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Course Materials

Begin searching for your course materials in these five ways:

  1. Search the Collection

    Use the full catalog first to see if your course materials are available for circulation. See a video demo of search tips for using the catalog.

    Search the catalog
  2. Check Course Reserves

    Search by course name, instructor name, or department to see materials that can be checked out for shortened loan periods. Course reserves can be checked out from the circulation desks at Main and Mudd Library.

    Search course reserves

  3. Request an Interlibrary Loan

    If we don’t have a book in our collection, interlibrary loan (ILL) is a good option for finding and borrowing assigned course materials from another library. Typical loan periods are 12 weeks.

    Search libraries worldwide

  4. Check the ‘Cats 4 ‘Cats Lending Library 

    ‘Cats 4 ‘Cats is a “take-a-book leave-a-book” collection where students donate their textbooks and other course materials for other students to use in future quarters. Any student can take a book they need for class, use it for the term, and then return it at the end of the quarter. The collection is currently available in Core, on the second floor of University Library.

    Browse a list of books

  5. Request a Purchase

    We may be able to purchase an e-book available for multiple simultaneous users.

    REQUEST A PURCHASE