Requesting Materials

You may request most circulating items listed as available or checked out. Available items will be retrieved and held for you at the library you select. A checked out item will be recalled from the current borrower and you will be sent a courtesy e-mail notice when the book is ready for pickup.

An item may be recalled from you by another patron at any time, which may change the item's due date. A courtesy e-mail notice will be sent notifying you of any recall(s) on your item(s) with a due date within 10 days from the date the request was placed on the item, or the original due date, whichever is greater. Please respond to these notices promptly. Overdue fines accrue at the rate of $10.00/day per recalled item. Items that have been recalled may not be renewed.

If the book you need is not available or not listed in the OSU Libraries Catalog, you may want to check availiability by following these steps:

1.  Search the statewide OhioLINK catalog next.

  • You can get to OhioLINK after you do a search in the OSU library catalog.  Click on the blue ‘OhioLINK catalog’ button at the top of the OSU catalog page from step 1 above. 
  • Display the record for the title you want in the OhioLINK catalog.
  • Click on the green ‘Request’ button to place a hold on an item and have it delivered to OSU for you.
  • Select the institution with which you are affiliated.
  • Type in your name and I D number and select the library where you would like to pick up the book.  OhioLINK delivery typically takes 3 - 5 days.
  • If you cannot locate the item through OhioLINK, go to step 3.

2. Search the statewide SearchOhio Catalog next.

  • Click on the SearchOhio link at the top of the OhioLINK page and your search will be placed in the SearchOhio system.  Items found in OhioLINK or SearchOhio can be requested and sent to OSU for you to pick-up. 
  • SearchOhio print materials, audiobooks and music circulate for 3 weeks; DVD’s circulate for 7 days, all items are eligible for 3 additional renewals (provided no one else requests the item).  Fines for overdue SearchOhio materials are $0.50 per day.
  • Type in your name and I D number and select the library where you would like to pick up the book.  SearchOhio delivery typically takes 3 - 5 days.
  • If you cannot locate the item through SearchOhio, go to step 4.

3.  For items not available at OSU or OhioLINK, you may make an interlibrary loan request through ILLiad if you are an OSU faculty/staff member or student.