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How To Order Library Materials
    Before ordering books or other library materials, please contact your subject librarian. Subject librarians can help you complete the Order Request Form, direct you to appropriate resources for ordering information, suggest other titles in the same subject area, and provide instruction on available resources. You may also contact:

      Diana Farmer, Sciences Collection Management Coordinator (532-7037; email: )

      Tim Watts, Social Sciences/Humanities Collection Management Coordinator (532-7221; e-mail: ).

    Orders may be submitted in many ways--using the electronic order form is not required. Other acceptable methods are: contacting the subject librarians via e-mail; submitting clearly marked commercial catalogs, photocopies of catalogs or other bibliographic sources; writing letters or memos. The submitted request will not be returned to you.

    Whatever means of submission you choose, clearly include as much as possible of the following information.

    • Your name, department and contact information (required)
    • ISBN number for books or ISSN number for serials
    • Title of item requested
    • Author, editor, compiler, performer, etc.
    • Edition information, if any
    • Publisher, place and date of publication
    • Number of volumes (or volume number if requesting only one volume of a set)
    • Series information, if any
    • Cost (or estimated cost if exact figure not available)
    Other important information may include: order and/or catalog rush or priority, hold for requestor, reserve for a class, or other special instructions.

    RUSH/PRIORITY
    Orders usually are received in 3-6 weeks. However, some requests may take much longer to fulfill (especially materials published prior to the current calendar year, out of print titles, or esoteric items). Additional time is required to catalog items once they are received. If you need the item very quickly for a current class or research project, mark the order request RUSH or PRIORITY. This service should be used very sparingly. Your subject librarian can provide details.

    HOLD FOR REQUESTOR
    If you wish the item to be held for you at either the Hale or branch libraries' circulation desk, fill in the Hold for Requestor blank on the request form or include that information on your request. You will be notified when it is ready for checkout.

    RESERVE
    If you wish to order an item for reserve, contact the Reserve Unit. They will forward the order to the Collection Management Department after completing preliminary reserves processing.
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