Books @ UNC Chapel Hill

Borrowing Books

1. Find the book you want in the UNC library catalog.
2. Click the blue “Request” button next to the Call Number.

Screenshot of catalog record “Where to find it” box. Blue request button is circled.

3. Log in with your ONYEN and password.
4. Confirm that information on the book request form is accurate.
5. Select a Pickup Location. Options :
   1. FACULTY ONLY may choose “Mail to CB# allow 2-5 days (Faculty Only)”
      • Put your campus box (CB) number in the Notes box.
      • Your item will be sent through campus mail to your campus mailbox within 2-5 days
   2. Pickup at a campus library.
      • The Health Sciences Library is the closest library location to KFBS, but others may be more convenient.
      • See all library hours & locations.
   3. Delivery by Mail. You may select to have materials delivered to you by mail at no cost, with return shipping included.
      Details at https://library.unc.edu/borrow/carolina-blu/ (search for Delivery by Mail).

Returning books

1. Bring book(s) to Elizabeth Shaver in the Dean’s Suite on the 4^th Floor, McColl Building
   1. Between 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
   2. The book will be marked as returned within 2 business days.
   3. This is the BEST option for books with a yellow or white strap (i.e., from another library via Interlibrary Loan) *

NOTE: If Elizabeth is not available, you must use another return method.

2. Mail

• • Mail books to: Circulation Department. P. O. Box 8890. Davis Library, CB # 3916. Chapel Hill NC 27515-8890.
  • More info: https://library.unc.edu/services/circulation/mail/

2. Drop box behind Davis Library
   • There is a drive-up drop box by the ATMs behind Davis (map)
3. Return books to any campus library.
   • The Health Sciences Library is the closest library location to KFBS, but others may be more convenient.
   • See all library hours & locations.
4. Faculty only – interoffice mail – UNC-owned books only
   • Put UNC book in an interoffice envelope and write UNC Library CB #3916 on the front.
   • Put the envelope in a “Campus Mail” box
   • It will take 2-3 days to be returned; you may incur late fees depending on the book’s due date.
   • NOT AN OPTION option for books with a yellow or white strap (i.e., from another library via Interlibrary Loan; see below)

• Email Davis Circulation with questions about checking out or returning books: daviscirc@listserv.unc.edu

Books with paper “strap” on the front are from another library and look like this: