For how long can books be checked out?
Answer
Books from UAB Libraries
For most circulating books, your loan period depends on your patron category:
- Undergraduate students - 28 days
- Graduate students - 63 days
- UAB Faculty - 183 days
- UAB Staff - 28 days
- Courtesy Card holder - 28 days
Please note that these loan periods do not apply to a textbook on reserve. Reserve textbooks are available for short-term borrowing only (typically 3 hours) and must be used within the library.
Loan periods for other items are based on the type of material. For details, go to our Borrowing page and look under Circulation and Loan Policies.
Interlibrary Loan
Loan periods are at the discretion of the lending library. Your due date is on the ILL book label.