Off-campus users services
How do I get books and articles from the library?
- A UWYO domain username and password is required to access library resources from off-campus. See Username and Password below.
- If a book or article is not available in full-text, then use Interlibrary
Loan to request the item.
- The first time you make a request you will need to register to identify
yourself to the library system. To do this, fill out the registration
form on the interlibrary loan form page.
- Materials are sent free of charge. You are expected to pay the return postage on books. Articles do not need to be returned.
- If the item is available at UW Libraries it will be sent within 24 hours.
- If the item has to be borrowed from another library it may take 2-3 weeks. Articles are received more quickly than books.
What can I borrow?
- All library materials except current periodicals, reference books, and microforms
How long are loans?
How can I renew items?
- Renewals may be made in person, by the Online Renewal Form (best if you know you have a hold on your account), by phone: 307-766-3190 and by My Account. Materials requested by another patron cannot be renewed.
What if it’s overdue or lost?
- borrowing privileges are temporarily blocked until overdue materials are returned or renewed
- Items with a 28 day or longer checkout will be billed 28 days
from the due date; and items with a less than 28 day checkout will be
billed 14 days from the due date. You will be billed for the
replacement cost, a $20.00 processing fee, and a non refundable billing
fee of $5 per item.
- For more information, see Selection From Fee Book or Complete Fee Book
Can I borrow from near-by libraries?
- UW Libraries is a member of Prospector; you have access to over 20 million books and other materials from 23 libraries in Colorado.
- Prospector does not include articles; the link to articles on Prospector’s home page does not work.
- Prospector
If Prospector doesn’t have the book that I need or I need an article, where can I get it?
- Request It service from the Interlibrary Loan department
- To find articles on a topic, log on through off-campus
access, select
Articles.
- Academic Search Premier is an excellent beginning point to locate journal articles.
- To search specific subjects such as nursing, business, education and psychology, highlight a subject in the drop down menu.
- To find an online journal, log on through off-campus access, select Journals.
- After logging on through off-campus access, select Go to the library catalog. to conduct a basic or keyword search.
- Ask a Librarian
- Individual consultations can be arranged with subject
specialists
- Reference Desks at Coe Library (1st floor), Brinkerhoff Geology Library (1st floor of S.H. Knight Geology Building), and Learning Resources Center (2nd floor of Education Building)
- A UW username and password is required to access library resources from
off-campus. This username and password is also used to access WyoWeb.
- If you do not know your username and password, go to the WyoWeb page and
click “Get Your Username and Initial Password.”
- For problems and assistance, please contact the IT Help Desk at 307-766-HELP
(4357) and choose Option 1 from the menu. Help Desk hours can be found at: http://www.uwyo.edu/InfoTech/support/helpdesk.htm
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