Borrowing from our physical collections

Loan limits and types

Borrower	No. of items	Loan length	No. of renewals
Deakin undergraduates, Deakin College students and DUELI students	50	30 days	12
Deakin staff, postgraduate students and PhD students	100	30 days	12
Community members including CAVAL, ULANZ and Alumni	10	30 days	2
GIFT City students	n/a	n/a	n/a

E-books do not count towards your borrowing and holds.

Some items are only available as a 2 hour loan, because they are:

in high demand by a lot of students (especially prescribed and recommended texts)
very expensive
no longer printed.

All loans (except 2 hour loans) automatically renew two days before the due date unless:

Once you have found your book, you can borrow it by:

If your item is not at your campus, or is currently out on loan, you can place a request by:

Clicking on the 'Request it' button in Library Search.
Using the dropdown menu to choose how to receive your request:
- 'Click and collect' at your preferred campus, or
- 'Click and send' for postal delivery

We'll email you when your item is available on the click and collect shelf at your preferred campus.

We can mail books to all domestic students and staff for free. If you are a student living overseas, contact us for help sourcing the items you need.

Note: 2 hour loans cannot be delivered because of the time needed to deliver items.

You will receive an prepaid, self-addressed postal bag to return your books. Please allow 4 business days for return delivery to us.

Return your book to any of our campus libraries:

at the Service Desk
through the return chute (near the Service Desk or near the entrances to libraries/campuses)
via the prepaid postal bag (supplied with your delivery)

Make sure you return your item on time. This helps to avoid problems with your library account, and allows other users to access our resources.

Request an item we don't have

Can't find the resource you need in our collections? We can help you obtain a copy.
Using My account

Your 'My account' is where you can check and manage items you have checked out or placed a request on.