To renew a book you must contact the Circulation Department. They will let you renew it if no one else has asked to have that book. Reserve Professors put materials on reserve in either the Main Library or in the departmental libraries. When materials are placed on reserve , they are separated, temporarily, from the general collection and they are allowed to be checked out only for short periods of time. You will need your student ID to check out reserve materials.
Professors put materials on reserve so they are available for all students in a particular class.
If a book you need is not on the shelf and the Circulation Department says that no one has it checked out, you can request a search . The Staff will look for the book and will notify you when they find it. Serial A serial is a publication which is issued in successive parts and is intended to be continued indefinitely. Serials include such things as journals, magazines, newspapers, periodicals and series. Stacks Stacks are the shelves which hold library books.