
Express retrieval is a free service where we pull items from our shelves at the Main, Weaver Science-Engineering, Fine Arts, and Health Sciences Libraries, then put them on the hold shelf for you.
You can request to pick up your items at the Main, Weaver, Health Sciences Libraries, or at the Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library.
Not sure if you can place items on hold? Learn what you can access at the library.
It looks like this:
UA students, faculty, staff. Non-UA affiliates with a current UA library card.
Your account must be in good standing (no overdue materials or outstanding fees).
Most materials found on our shelves: books, bound journals, and media items (DVDs, CDs).
If you just want an article or book chapter, get it faster with document delivery.
There's no limit, but we reserve the right to process no more than ten items per person per day when there is heavy demand.
One to 3 days depending on demand.
You'll receive an email saying your items are ready for pickup.
When in doubt, go to your library account and look at the "Requests" section to see if your item is ready.
You can request to pick up your items at the Main, Weaver, Health Sciences Libraries, or at the Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library.
If you're affiliated with the College of Fine Arts, you can also request to pick up items on the hold shelf at the Fred Fox School of Music office on the first floor.
You can request books from the UA catalog through document delivery and we will ship them to the address in your ILLiad account.
Ten days. If not picked up, we'll return the item to the regular shelves or transfer it to the next person who has it on hold.
We'll send you a cancellation notice if we can't find the item.
If we can't find an item where it's supposed to be on the shelf, we first cancel the hold and mark the item as missing. We then do a more thorough search for the book, and if found we'll reactivate your hold. While we're trying to track down the item, you can request it through interlibrary loan.