Borrowing Materials

Printable version of new Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center loan policies (Adobe PDF file)

Loan information

The Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center's video collection (20,000+ titles), bound guides and CDs all circulate. Laserdiscs do not circulate.

The loan period for Northwestern University (NU) students, staff, and all patrons in special borrowers categories who have a valid NU WildCARD or borrower's card is three (3) days. The loan period for faculty and all graduate students who have a valid NU WildCARD or borrower's card is fourteen (14) days.

A maximum of four (4) items (i.e. VHS reels, DVD discs, and bound guides) may be checked out to students, staff and special borrowers during any given three (3) day loan period. Northwestern University faculty on the Evanston campus may check out a maximum of 25 items at one time. Graduate students may check out a maximum of 10 items at one time.

All videos must be checked out to a user regardless of the viewing location, including the Multimedia Center's viewing carrels and group viewing rooms. Users are responsible for returning videos.