Penn, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago, and Yale - Health Sciences/Morningside delivery service
Request transfer of books from one campus to the other - Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Place requests and check status of ILL requests - About our Off-site Shelving Facility (ReCAP)
Operated jointly with Princeton University and the New York Public Library, Columbia has accessioned more than 4.8 million items at ReCAP - Pick-Up Service Request materials from Columbia University Libraries circulating collections to be picked up at participating Libraries locations
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Place requests and check status of ILL requests - Scan & Deliver
Request scans of small portions of works in the general, print collections
- Citation Finder
Use Citation Finder to find a specific article
- Request an In Process or Ordered Item
To request an item that is listed in CLIO as being In process or Ordered
Connect to CLIO and access My Library Account to:
- manage personal information
- view or renew items you have checked out
- check status of requested items
- view patron blocks, fines, and fees
For additional information, consult the Borrowing and Loan Policies page.
- Ask a Librarian
- Ask a reference question via e-mail
- Schedule a research consultation
- Schedule a library instruction session
All library research consultations and instruction sessions will be virtual for Fall 2020.
Access to most of the above services is limited to current Columbia students, faculty, and staff.