Undifferentiated loan

General loan: Reserve a document and choose your pickup library

Updated July 25, 2026

When should you use this service?

The item you need is currently checked out: reserve it so it will be set aside for you as soon as it is returned.
Are you a doctoral student, faculty member, researcher, or student with a disability who would like to have a document set aside?
You would like to transfer a document from one library unit to another using the general interlibrary loan service.

How do you reserve a document?

Log in to your digital learning platform
Select the "Libraries" tile .
Search for the item you want to reserve.
Click on the document you want, then scroll down the page to the “Get” section and click “Reserve.”
Select the library where you would like to pick up your item.
You will receive an email when the document is available at the library you selected; it will be held for you for 7 days.

Frequently Asked Questions About Document Reservations and Open Access Loans

The answers below pertain to reserving materials and general loans.

Log in to your digital learning platform, select the “Libraries” tile, search for the item, and then click “Reserve” in the “Get” section of its details page. Finally, select the library where you’d like to pick it up. You’ll be notified by email as soon as the item is available.

Reservations allow you to set aside an item, whether it is currently checked out or comes from another library in the network (interlibrary loan). Once the item becomes available at the library you selected, it will be held there for 7 days.

Yes, you can reserve multiple items as long as they are available for reservation in the catalog.

Yes, as long as the item is available for loan and held by another university library, it can be transferred through the interlibrary loan service.