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Loan Periods for UW-Madison Undergraduate and Special Students
Reserve materials are not included here. Contact each library for information on loan periods for reserve materials. Students from UW System campuses should see UW-System Students Loan Periods.
Go to Library Privileges for UW-Madison Undergraduates & Special Students or Loan Periods for UW-Madison Libraries
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| Library Name | Books | Journals | Government Documents | Microform | Video | CD-ROMs & Software | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian Studies Program Resource Center | 28 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
-- | -- | 14 days / no renewals |
-- | 14 days / no renewals |
Art Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
7 days / no renewals *see note |
-- | non- circulating |
non - circulating |
non- circulating |
-- |
| Astronomy Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
1 day / 1 renewal |
-- | 2 days / 1 renewal |
14 days / 1 renewal |
-- | -- |
| Business
Library
More
Information |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
non- circulating |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Books | Journals | Government Documents | Microform | Video | CD-ROMs & Software | Audio |
| Chemistry
LibraryMore
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
non- circulating |
-- | non- circulating |
-- | -- | -- |
| College Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
7 days / no renewals |
-- | -- | 28 days / 2 renewals |
28 days / 2 renewals Open Book Collection: Games: 14 days / 2 renewals |
Music CDs : 28 days / 2 renewals |
| Open Book Collection: 7 days / no renewals |
Audio Books : 28 days
/ 2 renewals |
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| Ebling Library (Health
Sciences) More Information |
28 days /
2 renewals ***see note |
non-circulating | Audiovisual: 14 days / 1 renewal Print: 28 days / 2 renewals |
28 days /
2 renewals |
14 days /
2 renewals |
14 days
/ 2 renewals |
14 days
/ 2 renewals |
| Geography
Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
7 days / no renewals * see note |
28 days / 2 renewals |
varies / ask library staff for assistance |
28 days / 2 renewals |
varies / ask library staff for assistance |
-- |
| Geology Library
More
Information |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
7 days
/ 1 renewal *see note |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
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Books | Journals | Government Documents | Microform | Video & DVD | CD-ROMs & Software | Audio |
| Historical Society
Library
More
Information |
28 days / 12 renewals |
28 days / 12 renewals *see note |
28 days / 12 renewals |
28 days / 12 renewals |
28 days / 12 renewals |
varies / ask library staff for assistance |
-- |
| Journalism Reading
Room More
Information |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
3 days
/ no renewals *see note |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Law Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
non- circulating |
28 days / 2 renewals |
28 days / 2 renewals |
3 days / no renewals |
varies / ask library staff for assistance |
varies / ask library staff for assistance |
| Math
Library More
Information |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
2 hours
/ no renewals * see note |
-- | -- | 7 days
/ no renewals |
-- | -- |
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Books | Journals | Government Documents | Microform | Video | CD-ROMs & Software | Audio |
| Memorial Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
7 days / no renewals **see note |
-- | varies / ask library staff for assistance |
14 days / 1 renewal |
14 days / 1 renewal |
14 days / 1 renewal |
| MERIT Library
More
Information |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
non- circulating |
-- | 28 days
/ 2 renewals |
14 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
| Music Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
non- circulating |
-- | 2 hours / no renewals, in-house use only |
3 hours / 1 renewal §see note |
2 hours / no renewals §see note |
2 hours / no renewals §see note |
| Physics Library
More
Information |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
1 day
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days /
2 renewals |
14 days /
1 renewal |
-- | 28 days
/ 2 renewals |
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Books | Journals | Government Documents | Microform | Video & DVD | CD-ROMs & Software | Audio |
| Primate Center Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals §§ see note |
non - circulating |
-- | -- | 14 days / 2 renewals |
-- | 14 days / 2 renewals |
| Schwerdtfeger Library
(Space Science)
More
Information |
28 days
/ 1 renewal |
2 hours
/ no renewal |
28 days
/ 1 renewal |
-- | -- | 28 days
/ no renewals |
-- |
| SLIS Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
non- circulating |
-- | 28 days / 2 renewals |
28 days / 2 renewals |
3 days / 2 renewals |
28 days / 2 renewals |
| Social Science
Reference Library
More
Information |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
2 hours
/ 1 renewal |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Social Work
Library
More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
non- circulating |
-- | 28 days no renewals |
7 days / no renewals |
-- | 7 days / no renewals |
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Books | Journals | Government Documents | Microform | Video & DVD | CD-ROMs & Software | Audio |
| Steenbock Library
More
Information |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
2 hours /
no renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
non- circulating |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
| UW-Madison Shelving Facility | 28 days / 2 renewals |
retrievable to any campus library for in-library use | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| UW System
Libraries |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
-- | ¤ ¤ see note | ¤ ¤ see note | 14 days
/ no renewals |
¤ ¤ see note | ¤ ¤ see note |
| Wendt Commons Library More
Information |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
non- circulating |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
varies
/ ask library staff for assistance |
28 days
/ 2 renewals |
varies
/ ask library staff for assistance |
-- |
| Wisconsin's Water Library More
Information |
28 days / 2 renewals |
28 days / 2 renewals ¤ see note |
28 days / 2 renewals |
28 days / 2 renewals |
28 days / 2 renewals |
28 days / 2 renewals |
28 days / 2 renewals |
Exceptions for individual libraries' circulation policies:
* Art, Geology, Geography, Historical, Journalism, Math and Water Resources Libraries: Unbound journal issues do not circulate.
** Memorial Library: For journals with call numbers beginning with AP: Journals at least 10 years old circulate for 7 days with no renewals. Newer journals do not circulate.
*** Ebling Library: Books published before 1914 do not circulate.
§ Music Library: Non-print materials are for in-house use only. They do not circulate.
§§ Primate Center Library: Computer books in the stacks circulate for 14 days and have two renewals.
¤ Wisconsin's Water Library: Current journal issues do not circulate.
¤ ¤ UW System Libraries: Circulation policies for non-book materials vary among the different UW System libraries.
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Libraries
Contact Kerry Kresse, (608) 262-8696, for questions and comments.
