Campus Library Orientation for Health Studies & Nursing Students: Getting Materials

Use the UW Libraries Search system to search for materials. See the UW Libraries Search-FAQ page for instructions.

Located directly to the right of the Campus Library’s entrance, the Information Commons Desk is the place where patrons can check out and renew books and reserve materials. For information about borrowing services, select the appropriate link below:

• Your Library Account -- personal information as well as information about checked out items, due dates and online renewals 
• Borrowing and Returning Materials -- includes book drop locations, book drop map, length of check-out, and how to renew items.
• More Borrowing Information - general info for all UW Libraries

If your instructor has books or films that are available in the library “on reserve,":

• Reserves - Information about books, media or other "physical" materials that your instructor has put on reserve in the library for a class.