How Do I?

Borrow Materials From Commonwealth Campus Libraries

• Be sure that you are properly registered with the University Libraries. You may register at the Circulation Desk of any one of the Penn State Libraries.
  

• Search for all copies of the item in all the libraries, by selecting "All Libraries" in the drop-down menu of "In Library" in the "Optional Limits" section of The CAT.

• When you have found an item you'd like to request, scroll to the top of the citation screen.
  Click the "I Want It" button.

• You will be prompted to enter your PSU ID access ID and password, then click "submit".

• Click the "Place Hold" button.

• Make sure the next screen that pops up indicates that your request has been processed successfully. If the request was NOT successfully processed, click on your web browser's "back" button and verify that the information you entered was correct.

• You will receive a notice when your item has arrived for you to pick up.