Borrowing

Yeshiva University faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and staff who have registered at their campus library are eligible to borrow books and other materials from the Yeshiva University Libraries. All new students and faculty will automatically have a library account created for them.

Please note: All library users must present a valid YU ID card with current academic semester validation to borrow materials.

Hedi Steinberg Library

• Books: Faculty & Doctoral students: 150 Days. All others: 28 Days.
• Audiocassettes: 3 Days
• Audio CDs: 3 Days
• Videos & DVDs: 3 Days

Mendel Gottesman Library

• Books: Faculty & Doctoral students: 150 Days. All others: 28 Days.
• Audiocassettes: In-Library use only

Pollack Library - Landowne Bloom

• Books: Faculty & Doctoral students: 150 Days. All others: 28 Days.
• Audio CDs: In library use only
• Videos & DVDs: 2 hours and overnight

Library materials that have not been requested by another patron may be renewed twice in person or online. To renew online click on the Account button on the YULIS Catalog page and proceed from there. Renewal of items online is not possible in cases where there are overdue books associated with your account. Please contact Circulation desk if you have trouble renewing overdue books.

How to renew books online:

•     library.yu.edu
•     Under SERVICES:  Click on: MY YULIS ACCOUNT
•     Login with your YU Microsoft Authentication Account
•     Click on the Checkouts tab
•     Check the boxes under: SELECT FOR RENEWAL
•     Click on: RENEW (Note the new due date.)

If a library item is lost, long overdue or damaged beyond repair, the patron will be billed for its replacement and a processing fee of $5.00 will be charged.

• This service is for online graduate students, all Ph.D. students, and faculty members living in US and 25 miles or more away from campus or having physical limitations that prevent traveling to campus.
• Not for reserve, interlibrary loan books or other non-circulating materials.
• Regular borrowing policies apply.
• There is a limit of five items borrowed via mail delivery at any one time.
• A pre-paid UPS return label will be included in the package.

Please submit your request. For questions:  interlibraryloan@yu.edu.