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Borrowing & Renewals: Returning Items

How to check out and renew library materials, including loan periods, where to borrow items, how to track due dates, and options for renewing in person or online. Includes details for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Returning Materials

You have several options for returning materials. If you are returning interlibrary loan (ILL) items, AV items, or course reserves, please return them to the same location and desk from which you borrowed them.  Please see our Interlibrary Loan page for more information.

Returning Items to a Circulation Desk

You can directly return items to the library at a circulation desk.

Returning Items to a Book Drop Box

Book drop boxes are available at the following locations:

  • Cudahy Library: west exterior side of building near the emergency doors.
  • Corboy Law Center (for Lewis Library and Law Library items): inside first floor near the north entrance
  • Information Commons: inside the west (main) entrance atrium

We clear each drop box at least once per day on Monday-Friday. If you return an item to a drop box over the weekend, we may not check it in until Monday.

If you cannot access a specific drop box, or if the drop box is too full to insert any items, please contact us at .

Returning Items by Mail

You can return items by mail to:

  • Cudahy Library
    attn: Access Services
    1032 W. Sheridan Rd.
    Chicago, IL 60660

Please note that you are responsible for any items in transit that you mail to us. We recommend using a shipping method with tracking information (such as USPS First-Class Mail) and purchasing shipping insurance.

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