Current University of Chicago faculty, academics, students, and benefits-eligible staff may be eligible for access or borrowing privileges for libraries at other institutions. In addition to any privileges other libraries may grant visiting researchers, the University of Chicago Library has reciprocal agreements with academic and research libraries both locally and throughout the world.
Current faculty, academics, students, and benefits-eligible staff can also request to borrow items from another library that are not available at the University of Chicago Library via Interlibrary Loan, regardless of whether they are eligible for borrowing privileges at that library.
University of Chicago users may have access of borrowing privileges at the member libraries of institutions with whom we have reciprocal agreements, listed in the table below. To see lists of the libraries included in the different agreements, click on the name in the Affiliation column. Note that privileges may vary based on library, so please contact the library you wish to visit, or the U of C Library's ID & Privileges Office, to confirm what you will be eligible for at another institution.
| Affiliation | Who is eligible? | What kind of privileges? | Action Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University |
Faculty, Academics, Students, Benefits Eligible Staff |
Borrowing |
See the Northwestern University Libraries section below for detailed information. |
| University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) |
Faculty |
Borrowing |
See the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Libraries section below for detailed information. |
| University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) |
Graduate and Undergraduate Students |
Access |
Graduate students should visit the ID & Privileges Office for a CIC Library card for access. Undergraduate students can present a valid UChicago Card at UIC Libraries for access. |
| Hyde Park Seminaries |
Faculty, Academics, Students, Benefits Eligible Staff |
Borrowing |
Please see Hyde Park Seminaries section below for information about specific HP seminaries |
| Chicago Area Law Schools |
Law School Students, Faculty, and Academics |
Access to local law school libraries |
Law School students and faculty can access the libraries of the following Chicago area law schools by showing a UChicago Card: Chicago-Kent, DePaul, John Marshall, Loyola, Northwestern. Note that access may be limited during exams. |
| CIC (Big 10) |
Faculty, Students |
Borrowing (Faculty, Grad students) Access (Undergraduate students) |
Faculty and graduate students should visit the ID & Privileges Office for a CIC library card. |
| OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing |
Faculty |
Borrowing |
Visit the ID & Privileges Office for a Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Card |
| RLG/SHARES On Site Access |
Faculty, Students, Professional Library Staff |
Access |
Present a valid UChicago Card at the SHARES library. |
See Northwestern's Library Policies page for more information about Northwestern libraries.
See UIC Library Services page for more information about UIC libraries.
University of Chicago faculty, students, and benefits eligible staff may obtain borrowing privileges at Hyde Park Seminaries by presenting a UChicago Card at the appropriate library. For specific policies at each library, see the chart below.
| Seminary Library | Borrowing Policies |
|---|---|
| Bechtold Library (Catholic Theological Union) |
25 concurrent item limit; privileges must be renewed quarterly. Bechtold Library policies apply to all books borrowed from the library. |
| Hammond Library (Chicago Theological Seminary) |
25 concurrent item limit; privileges must be renewed quarterly Hammond Library policies apply to all books borrowed from the library. Due to limited space, University of Chicago users are asked not to use Hammond Library as a place to study. |
| JKM Library (Lutheran School of Theology / McCormick Theological Seminary) |
Length of Borrowing Period - Current faculty: 365 days, with 1 renewal PhD students: 91 days, with 2 renewals All other students, academics, adjunct and emeritus faculty: 21 days, with 2 renewals. |
| Wiggin Library (Meadville Lombard Seminary) |
25 concurrent item limit; privileges must be renewed quarterly. |
University of Chicago users may also be eligible for privileges at other academic and research libraries with whom the Library does not have a reciprocal agreement. Please contact the library you wish to visit directly to determine their access policies for visiting researchers from other universities. If another library requires a letter or other documentation from the University of Chicago Library, you may request such documentation by contacting the ID & Privileges Office.
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