Take the book to a self-service machine and use your Imperial ID card to borrow it - at the Abdus Salam Library they are on level 1.

Alternatively, take it to a member of staff at any of our service points.

You can borrow up to 40 items, they'll be issued for 1 week (3 weeks for research postgraduates) and we'll renew them automatically for you.

If someone requests a book you have on loan, we'll ask you to return it and there will be a fine if you're late (50p per day).

If you can't find the book on the shelf check Library Search - someone else might have it.

Look for information like "checked out" or "on loan until".

To get hold of it you need to Request it. Sign in to Library Search to see the Request link.

If we do not have the book in stock you can ask for it to be borrowed from another library using Document Delivery or suggest that we purchase it.

If we don't have the book you need, you can:

• ask our Document Delivery Service to borrow it for you from another library

or

• ask us to buy it by completing a book suggestion form

These services are free!

Each week we'll send you an email telling you which books you have on loan.

Look out for other emails from Library Services - they will tell you when a book is overdue for return or if someone else has requested it.

You can also see all the books you have by signing in to your account on Library Search.

Your books will renew automatically for up to a year unless they are requested by another library user.

After a year we will ask you to bring the books back.

Look out for emails from Library Services, this is how we'll contact you if the book is requested or has been on loan to you for a year.