Borrowing from Other Libraries

UNCG students, faculty, and staff may also borrow items from other libraries using these services and programs.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

• Our Interlibrary Loan service will find and retrieve materials from other libraries for all UNCG students, faculty, and staff.
• Most interlibrary loan requests are no cost.

Cooperative Borrowing Programs

• Many nearby college and university libraries allow UNCG ID Card holders to borrow materials.
• Participants are subject to the borrowing policies of the lending library.
• Before you go …
  • Most (but not all) of the libraries at these the schools participate in the agreements specified below. Before traveling to another library, we suggest these steps:
  • Check the lending library’s Online Catalog and website for availability and hours.
  • Contact UNCG first, to verify your account and item eligibility, 336.334.5304.
  • Call the lending library to verify item availability and hours of service for visitors.

UNC System & Triad Academic Library REciprocal borrowing

Current UNCG students, faculty and staff, whose library accounts are in good standing, can borrow directly from UNC system and TALA (Triad Academic Library Association) libraries. Each library may have its own procedures for verifying eligibility, and restrictions on borrowing. You will have to register at each library, and may have to update your registration each semester. You will be subject to the policies of the lending institutions, and responsible for returning items to each library.

To borrow, take your UNCG SpartanCard and 9 digit UNCG ID number to the main library of the campus. Inform the check out desk staff that you are a UNCG student, faculty, or staff and want to borrow materials. Staff may ask you to validate your current UNCG status and that your library account is in good standing by asking you to log in to UNCG’s “My Library Account” and to show it to them, or they may telephone the Jackson Library Checkout Desk. Once they have verified your standing, they will guide you through their registration process.

Greensboro Public Library

UNCG students, faculty, and staff who live in Guilford County (including the dorms) or any county that touches Guilford County can apply for a library card from the Greensboro Public Library at any library branch. On campus residents can show their SpartanCard. Off campus residents can show a photo ID with their current address or a photo ID and something that has their current address such as a check book or piece of mail. For UNCG faculty, staff and students living outside of these counties, referral letters for specific materials are available at the Checkout Desk in Jackson Library.

State Library of North Carolina

• The Government & Heritage Library issues library cards to state residents that allow them to borrow from their extensive circulating historical collection.
• The Accessible Book and Library Services Program is a special public library that circulates books and magazines especially made for persons who cannot use regular printed material because of a visual, physical or reading disability..

Search Other Libraries in North Carolina and Around the World

State Library of North Carolina – maintains a searchable directory of public and academic libraries throughout the state of North Carolina.

WorldCat – simultaneously search many library catalogs from around the world.

Center for Research Libraries – a consortia library serving research institution across North America.

libraries.org – a directory of libraries throughout the world.