Request Materials
Library guests with a courtesy card can request materials from the Kathryn A. Martin Library or from other University of Minnesota libraries. Ask at the Circulation desk and staff can place requests on your behalf.
We will:
- Retrieve materials from the stacks for you
- Request items from other U of M campus libraries
Items eligible for request include books, bound periodicals, and music scores—titles that regularly circulate for at least one week.
You'll be emailed when it is ready for pickup at the Circulation desk.
Search for Materials
Staff at the Circulation desk can help you search for materials. If we don't find what you need right away, we will place a request on your behalf and continue searching for the item.
Title Not Available?
You can use MnLINK Gateway to search online catalogs of Minnesota public, school, state government, and university libraries. Search by region or group to place your requests. Then select a participating library where you have a current borrowing card. Your requests can be picked up at your library once they are received.
The Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) is a collection of research and information databases to be used by Minnesota residents through their school, public, academic, and state government libraries or the ELM Portal. ELM provides online access to magazine, journal, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles, eBooks (online books), and other information resources.
You can find information on a vast array of topics, including consumer information, arts and humanities, current events, health, science, social science, politics, business, and more.
Another resource available to Minnesota residents through ELM is Ebooks Minnesota. Minnesota readers can access the collection online at EbooksMN.org and via free apps from iTunes, Google Play, and Kindle. The collection contains more than 2,000 books, including titles from these Minnesota publishers:
- University of Minnesota Press
- ABDO
- Lerner Publishing Group
- Cherry Lake Publishing
- Milkweed Press
- Coffeehouse Press
Nonfiction titles from Arcadia Publishing about Minnesota and its history are also included in the collection, along with a selection of popular titles that are in the public domain, such as Dracula and Jane Eyre.