<\/a>Requesting Books<\/h3>\nIf the Library owns the book and it\u2019s on the shelf, students, faculty and staff can request the book to be pulled from the shelf and held at the Help Center for pickup by clicking the Request<\/strong> button in DELCAT<\/a>\u00a0on the full detail page for the book.<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/request-button.jpg\")
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Help Center staff will notify you by email when it\u2019s available for pick up at the Morris Library Help Center. Requests for books owned by the University of Delaware Library will be processed Monday through Friday with a goal of having books ready for pick up in two business days. As an alternative, patrons may click the Find It<\/strong> button to locate the item in the library and check the book out<\/a> at the Help Center or Self-Checkout kiosk.<\/p>\nIf the Library doesn\u2019t own the book or if the book isn\u2019t available at the moment, you may request from another library through Interlibrary Loan<\/a>. Once the book is available for pick up at the Help Center, ILL staff will notify you via email. Typical turnaround time for obtaining a book through Interlibrary Loan is 7-10 days.<\/p>\nUniversity of Delaware students, faculty and staff should use the Library Annex Request Form below to request journals that are stored at the Library Annex.<\/p>\n
If you are a Public Borrower or member of the community, please use the forms below for requesting books from the collection. Public Borrowers are unable to use authenticated online forms because they are not eligible to receive the UDelNet IDs these services require. Because Public Borrowers and members of the community are not eligible for Interlibrary Loan privileges, requests that cannot be fulfilled through the University of Delaware Library will not be forwarded to the Interlibrary Loan Office.<\/p>\n
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\n- Book Holds Service<\/a><\/li>\n
- In-Process Material Request<\/a><\/li>\n
- Library Annex Request<\/a><\/li>\n
- Report a Missing Book<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/a>Requesting DVDs, Blu-rays and Video Games<\/h3>\nStudents, faculty and staff may borrow DVDs, Blu-rays and video games by clicking the Request button on the full display page of the item in DELCAT, using the same process as is described above for books. To reserve an audiovisual or video game carrel<\/a> to watch a film or play a game that you are borrowing, please contact or visit the Help Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>Requesting Materials from Interlibrary Loan<\/h3>\nInterlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service available to University of Delaware students, faculty and staff for requesting books, journal articles, DVDs, and other items that are needed for research but are not available in any University of Delaware Library collection. To place an ILL request, please visit this webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\nBecause Public Borrowers and members of the community are not eligible for Interlibrary Loan privileges, requests that cannot be fulfilled through the University of Delaware Library will not be forwarded to the Interlibrary Loan Office.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Requesting Materials (Holds) for Public Borrowers<\/h2>\nPublic borrowers please use the Book Holds Service<\/a> form under \u201cForms\u201d on the Library home page. Use the Book Holds Service<\/a> form to have Library staff retrieve items from the University of Delaware Library\u2019s collection. If the book is on the shelf, we\u2019ll pull it from the stacks and notify you when it\u2019s available for pickup. Requests are processed Monday through Friday with a goal of having items ready for pickup in two business days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Library Pickup Service, our Holds Service, is available so that users can check out Library materials. Once you place a request, Library staff will retrieve items from the University of Delaware Library’s collection. Requesting Materials (Holds) for UD students, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 03:13:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Help Center staff will notify you by email when it\u2019s available for pick up at the Morris Library Help Center. Requests for books owned by the University of Delaware Library will be processed Monday through Friday with a goal of having books ready for pick up in two business days. As an alternative, patrons may click the Find It<\/strong> button to locate the item in the library and check the book out<\/a> at the Help Center or Self-Checkout kiosk.<\/p>\n If the Library doesn\u2019t own the book or if the book isn\u2019t available at the moment, you may request from another library through Interlibrary Loan<\/a>. Once the book is available for pick up at the Help Center, ILL staff will notify you via email. Typical turnaround time for obtaining a book through Interlibrary Loan is 7-10 days.<\/p>\n University of Delaware students, faculty and staff should use the Library Annex Request Form below to request journals that are stored at the Library Annex.<\/p>\n If you are a Public Borrower or member of the community, please use the forms below for requesting books from the collection. Public Borrowers are unable to use authenticated online forms because they are not eligible to receive the UDelNet IDs these services require. Because Public Borrowers and members of the community are not eligible for Interlibrary Loan privileges, requests that cannot be fulfilled through the University of Delaware Library will not be forwarded to the Interlibrary Loan Office.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Students, faculty and staff may borrow DVDs, Blu-rays and video games by clicking the Request button on the full display page of the item in DELCAT, using the same process as is described above for books. To reserve an audiovisual or video game carrel<\/a> to watch a film or play a game that you are borrowing, please contact or visit the Help Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service available to University of Delaware students, faculty and staff for requesting books, journal articles, DVDs, and other items that are needed for research but are not available in any University of Delaware Library collection. To place an ILL request, please visit this webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n Because Public Borrowers and members of the community are not eligible for Interlibrary Loan privileges, requests that cannot be fulfilled through the University of Delaware Library will not be forwarded to the Interlibrary Loan Office.<\/p>\n Public borrowers please use the Book Holds Service<\/a> form under \u201cForms\u201d on the Library home page. Use the Book Holds Service<\/a> form to have Library staff retrieve items from the University of Delaware Library\u2019s collection. If the book is on the shelf, we\u2019ll pull it from the stacks and notify you when it\u2019s available for pickup. Requests are processed Monday through Friday with a goal of having items ready for pickup in two business days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Library Pickup Service, our Holds Service, is available so that users can check out Library materials. Once you place a request, Library staff will retrieve items from the University of Delaware Library’s collection. Requesting Materials (Holds) for UD students, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 03:13:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/circulation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
<\/a>Requesting DVDs, Blu-rays and Video Games<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Requesting Materials from Interlibrary Loan<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Requesting Materials (Holds) for Public Borrowers<\/h2>\n